II. Reading Log: Explore the ways to get better grades

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Explore the ways to get better grades

In order to excel in your school studies, the very first step is to realize the difference between studying and learning. Learning is a natural mental activity that makes you to get familiar with certain ideas and theory and their practical usage. It is quite different from the study process which doesn't involve any active mental process rather it requires you to rote memorize things as they are mentioned in the course books.

Rote memorizing is not the right approach to learn things and ideas. If you really want to attain knowledge about a subject, your approach towards learning needs to be holistic. You need to increase your ability to interlink the ideas of various study material and to practice it in your mind so that the ideas, facts and theory may naturally get imprinted on your mind. By doing so, you will not only be able to get better grades at school, but also, you will be able to make better and practical usage of your education.

There are many e-books available that will provide you various techniques to memorize things, lists, theories, and a lot more. Yet, none of such books actually make you familiar with the means of learning. They try to help you in increasing your ability to memorize things without actually understanding them. Such strategies often fail to help you get better grades in school examinations. This is so because when you try to memorize ideas and theory without understanding them and making them your own ideas, you will remain prone to forget them or to commit mistake while copying the things that you stored in your memory. The learning process has nothing to do with memorizing things. In order to attain better grades at school you should try to learn more study less.

How to learn to get better grades

The correct way of learning is to break the study material in into easily understandable and practical partitions. Once you do so, you will be able to visualize the interlinking between the whole study materials. As you will start understanding the initial bits of your course, you will increase your potential to learn further with the help of the familiarity of the ideas of the study material. There is a good e-book that offers some of the best possible learning strategies to teach you how to learn more and study less to gain success.

Summary:

            To realize the difference between studying and learning is the key to excel school activities. Learning is the natural mental activity that makes you to get familiar with certain ideas and theories and their usages. The correct way of learning is to break down the studies into easily understandable and practical portions.  If you want to gain knowledge, your approach to the learning has to be holistic. As you understand the initial bits of your studies, you should increase your potential to learn further or to explore more about the study materials. This is the best learning strategies to learn and to be successful.

Reflection:

           To be successful in the future is to know what is learning. You should know the most effective way of learning. Learning is not just rote memorizing; you should understand the concept of the study and to learn explore deeper of the knowledge. Study is not only relying on the textbook, but also apply to real life experience.

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