Loci Method
The loci method is a well-known technique that can help you memorize things. Especially for remembering sequences, this technique is great. It ties in with your spatial memory. You imagine places in your mind’s eye…
Learning foreign languages: Watching foreign language films
This learning tip for foreign languages is not innovative, but it works: If you watch movies in the original foreign language sound, you get used to the foreign language melody and expand your vocabulary at…
Learning foreign languages: Just sing along
The pronunciation of a foreign language is a big hurdle for many students – in French even more than in German. You hear yourself speak, and it doesn’t sound right, somehow funny. So you’d rather…
Formulate your own learning tips …
Try to formulate your own study tips by completing the following sentence starters: 1. When starting homework, it is better to … 2. When you have eaten, it is a good idea to … 3.…
Socialization
The term socialization refers to the learning processes of social organisms that are based on interactions with conspecifics and enable the integration of an individual into a social group. Social learning plays a major role…
Imprinting
Imprinting is an irreversible form of learning. During the sensitive phase, environmental stimuli are permanently incorporated into the behavioral repertoire. Learning by imprinting occurs without reward or punishment. It is also fundamentally different from learning…
Blurting
Blurting is a useful study technique in the last period before an exam. It is best to set an alarm clock depending on the scope of the topic. You simply write down the topic on…
Let your child learn 4x short rather than 1x long
Let your child learn 4x short rather than 1x long. Studies show that it makes more sense to learn for a shorter time several times than for a long time less often. For one thing,…
Make sure there are enough breaks
If it’s not about topics that excite your child, you will notice that your child’s ability to concentrate decreases after a while. Mistakes creep in, the mood gets worse, your child fidgets more or the…
Ensure peace and quiet in the workplace
Is your child easily distracted? Then help him by providing a quiet environment or even silence while learning. To do this, try one or more of the following ideas: … (read more) Turn off the…
Keep the learning space tidy
When our middle child is painting, doing handicrafts or learning, the workplace quickly looks as if the proverbial bomb has hit. It makes me a fan of order all jittery. And he also sometimes loses…
Find the right place for learning
Many children are given their own desk in the nursery when they start school and are very proud of it. For some, it is the ideal place to study. Others, on the other hand, let…
Find the right time for learning
Many children need a break right after school. A time when they DON’T HAVE to do anything. A time they can decide for themselves. Do and leave what they want. … (read more) Because even…
How can I support my child?
You would like to support your child to enjoy learning again? Or – to retain this joy? You wish for many aha-moments for your child? A healthy self-confidence – also in matters of school? Often,…
Must learning be fun?
Yes! Definitely: Yes! It absolutely should! Because only when your child is in a positive mood and is interested in learning, will what he or she has learned be stored “correctly” in the learning center…
What happens when learning is done with pressure?
If learning is done under pressure with frustration or even fear, these feelings activate the fear center of the brain (amygdala). As a result, your child has trouble remembering new things and is only capable…
Learning strategies for learning-intensive subjects
As a student, you have to keep the material and your nerves, because learning-intensive subjects need good learning strategies. Studying usually demands a lot from you: motivation, ambition, methodical approach and scientific precision. Nevertheless, there…
Systems and formats of notes in the classroom
Many different formats are used to structure information and make it easier to find and understand later. The format of the original record can often be informal and/or unstructured. A common format for such notes…
Learning tip for mathematics: Calculate backwards
Simple memorization can go a long way in mathematics: Many students cheat their way through to the sixth grade without really being able to do math. But by then, at the latest, teachers expect their…
Learning tip for mathematics: Simply estimate for the first time
Estimating results is good practice in more ways than one: Estimating requires and encourages a basic sense of scale: Is the circle one meter or ten meters? Are there 100 or 1,000 million cell phone…
Learning tip for math: Calculate aloud
Even if it sounds silly, studies have shown that people solve math problems faster if they count out loud. This apparently promotes concentration. In general, a lot of gestures and facial expressions support memory processes,…
Learning tip for mathematics: More mental arithmetic
In mathematics, many students in higher grades are like old computers that you want to use on the Internet: They still work, but they are too slow. They simply can’t keep up. The reason is…
Believe in yourself
Even if you follow all the study tips: There will always be phases in which you find it difficult to build up motivation. And despite careful preparation, you may still fail an exam. Don’t let…
Give yourself breaks!
Breaks are very important when learning. Your head needs them to be able to process information, because your brain is not continuously receptive. As a rule, it is recommended to take a short break after…
Study regularly
As idle as it may be: Without regular repetition, there will be no lasting learning success. Your brain needs repetition to store information in long-term memory. And regular repetition has several advantages for you as…
Avoid distractions
Checking your smartphone, listening to music or watching Netflix on the side – even if it’s just in passing, it can have a significant impact on your ability to absorb and concentrate. Even if it’s…
Create a study plan
If you want to be properly structured and organized, it can help to create a study plan. This is especially recommended if you generally have problems with a structured way of working and quickly lose…
Learn with structure
Good preparation also includes a structured approach. This means that you pack the topics into individual blocks and work through them instead of just learning at random. You should also keep an eye on the…
Find out your learning style
Everyone has different strengths when it comes to learning. Some learn visually, which means they need to see things vividly in front of them. Others remember things more easily when they say them out loud.…
Formulate a clear goal for learning
An important way to increase your motivation for learning is to be aware of what you are doing it for. This doesn’t necessarily have to be the next class test. It’s true that you’re studying…
Find your motivation
It is often the biggest problem that keeps us from learning: the lack of motivation. Because, of course, there are tens of things you would much rather do. So motivating yourself is actually the most…
Preparation for learning
Sit down and get started – before you do that, you should prepare yourself. Because if you want to learn effectively, but then realize that your documents are not sorted, your desk is a mess…
Paper ball method
To deal with learning blocks, the paper ball method is well suited. To do this, you write down the mishaps that have happened to you on ieces of paper and lay them all out in…
Personal interest as the basis for learning
The brain is not a muscle that can be trained by repetition and practice, because only what is really important to a person, what gets under his skin, sticks in the brain. Only in this…
Eavesdropping as an exercise in concentration
A few simple exercises are helpful in promoting concentration, and you can also use unusual situations to learn how to focus. Often in an office there is soft music playing in the background and colleagues…
Learning technique and personality
Dealing with the topic of learning techniques means first and foremost dealing with one’s own competencies, but also with one’s own person. This is difficult for some people, but it is necessary for an efficient…
When the mind wanders …
Arnau et al. (2020) have investigated how mental wandering is reflected in the brain, which usually not only reduces one’s performance but can also be dangerous in risky work. It was suspected that the measurement…
The consolidation break after learning
The time after the daily learning is also important, then every student should let what they have learned sink in and take at least twenty minutes of a consolidation break without any activity in order…
Isometric exercises to increase concentration at the beginning of learning phases
In an isometric exercise, one pushes or pulls for a short time with all available force against an imaginary or real resistance. This activates the affected muscle areas in particular and the circulation in general.…
Calm your nerves with these tips and tricks
If you let your brain run at full speed all day while studying, you run the risk of overheating it, like a computer with too many programs open. To calm such overstimulated nerves, regular breaks…
The Pomodoro technique
The Pomodoro technique is a method of organizing learning and work developed by Francesco Cirillo. For this system, Cirillo used a short-time alarm clock in the shape of a tomato – to divide the learning…
Feel good while learning
Knowledge and learning material can be conveyed more memorably with pictures and stories, and routine, fixed structures and repeating what has been learned in a fixed time frame are helpful in learning. If a child…
Learning tips from the web
In an Internet forum people asked what they could do as a student if they wanted to improve at school. In particular, we always asked how to learn the easier, in most cases, how to…
Reading and spelling difficulties and dyslexia
Dyslexia is different from a normal reading and spelling disability, because the latter can occur temporarily, for example when a child is exposed to unfavorable psychosocial factors such as a change of residence or divorce…
When should you take a break from studying?
In addition to sleep at night, the human body also needs breaks throughout the day to regain its strength. This is particularly important during learning, as the brain becomes less and less efficient under constant…
What is the maximum amount of time you should study per day?
Five hours of pure learning time is quite ambitious. Quality clearly takes precedence over stubborn cramming of learning material. You need breaks so that the knowledge can settle. It is therefore all the more important…
The best 10 learning tips
Learning tip 1: Study planning Keep a calendar in which you regularly enter all your schoolwork and exams. Get an overview of the learning material and start learning in time so that there is no…
How to learn more easily by understanding
People learn the vast majority of things by doing and imitating: Toddlers play with pots and lids, improving their fine motor skills. Older children learn to ride a bicycle by practicing many times. Teenagers play…
Learning languages: Getting sprinkled in
Most of us have spent years trying to learn one or even several foreign languages during our school years. However, during the first contacts with foreigners from the language area in question, there was often…
How to increase the ability to concentrate?
If you want to improve your ability to concentrate, you should allow your brain regular periods of regeneration. The brain needs breaks in order to sort and process impressions. And it is often during rest…