Concentration And Memory: Part I

Introduction

Concentration and Memory are the two terms most bothering the students as well as working personnels. In fact, a student and his/her parents are most bothered about their student's memory and studying skills. Before proceeding with the topic, let me discuss briefly about these two 'pompous' words.

Concentration is something that lets us direct our minds towards a particular fact; may it be towards our study or work or anything else. On the other hand memory is something which helps us store an experienced and learnt information. Memory is something which lasts forever. It is immortal. Probably, we say the word 'forgot' to signify our inability to recall that information. This axiom holds true most effectively when we 'store facts in our memory with total concentration'.

Concentration

1) Study Environment- To learn something with total efficiency, it is important to take into consideration the study habitat, i.e.- the place of study and the factors surrounding us which might influence our concentration. Few to-do's to find a proper study environment are:
a) Distraction free
b) Conditions (i.e. chair, desk, temperature, and lighting) that are conducive to studying
c) Materials you need for studying are present
2) Structure for Study Sessions- This is another parameter to determine the study efficiency. The following points might help a lot to achieve a good result in concentration.
a) Develop realistic goals for the study session
b) Decide the order in which you will complete tasks
c) Plan a reward

To assess the choice of study place, the below given link would surely help you out.

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/ICEnvQuiz.htm

Memory

The tacts to improve the memory to at least to prevent it from getting downgraded include the following to-do's.

1) organizational skills
2) using your body
3) using your brain
4) time for recall
5) Acronyms
6) Rhymes

The detailed information explaining each of the above cited points would be clearly laid out in the next up coming blog. I hope they would help me receiving comments as well as criticism involved in the present as well as up coming ones.

(to be cont.)

Reference Link

1) http://www.connecticutcenterforhealth.com/memory-loss.html
2) http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/ImprovConcentration.htm
3) http://www.nwlincs.org/mtlincs/pilotproject/studyskills/memory.htm
4) http://www.sbcc.edu/learningresources/website/orientation/skills/concent...