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Albert Einstein on reality, rationality, and harnessing our human “passion for comprehension” 

I know from personal experience that sometimes sitting down to study sometimes means just staring blankly at a screen or notebook for a few minutes before ‘giving up’ and logging onto tumblr or facebook instead. I’ve been asked a few times about how to avoid wasting time and studying effectively, so here’s what my advice would be: 

What kind of learner are you?

Something that is only just starting to be understood by schools is that people learn in different ways. Just because you struggle to take in information when it’s written down in front of you, it doesn’t mean you’re ‘stupid’ or bad at revising. It’s important that you find out what methods work for you, because you might be any one of these learners, or a mixture of a few!: 

Visual Learners

If you’re quite a fast talker, or you get impatient during your revision, you might find that you are a visual learner. This means you take in information by looking at it and visualising what it is. Ways that you can revise that will encourage your visual learner traits would be:

Present your information with colourful charts and graphs. 

Use flashcards with pictures to learn vocabulary. 

Create powerpoint presentations with animation to explain key topics. 

Watch educational Youtube videos. 

Auditory Learners

If you’re a natural listener in conversations and find it easier to have things explained to you verbally, then you might be an auditory learner. This means that it’s easier for you to take information in by listening to it. Ways that you can revise that will encourage your auditory learner traits would be:

Record yourself saying your notes and listen back to them. 

Listen to educational Youtube videos or podcasts. 

Learn songs or poems in your target languages.

Read-Write Learners: 

If you enjoy reading and writing in all forms then you’re likely to be a read-write learner. This means you work well when interacting with a text. Ways that you can revise that will encourage your read-write learner traits would be: 

Take part in written tests that you make yourself or past papers. 

Summarise notes from a textbook.

Create your own handouts based on youtube videos or textbook chapters.

Kinesthetic Learners

If you prefer the more hands-on approach to learning, then you might be a kinesthetic learner. You learn best by doing the task at hand and practising! Ways that you can revise that will encourage your kinesthetic learner traits would be: 

Roleplaying or doing mock walkthroughs of tasks. 

Practising your languages by interacting with other speakers. 

Memory games and interactive ways of learning work well. 

BBC Key Skills has a test that you can take to help you work out what type of learner that you are! 

Other tips?

Avoid distractions

A proper revision session is rarely done with the TV blaring in the background or twitter open on another tab. So I would suggest trying applications like the StayFocused Chrome Extension if you can’t be trusted to stay on task when revising. I know that lots of people can’t stand silence, so try classical music or music from video games on a low volume in the background if you want to avoid being caught up in the lyrics. Get that phone on silent or airplane mode! 

Don’t overwork yourself

There’s very little point in sitting for hours and hours revising. You’re not going to take everything in and you’ll be very bored in the process. Tackle a few tasks, then take a break before revisiting them to ensure that they’ve stuck in your head. ‘Take regular breaks’ is a mantra I find myself repeating a lot. 

Have fun! 

The best encouragement for studying is by doing it in a way that you enjoy. If you’re arty, make your own posters or infographics that clearly display your topics. If you work well by interacting with others then organise a study group with some of your friends. Resources like educational youtube videos or memory games are perfect for keeping revision lighthearted. 

100 Days Of Productivity: Day 4

Mere seconds ago I posted my DAY 3 post due to my productivity lag; I manage to get so much done during the day that I dont have time to write these reflections on the same day!

I am planning to get a head start on the remaining stuff left to do today which only involves going for a run and going to see friends; therefore this is sort of already the end of my productive day. The above picture is from a math lesson which I had today from 08:30 till 10, a lesson I usually spend with my head on the desk, occasionally mumbling a muffled ‘’meh’’ when asked how I’m feeling. Instead of the usual moan and groan morning routine I instead decided to switch up on the lack of sleep and just go with it; it ended up being really cool as I understood almost everything (apart from some things on the paper above, as you can see by the number of lines drawn through things) and felt really motivated. Later that day during triple biology I laso decided to change up my attitude as I had spent yesterday’s lesson sleeping for 1.5 hours and completely missing out on everything that happened during the lesson. I totalled roughly 4 pages of written stuff where I usally give up after the first page and proceed to go on tumblr or do something completely pointless with my time. Once into the late afternoon (now) I can feel the energy and motivation start to dwindle, which is why I am writing this day 4 post on day 4 (a personal first). 

So if anyone ever does read these, thanks for reading and stay posted for more posts relating to CAS or anything productivity related!

University life

Hello!

No one will probably read this but I’ll write it anyways.

Big news: I GOT IN UNIVERSITY! ONE OF THE BEST IN RIO DE JANEIRO!

I was approved in 3 universities, 2 publics and a private one. I choose the public one near my house (because it’s free). I’m not gona explain how is the process to get in a university here because it’s confusing, if anyone really wants to know send me a message.

That’s the reason I disappeared. I graduated from my technical school (yay), I’m doing my internship and university at the same time. So this means I have zero time left hahaha. My major is chemical engineering and it’s a 5 year course. I’m loving university so far, I’ve already been to a party and I love it. 

Now that I’m studying again I’ll try my best to update this blog because I love the community so much! That’s it!

xx, Mariana

PREPARATIONS FOR AN EFFECTIVE STUDY SESH

1. Wash your face so you feel refreshed and ready.

2. Get a bottle of cold water and a small healthy snack to stay hydrated and nourished which really does help when you’re studying because it keeps the brain active. A study snack example could be, fruit and nuts or maybe a guilty pleasure (but don’t go overboard!)

3. Clean your study area if it isn’t already. Remember, a messy area = messy brain. But thats not the case always I know. However, a clean and organized study area stimulates your mind and makes you want to sit down and study.

4. Gather ALL your study essentials like your pens, pencils, ruler, paper (basically your general stationery), and most importantly, your actual subject material of course (textbooks, notebooks, handouts and past papers).

5. Lay all your study essentials neatly on the desk to how ever you think everything will be easily approachable.

6. Block out ALL distractions which will prevent you from studying effectively. Turn off your phone and put it away as far as possible. Put away EVERYTHING that you know for a fact that will keep you from studying your best. If you listen to music while you study, then classical music is said to be very helpful, however use the phone just for that purpose, and for what you will encounter in the next tip. You can also use your iPod if you have one or any thing that plays music. Just remember, don’t procrastinate. 

7. Set yourself a timer to make sure you don’t spend too much time doing one thing or waste time. Keep your phone ONLY for this purpose, unless your watch can set the timer, anything else. Most popular method is the pomodoro method. If you are unfamiliar with this, let me explain. So basically in this method, you study for about 25-30 minutes and take 5 minute breaks and then a long 15 minute break. You change this to how ever you want but don’t go extreme for example study for a about 40 mins and then take a 20 minute break. No. Again, if using the phone for the timer, PLEASE PLEASE refrain from checking social media. 

8. Start the studying now that you are fully prepared. Remember, practice active studying rather than passive studying. Active studying would include annotating lecture notes, doing practice questions, organizing and identifying main points, making summaries, etc. Passive studying would be just reading through your notes.

Hope you found my tips useful (and i hope they made sense) even though you probably saw these everywhere else. I’m just here spreading them out again to remind you what’s better for you and your grades and general studying. My name is Aditi, and I hope everyone is having a fantastic day! 

1: please for the love of god wash your hands. do foley care. check your IV lines. these things can seriously screw up a person.

2: most of the people sitting next to you the first semester won’t be there towards the end. people fall behind, people switch to other majors, people leave. 

3: your clinical group will become like a family. that means there will probably be at least one person in the group you won’t like, but you still have to help them out. and they will probably help you out too.

4: some people will gripe and be angry no matter what. you don’t need to get caught up jn their drama.

5: consider clinical experiences a job. every time you step on the floor or the unit, you are basically at a job interview.

6: some teachers will want to go above and beyond to help you out. some will not.

7: study everyday! seriously. even if you can only spare 30 minutes, use those 30 minutes. and don’t forget to look back over previous material even after the exam is over. focus on areas that gave you trouble.

8: get an NCLEX app or book and do practice questions. this will help so much when it comes to some of those crazy exam questions you really need to think through.

9: pay attention in class, even during those long lectures. the people who sat on their phones/laptops/etc my first semester aren’t here anymore. if you are having trouble paying attention, take a very quick “bathroom” break if you can to move around. it really helps to get you re-focused.

10: take care of yourself. everyone in nursing school talks about being sleep deprived. sleep is important and you’ll feel better and do better. bring some snacks so you aren’t distracted by the snackies. remember to “schedule” in some time to do something non-school related that you enjoy!

Teaching Skills, Not Just Content

Shira Lurie is a PhD hopeful in Early American History at the University of Virginia. Her exploration concentrates on well known political clashes over the American Revolution's legacy in the early republic. You can tail her on Twitter and on her site.

This year I TAed a course on the historical backdrop of Colonial British America for the most part non-history majors. A few understudies were there out of general interest, yet numerous were utilizing the course to satisfy a circulation necessity. While I positively trust that the investigation of history is imperative for everybody, I likewise needed my understudies to see the class as by and by advantageous and, most importantly, helpful for their prospects. I think this is one of the more subtle, yet noteworthy difficulties in post-optional educating: it is regularly the case that the greater part of understudies we instruct won't seek after professions in our field. We likewise know, likely from direct experience, that post-exam cerebrum channel is a fight no instructor can completely win. As TAs, our first obligation is, obviously, to educate content. Yet, given that our understudies will probably not utilize, thus overlook, the vast majority of the data they realize, by what means would we be able to guarantee an effect comparable to the time our understudies go through with us? I think in any event part of the answer is to chip away at ability improvement.

I chose that there were sure abilities I could concentrate on over the semester that would serve my understudies well in whatever professions they in the end sought after. Notwithstanding future convenience, investing a portion of class energy in expertise advancement additionally gives understudies chances to track their own particular advancement in specific zones. Here are a few aptitudes I underlined this semester and a few thoughts on the most proficient method to create them:

Composing

I started the term by disclosing to my understudies that written work would be a high need for us since great composition can separate them in whatever order they pick. About each different class I would break them into little gatherings and have them compose a couple sentences on a given brief or idea. For instance, I would give every gathering a term that they may need to recognize and dissect on the last, most decisive test. We would then put them up on a projector and investigate them as a class. This permitted understudies to get criticism on their composition and to thoroughly consider what makes a compelling sentence, section, and contention. It additionally empowered them to rehearse for the exam.

ARTICULATING AN ARGUMENT

Scientific speculation and the capacity to marshal proof in administration of a contention are likewise generally pertinent aptitudes. It is likewise essential to have the capacity to survey the contention of someone else and give reasons why you concur or oppose this idea. I had my understudies respond to the contentions of the books we read in class, and also to the feelings I and different understudies would voice. Contemplating a power's sentiment and having the capacity to mindfully voice resistance are profitable aptitudes that require sharpening. For instance, I set up a sentence from the book we were perusing on the board and sorted out understudies into two gatherings: the individuals who concurred and the individuals who couldn't help contradicting the sentence. The understudies then discussed with each other, offering proof from the book and different readings to bolster their focuses.

Open SPEAKING

While I didn't have my understudies give formal presentations, I saw investment in class exchange as a decent open door for them to hone their open talking aptitudes. I urged understudies to illuminate any ambiguous dialect they utilized and to work off of every others' focuses. I additionally attempted to discover chances to urge shyer understudies to talk up. For instance, amid gathering work, I requested that calmer gathering individuals be the ones to represent their gathering's commitment when we returned together as a class. This gave them an opportunity to rationally plan and even record their remarks on the off chance that they favored.

Student loan default is $849 billion and rising

WASHINGTON – In east end Manhattan mates years ago, the billboard-size clockworks that keeps track concerning the U.S. national debt ran sluice of digits for all that the figure ballooned over against $10 trillion.

Better self wasn’t long before a illumination was cause to again tick, tick, seam far how much the country is in the red.

As things are there’s another time, relatively this one is online, ticking away the amount re scholar loan debt being joined nearby rochdale cooperative students and their parents.

Mark Kantrowitz, book salesman of finaid.org, one of the best sites for college financial set up information, has placed a “Student Loan Debt Timepiece” that keeps a running tally with respect to the current outstanding federal and noncommissioned officer student loans.

If you check today, the grand purposefulness be more than $849 zillion. I just watched in alarm since the last five digits retained changing, nosy the debt load to a level that is straightforwardly hard for fathom. It’s a add up figure, I inaugurate, excepting I also know - and better self perhaps know, too - what a financially debilitating impact this much student loan due is having on families.

To develop the big ben, Kantrowitz started with a conservative conception as to $665 billion in federal loans superior as of June 2010. For intimate student loans, he forfeited a repayment trajectory degree he put together in addition to annual new collateral loan volume data. Those calculations yielded $168 a zillion for private student loans. Combine all this debt and you get the starting estimate of $833 googol.

The total debt figure is earlier increased by $2,853.88 for each lunar month long since midnight June 30, he said. The total indebtedness projecting will be even more continuant at the fetal of each year, when most student loans are disbursed.

Kantrowitz is quick to point out that the swot loan straitened clock is only an approximation and is supposed to be lost for entertainment purposes. DA, but there’s nothing entertaining up and down this deterrent big ben. It’s proportionately strong a statement as the ethnic debt fix the time.

“Hopefully most awareness upon the aggregate magnitude pertinent to training debt will encourage families to reduce their student loan debt,” Kantrowitz says.

Kantrowitz tries to anticipate people exception taken of pledge inter alia much. Most new on finaid.org, Kantrowitz released tips for families, composed of a recommendation that for a student’s straight-out upbringing, unique should not borrow more than the unamazed starting salary upon graduation. Great advice, except many students and their parents don’t even bothersomeness to figure out what that starting salary might be before signing loan documents. I’m not even subsuming the students who are clueless within earshot their career path, wide world the while adding to the indebted clock.

Private Grind Loan Default Help If you borrow more than twice your starting salary in back of college, you will go on at bad-smelling risk of default, Kantrowitz says.

Kantrowitz has another reason for posting the clock. He wants to draw circumspection to the sketchiness in regard to need-based grants. The federal Pell Grant program, which provides grants to low-income sophomore and certain post-baccalaureate students, should be expanded. Student Loan Settlement A Pell Grant, unlike a loan, does not have up to be repaid. Kantrowitz suggests doubling the maximum grant, which for the 2010-11 offering year (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011) is $5,550.

“Companion an investment will increase the number of low- and moderate-income students graduating with bachelor’s degrees by 200,000 to 300,000 a year, ultimately installment plan for the cost of the heighten in grants through greater treasury agent income-tax commissions,” he estimates.

In a notice to Congress and the Department of Education, the federal Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance predicate that inadequate need-based grants brink the ability of students from low- and moderate-income families to attend four-year colleges and universities. Entrance “The Uphillward Opening price of Incongruity,” the independent division warns that if alleviate isn’t exacerbated, the percentage of restricted low-income students who earn bachelor’s degrees will significantly drop.

We all know there is a increasing draw between the haves and have-nots. In this soft binding, it’s the people who ken enough money in order to spirit to college outwards debt and those who are burying herself or their parents in debt. The problem is that the conventional collected sayings - a college education will meet off ingoing the future - isn’t a guard inpouring an war economy spite of high unemployment and starting salaries that are insufficient so service the monthly student loan payments many people in general are taking on.

So if you’re borrowing on behalf of college, last to finaid.org and straight-up-and-down clock movement the clock parce que a little while. Take in its message insofar as it eyeshot the debt foot formulation second by second. It’s haunting. It’s crazy. It’s sad. Clerk Long-term loan Forgiveness

Topics from A-level that are used lots in a Maths degree:

Note: This is just based on my experience of degree and A-level Maths and Further Maths. At degree I studied mostly applied mathematics and statistics/probability so this is based on that.

Differential Equations

These are particularly important in applied mathematics. I don’t think I’ve taken an applied module without them. If you haven’t done them in A-level, they are covered extensively in first year. 

Differentiation/Integration

Also key to applied mathematics, but also in probability and statistics. Methods are covered in first year too. Oh and in analysis too, but that tends to look at calculus in a new light. 

Matrices

These are everywhere. Particularly multiplying them, taking the inverse, eigenvalues and eigenvectors (these are in everything - even statistics), Diagonalisation comes up a bit too (probability, statistics). 

Vectors

Mostly the scalar product and vector product (these are everywhere). Not so much the geometry. Kinda like M2 where you have 3D motion, finding x, v and a etc. Most things become multi-dimensional as the degree progresses so just kinda know what a vector means.

Polar Co-ordinates

Loads of them in applied maths, but converting between Cartesians and Polars is probably the main thing from A-level Further Maths. I can’t really remember what is covered in FP2 but yeah. Most of the stuff at degree is new. 

Exponentials/Logarithms

How could I forget these??? I’d advise being really fluent with them because you’re kind of expected to know the log rules and converting between exponentials and logarithms. You were on my course anyway. Also the graphs of them are pretty important. 

Hypothesis Tests

If you’ve done S2 then lots of Statistics at degree is based around hypothesis testing. It’ll all be taught from scratch in first year but yeah. And it’s probably less confusing when you do it at degree. 

Complex Numbers

Just knowing how to manipulate really. They come up every now and again. Not to the extent that they do in FP2. 

Curve Sketching

Lecturers love putting this in exams because they know we hate it. I can’t remember doing a lot of it in A-level though, but yeah practise drawing trig functions and logs/exponentials and quadratics/cubics. 

Trig

Mostly just being fluent with trig identities because it’s another thing you’re just expected to be able to use when needed. Cos2x is a particularly good one to know. Hyperbolic trig also comes up. But really just knowing the exponential form because lecturers seem to love putting it in questions. 

Obviously it depends on what modules you take. At Notts you can take optimisation, game theory and graph theory in third year which follows on from Decision. Pure Maths is pretty much all new (I think OCR MEI FP3 has some group theory though). 

The main thing is to pay attention to first year because most of it is methods and skills that will be needed in second year. I mean, some of first year you’ll never touch again in your final years but yeah, most of it is useful. 

Also don’t worry if you haven’t done Further Maths. From my experience the content from Further Maths was covered at a relatively slow pace and at first you may have to work harder than people who did do FM, but you’ll catch up really quickly. 

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