Some people view creative writing as a pleasurable pastime with no practical use. In fact, they see it as a time-wasting activity in which nothing gets done other than the random sprinkling of words onto a paper. Others view creative…
Academic task preparation begins even in the classroom for students. They are required to write brief essays while in school. Writing lab reports is a requirement for college. They continue working on a lengthy thesis while at university. All of…
What advantages does writing poetry have? Poetry writing is a fantastic exercise for improving writing abilities. Writing poetry helps us improve our command of language, build a strong vocabulary, master literary methods, and develop our use of images. And they…
There are several causes of our occasionally lacking direction. You can feel totally overloaded, a little uneasy for no apparent reason, or like you could be performing better than you are currently in your career but are unsure of how…
Self-reflection is a skill that can be learned and is improved with effort, planning, and practice. Additionally, it goes beyond studying and analyzing the mind. Self-reflection also requires committed action. According to research, journaling can assist you in reaping the…
Whether you should handwrite notes or type them out on a computer is a common query. Overall, research demonstrate that handwritten notes help you retain information better than typed ones. The actual decision on which approach to take is more…
In The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action, Donald Schön notes that When we go about the spontaneous, intuitive performance of the actions of everyday life, we show ourselves to be knowledgeable in a special way. Often we cannot…
Your children run through the house, mimicking characters right out of the latest Disney movie. You sense some special energy is attached to their activity, but you don’t know how to turn it into gold. Lucky for you, we’ve got…
Although it may appear at first that the people who have the most to benefit from writing are writers, managers, businessmen, journalists, or keynote speakers, that cannot be further from the truth. Each and every one of us can take…
According to USA Today, many states are no longer requiring handwriting instruction. Given that the Common Core has shifted the emphasis to technologically dependent skills, such keyboarding training, that is understandable. However, the advantages of handwriting in general and cursive…
Note-taking using pen and paper has quickly become obsolete, at least in college classrooms. In the digital age, using laptops, or “notebooks,” to transcribe lectures has become common practice, but can typing electronic, copious notes be harmful to academic performance?…