Study Habits Essay

This past semester I have been taking a cognitive psychology class with Dr. Dietrich. Throughout the class we talked a lot about memory and how to improve memory. I took the knowledge that I learned in the class and helped Josh improve his study skills. Although I am not a professional and my ways of improving memory have not been guaranteed to work, I have strong background and reasoning to why it should benefit Josh. This paper will discuss some of the things that I suggested to help Josh and…

Study abroad is a term long program, usually run by a university, that allows students to live in a foreign country and attend a foreign university. The number of US students participating in Study Abroad programs has grown between 1997 and 2007, the number of participants grew from under 100,000 to 250,000. Participants of study abroad programs continued its growth in 2011-2012 grew to 283,332. By following this trend in the amount of participants is expected to increase and the Institute for…

I feel that if the teacher or professor assigns homework, it is important that I spend quality time to complete the homework. Learning is not something that comes easily to me, I have to work at it and study in order to receive a good grade. During high school and my first year in college, I spent a lot of time outside of the classroom studying. Spending time outside of the classroom helps me as a learner. Outside of the classroom, I read over the material…

In recent years, it has been reported that men and women are dying around the same age whether it be at a younger age or older age. “The role of biological factors in gender differences is better understood in terms of statistics and research studies about illness and mortality in both sexes. This also includes reproductive function, concentrations of sexual hormones, the expression of genes on the X and Y chromosomes and their effects and higher percentage of body fat in women.” (Zagrosek,…

Literature Review on Anthropology of Gender in Southeast Asia and its implication on Gender study in Vietnam. Introduction This essay reviewed the key literature regarding Southeast Asia gender studies in anthropology and Vietnamese gender studies. The Southeast Asia gender studies in anthropology mainly focus on the ambivalent role of gender in societies and the conflicting ideological representations and practical representations of gender. Moreover, the influence of economic transform in…

Should the amount of homework be decreased for students? Well, here are a couple reasons why amounts of homework should be decreased. Picture a late school night. You have just got home from a sporting event and still have an amazing amount of homework to conquer for the next day. The amount of homework for an teenager is proven that many teens are very stressed with way too much homework and studying for many tests(debate.org). In many cases, students believe the amount of homework from each…

Growing up in a small town, everyone knew everyone. You cannot go to the store without running into one of your grandparent’s friends or a coworker of your parents. Before you even introduced yourself the person you were talking to already knew many details about you. Now this can get extremely annoying but nothing is as annoying as when your teachers would have set expectations for you because they had taught your older siblings that had come before you. My two older sisters were not only great…

that walking was an actual learned trait. Though I don’t have kids at the present moment, I do plan to have them. With this knowledge in mind, I will teach my kids how to walk and eventually how to run. How? Well with repetition till they develop the habit of walking and of running. Obviously, since I played sports I will love for them to do so as well. That will require for them to learn the skills through watching a video, through actually practicing the sport and repeating certain drills over…

In corporate and institutional organizations, strategic decisions commonly hinge on the product of quantitatively researching empirical, observable phenomena such as market penetration data, financial statements, or demographic studies. These types of data are rather straightforward and analyzed, synthesized, or summarized to deliver easily comprehended information ranging from profitability ratios to market share and anything in between. However, one category often belies and betrays the best…

Not many people know there are multiple ways one can learn new information. Not everyone can receive the information the same way and retain it for future use. Some people are visual learners, aural learners, kinesthetic learners, or learn best by reading and writing the information. The VARK Learning assessment was an interesting tool that informed me of the exact type of learner I am. This assessment placed me into the kinesthetic learner group. This explains many issues I had in the past with…