You opened your textbook, took your seat at your desk, and have even written the date on top of your notepad. And then nothing happened. You had sat there staring at the page in terrible expectation that something would move you. It never came. Sound familiar? One of the most valuable skills a Nigerian student…
The spaced repetition study method changed my thinking regarding learning and I say so because I have tried virtually all of the study tricks available. I have worked all night. I have written and written notes till my hand aches. I have highlighted whole pages in neon colors. None of it was long lasting. I…
There was a time I would sit in the exam hall, stare at the paper… and my mind would go completely blank. Not “I forgot a few things” blank. I mean everything disappeared. My heart would start racing. My hands would start sweating. I would feel like somebody was sitting on my chest. And the…
There’s a kind of frustration that creeps in slowly. You sit down at night, books open, telling yourself, “today will be different.” Then your phone lights up. You check one thing… then another… and suddenly it’s late, and nothing meaningful got done. That was my everyday life. Not because I didn’t want to study. I…
I understand the feeling well enough if you have ever read a topic three times and found yourself blanking out on a test. Recognition and recall are confused by most students. You look at the question on the page and believe you have it. Then you find it hard to answer it when you try….
Active recall vs rereading was an experiment I was really looking forward to. After 14 days of performing the two techniques myself, I found that one of them was silently wasting my time. Let me explain. Two weeks before, I was seated at my desk with a pile of psychology notes, a timer and a…