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Some tips for students
On completing an assignment effectively

✓ Firstly, make sure that you are determined to complete your assignment in
the time that is remaining with you, without worrying about the time that is
lost already.
✓ Make a list of all the materials required, for example books, papers, reference
materials etc.
✓ Pick out a time and place when and where you are least likely to be disturbed
by anyone you feel obligated to not refuse.
✓ Be determined to firmly refuse distractions you feel are unnecessary.

✓ Doing the work with your group of classmates can make you do it fast and
tasks can be divided among group members.

✓ To make your assignment different from others you need to speak with each
other in order to get ideas different from them.
✓ Doing individual work sitting at the same place with your group makes you
less likely to be disturbed or distracted.

Memory tips
It is a matter of general experience that we remember what we pay attention to.
The attention span of a person has a great impact on the brain and the amount
of retention depends directly on the intensity of attention or focus paid over
time. In other words, increased concentration leads to increased retention of the
object in the memory.
Following are some exercises that can help improve concentration and memory:

❶ Colouring – Draw a circle and try to colour it with a colour pencil, crayon
or sketch pen as fast as you can. The condition is that, colour should remain
inside the boundary of the circle and not scatter outside it.
❷ Creating Word Pictures – Imagine a word spelling in your mind and try to
find other words that have the same two first letters or the same two last
letters as that word. Do it without pen and paper at first. After finding at
least ten words, try to recall them and write them down in as minimal time
as possible. Repeat and aim at making more lists in the same time interval.
❸ Physical Exertion – Playing sports like badminton, basketball etc. increases
the blood flow inside the brain. Proper blood circulation results
in more oxygen supply to the brain cells and helps in sustain-
ing concentration, focus and increases retention power.

Leu Antony
Educator, Mathematical Mentor

14 Learn Easy ♦ July 2018