How to Study Smart

Why do some students study very hard, spending most of their time doing their revision but they aren’t the best in their study group? And why are there some students who only spend a fraction of the time studying but they often get good or even outstanding results? This was not due to the lack of natural talent in studies but it simply means that they have not found an effective tool which acts as a knack for understanding concepts and learning new ideas. One of the smart study habits is by using mind-map to promote effective and accelerated learning experience. A mind map is a useful web-like structure which emphasizes visual imagery that helps to engage in critical thinking and seeing a bigger picture. Empirically, mind-mapping is proven as an effective method of note-taking as an active learning (Abi-El-Mona and Abd-Ei-Khalick, 2008; Liu, Zhao and Ma et al., 2014). Mind mapping makes learning more vivid, thus promotes creative thinking and encourages brainstorming. Th...

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A famous quote by Nita Ambani was saying that, "Education is not a tool for development- individual, community and the nation. It is the foundation for our future. It is empowerment to make choices and emboldens the youth to chase their dreams".



Have you ever experienced that some of your friends flaunted to you that they earn higher wages compared to the fresh graduates although they do not go for their tertiary studies? They will try to influence you by telling that how they earn easy money, thus higher education is not important at all. 

Let's put it this way. Different path brings people to different destiny. The people who choose the path of higher education should be passionate and confident of their choice, regardless of other demotivated factors. Higher education not only offers you a better starting point in your career, but it also helps to keep you active. Moreover, you get to make friends of diverse background and culture, at the same time equipped with necessary knowledge with the help of the college facilities.

Tan Kah Wai, BBM1541

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