The buzan study skills handbook(english)
BUZAN STUDYSKIL 5 THE SHORT CUT TO SUCCESS IN YOUR STUDIES WITH MIND MAPPING, SPEED READING AND WINNING MEMORY iTECHNIQUES (;J(;JSACTIVE [...]... could - with the right nurturing - flourish The two sides of your brain do not operate separately from one another - they need to work together to be at their most effective The more you can stimulate both sides of your brain at the same time, the more effectively they will work together to help you to: Think better o o o Remember more Recall instantly Stimulation for study is going to come in the guise... BOST, the Buzan Organic Study Technique programme Using these unique and personally refined study skills - incorporating Mind Maps, Radiant Thinking, Speed Reading, Recall after Learning and other core Buzan Study Skills- your ability to master revision, learning, comprehension, exam study and preparation will be transformed Consider, to give you confidence, these two true student cases studies: Case study. .. concerned One further and major reason for poor study results lies in the way we have approached both study techniques and the information we wanted people to study We have surrounded the person with a confusing mass of different subjects or 'disciplines', demanding that he learn, •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE STUDY 31 THE BUZAN STUDY SKILLS HANDBOOK ... virtually anything he wishes to study or research But when it comes to the most complicated, complex, and important organism of all, ourselves, there has been practically no help We need our own 'operations manual' on how to operate our own 'Super Bio Computer' The Buzan Study Skills Handbook is that operations manual OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE STUDY 35 3 BOST@ 38 THE BUZAN STUDY SKILLS HANDBOOK •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••... 'feel' of the book, observing the organization and structure, the level of difficulty, the proportion of diagrams and illustrations to text, and the location of any Results, Summaries and Conclusions Time and amount These two aspects can be dealt with simultaneously because the theory behind them both is similar The first thing to do when sitting down to study a textbook is to decide on the periods... when confronted with a study text This reluctance and fear arises from the examinationbased education system in which the student is presented OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE STUDY 29 30 THE BUZAN STUDY SKILLS HANDBOOK with textbooks on the subjects he is 'taking' He knows that textbooks are 'harder' than storybooks and novels; he also knows that they represent a lot of work; and he further knows that he will... comes to studying? Most people will have experienced difficulties in studying or revising for examinations This chapter outlines these common difficulties so that you can accept and overcome your quite rational fears of the exam, test, assessment, essay, thesis and coursework The key barriers to successful study are: o The reluctant learner o The mental blocks to effective study o Outdated study techniques... riding sunbeams to the far extremities of the Universe, and upon finding himself returned, 'illogically', to the surface of the sun, he realized that the Universe must indeed be curved, and that his previous 'logical' training was incomplete The numbers, equations and words he wrapped around this new image gave us the Theory of Relativity - a left and right cortex synthesis Similarly the great artists... will be tested on his knowledge of the information from the books So: 1 The fact that the type of book is 'hard' is discouraging in itself 2 The fact that the book represents work is also discouraging, because the student instinctively knows that he is unable to read, note, and remember properly 3 The fact that he is going to be tested is often the most serious of the three difficulties It is well known... frantically, assuming that they were answering the question, when in fact they are repeating over and over again either their own name or one word Faced with this kind of threat, which for many is truly terrifying, the student has one of two choices: he can either study and face one set of consequences, or not study and face a different set of consequences If he studies and does badly, then he has proven himself . • •• •• •••• •• •• • ••• •••• •• •• • •• • •• • ••• • •••• •• •• •• • INTRODUCTION 11 12 THE BUZAN STUDY SKILLS HANDBOOK ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Having gathered the core components of the BOST programme, you can then incorporate all these previous. from one another - they need to work together to be at their most effective. The more you can stimulate both sides ofyour brain at the same time, the more effectively they will work together to help. 6 THE BUZAN STUDY SKILLS HANDBOOK ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Introduction The Buzan Study Skills Handbook comprises the unique BOST® (Buzan Organic Study Technique) programme, designed specifically to improve any student's capabilities to prepare for those dreaded higher school, college and university exams, essays, tests, modules and coursework generally. This handbook will