Republic Central College

Angeles City
College of Art Science Education

A Research Article Titled:

The Importance of Study and Thinking Skills

Submitted To:
Dr. Jaime R. Dizon

Submitted By:
Annabelle P. Baclay

October 16, 2015

Introduction

Study Skills are strategies and techniques that enables you to make the most efficient use
of your time, resources, and academic potential. Developing and improving your study skills can
help you: a. to make more efficient use of your study; b. to make your learning easier and c. help
retain what you have learned Thinking Skills are mental processes we use to do things like: solve
problems, make decisions, ask questions, construct plans, evaluate ideas, organize information
and create objects.

The ability to have a better study and thinking skills are important tools to success and to
our future. When both of the skills are obtained, it gives us the chance to develop our capabilities
that could make things easier than usual, it also gives us the chance to have bigger opportunities
in life, better career, relationship and environment. In addition to that, it also improves our health
mentally and physically due to a better way of thinking. But how important are these skills? How
significant and related are the two skills to each other? What are the benefits of having them?
Where can we use them and how can we improve those type of skills?

This research shows the readers information about the importance of the study and
thinking skills that could probably inspire them to develop their own skills and abilities that
could make them a better person, to obtain better lives for the benefit of ourselves.

Body

According to Rita O Donoghue the author of Study Skills: Managing Your Learning
Skills of National University of Ireland, Galway, Study Skills are strategies and techniques that
enables people to make the most efficient use of time, resources and academic potential.
Developing and improving this type of skill can helps us to be more organized by improving
concentration and motivation that can be useful in our everyday lives. It can also make learning,
understanding and thinking a lot easier.

To study without thinking is futile. To think without studying is dangerous said

Confucius. A person cannot study without thinking or putting their minds to it for it will get them
nowhere. It is like learning something that is not important or complex enough to think about it.
That gives thinking skills a big role in developing study skill by bringing ones knowledge,
experience and judgment to consider the accuracy or value of any information he or she has
obtained and developed through studying. The person must know how good the information is,
who gives it and the qualities they bring.

According to Ralph Teller, Better Thinking plays an important role in our Lifestyle and
Prolonged existence. The clearer our thought would be, the better our ability will be. It will
enhance our ability to observe, solve problems, conceptualize and to be self-aware. Better
thinking skills translates into making smarter decisions regarding our purpose in life, personal
achievements, and interpersonal relationships. It improves the contributions we make to our life,
work, employment, and contributions to society. It is a component that would allow people to

endure the challenges to pursue ones goals. This type of skills includes the ability to think
quickly, to understand the connections between ideas, construct, identify and evaluate arguments,
detect conflicts and common mistakes in reasoning, solve problems analytically by correctly
using information, identify the relevance and importance of ideas, perceive accurately,
hypothesize, be emotionally aware, reflect on the reasoning of one's own beliefs and values.

Aside from this, having better thinking skills also affect our bodies physically and
prevents people from having Alzheimers disease. According to William Blahd, MD, Regular
Brain training or exercises that focuses on the following skills: memory, reasoning and speed of
processing information, makes our thinking skills active which prevents people from having
memory loss, dementia or Alzheimers disease. One study also found that exercising the minds
of the people who started having the symptoms of Alzheimers had better results, it improved
their brains and slowed the symptoms of the disease by reducing the amount of brain cell damage
that happens with Alzheimer, it also supports the growth of new nerve cells and prompt the nerve
cells to send messages to each other, increases blood flow and oxygen levels to the brain.

Although it may vary from person to person, exercising the brain is an important, fun part
of the lives of everyone. It has a part to play in a positive, healthy lifestyle in the same way as
physical exercise. Stimulating leisure and social activities are also thought to be important in
maintaining a healthy brain. Mental exercise can and should be a very enjoyable part of life.
Almost any type of mental activity may be beneficial, but they should involve new learning and
be reasonably complex, varied and interesting, and engaged in frequently. Some activities that
involve exercise for the brain as part of a mentally active lifestyle are reading, listening to the

radio, visiting museums, taking a course or a class, learning a new language, playing musical
instruments, using ones artistic abilities and creativities, participation in leisure activities such as
sports, hobbies, dancing, gardening, groups, cultural activities and conversation, playing board
games, crosswords, sudoku and other puzzle. Many of these activities involve social interaction
and physical activity as well. Recent research suggests that combining mental, social and
physical components in leisure activities offers the greatest benefits. Training mans brain to
achieve mental strength is not complicated, he or she just need to challenge themselves everyday
and get rid of habits that do not work and implement brain training, Everybody can achieve a
healthy mind by simple engaging in everyday activities to train our brain.

Conclusion

In order for us to have better careers, life and opportunity, every people must develop and
improve their studying and thinking skills by doing brain exercises to make people mentally
active individuals. This is obtained by frequent reading, listening to the radio, visiting museums,
taking a course or a class, learning a new language, playing musical instruments, using ones
artistic abilities and creativities, participation in leisure activities such as sports, hobbies,
dancing, gardening, groups, cultural activities and conversation, playing board games,
crosswords, sudoku and other puzzle. It is proven by studies all over the world to improve mans
capabilities especially to the youth who are still in the course of shaping their minds.

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