I went to the saturday course in the morning..I must say it did work for me. As you can see today i woke up at 5 am just to get some study done...
Basically, what the lecturer said was provided in a booklet titled "Mastering the HSC". Inside it provided some useful tips, motivational quotes, and just some general knowledge about how the body works and how to maximise its potential.
Some of the tips i've gathered from the lecture are below...
The showed you how to manage stress
- Exercise
- Get plenty of sleep
- Well balanced diet.
- Take regular breaks, ie 10 minutes for each 50 minutes which is more effective then 30 minutes for each 2.5 hours.
- Accept the fact that you will do thinks you won't enjoy
- Think positively..
- Any many others i just forgot.
The main tip i learned from the course was from the following:
In general, people retain
- 10% of what they read ie. Handouts
- 20% of what they see ie. Flip-charts.
- 30% of what they hear ie. Audiotapes.
- 50 % of what they hear and see ie. Videos and lectures.
- 70% of what they say and discuss ie Study groups
- 80% of what they say and do. ie, Role play.
So basically, the lecture is saying, say your revision out allowed, obtain an object (Doll, w.e) and speak to it. Practice over and over through speech, two to three times a week to learn your stuff quickly..
Thats all i can rememember..
All in all it was a good lecture a little boring time to time, but lecturer was funny so that was alrite.