Learning How to Learn
One of the main obstacles students encounter is that of learning and remembering the material presented. Students feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information presented and may wonder how they will manage to remember enough, especially for passing examinations.

Although we spend much of our life processing information, the average person knows very little about how we accomplish this amazing feat. Possessing the ability to evaluate and modify your personal learning style is called metalearning (ie. learning about how one learns) and is a valuable skill to acquire during your time at university. If you hope to become proficient as an independent learner then you will find it necessary to develop special techniques for learning and remembering the things you have studied.

This section is an introduction to how learning and memory work, and suggests methods for improving your ability to recall important information.