Students try their best to perform good at their academic studies, yet only a few find it easy to learn more and study less to make good grades. These few students are not the smarter ones; rather they are the students who exactly know how to learn things and how to get better grades. Learning is a serious job and if you are in a class with many students, learning also becomes a competetive job. Our desire to be at the top doesn’t let us feel happy with mere success in school examinations but we try to reach the top and gain best possible grades.
You can easily get better grades in your school examination by following the better learning strategies that will make it possible for you to optimize your learning capacities and make the best use of your hardwork. In order to succeed in school, it is not necessary that you should try to be a bookworm. Many of the students who always remain in touch of their books to memorize the formula, theories and problem solving techniques often fails to get better grades. This is so because they keep trying to memorize without interlinking the ideas behind the various topics and subjects and that doesn’t allow them to learn things practically.
You may get average grades if you try hard to memorize things. Yet if you really want to excel in your studies and to earn the topmost grade, you will need to play smart and intelligent. Memorizing is not the correct process; rather you must try to make your mind active enough to make learning process easier than it is for the most of the students. With better learning approach, you will gain more time and confidence. This will let you take part in your social life and to enjoy other streams of learning like sports and other recreational activities.
Instead of locking yourself with books like a bookworm and trying to memorize every word of the book without actually understanding it, you need to follow the holistic manner of learning. Instead of wasting your energy in trying to memorize everything mentioned in your curriculum , you should start making connection between ideas. There are many specific tactics to learn things in an easier way.
By: Josephine C. Bendo | Teacher III | Marina Bay Elementary School | Mariveles, Bataan
