Bare with me. This is my first year in my life that I ever had to. So I am taking stuff like physics and yeah it's theory more than calculations in grade 12. But the thing is, when I look at a wall of text I get scared. I don't know how to remember key things because when I high light I almost always highlight the whole paragaph and my boyfriend would just be like "why the hell do you do it anyways" which well..it doesn't help I admit. I don't know how to memorize things, especially from huge texts. Does anyone have any study tips in GENERAL? Even for calculations and theory?
Study a real subject, physics is bullcrap and useless <3 erm.. rewrite KEY notes, and BE RUTHLESS! Don't copy everything, If you have a sentence that says "the relative mass of X is twice Y which is Z in a santa costume" just write, X=2y=santa, and when you think whats that? you'll remember relative mass and the rest of the sentence That helps me anyway xD
just like copy down the paragraph and then keep copying it making it shorter and shorter untill you get sort of trigger words?? and lock yourself in a room with no tv and pc etc. and it works for me but it might not for you just read your notes over and over and over! hope that helped as i have just finished my mock exams and found it hard to study at first as well
I like rewritting important points over on a page, I try to keep it short and to the point. While I go over it I read it out loud and I talk about it to myself to make sense of it! This helps me remember it a lot better then just reading and rereading material.
I assume these are tips for legit learning in order to studying for tests, and not cheat, yes? Anyway, for subjects that are all about calculations, equations, and problems...then the best way to study is to go through your notes/textbook and write down an equation sheet with all the useful equations. Then do practice problems from previous hw assignments or from the textbook. The more familiar you are with the equations, the less you will find yourself referring to the sheet. It also helps to do problems out of the book or past hw probs because professors will often model test problems off of these, so you may see familiar things on the test. For subjects that require memorization of content and such, like biology courses, or history courses...I won't be of much help because I'm much worse at that sort of thing...but I take a similar approach. There aren't really practice problems that you can do, but I'd go through the text and write the important stuff on a sheet of paper. It's helpful to use your notes in order to cross-reference to determine what information might be more relevant than others. Hope that helps you out. Remember, don't resort to cheating... unless you have to >
Good way to cheat : Step 1 : Get a rubber band Step 2 : Stretch it around a book Step 3 : Write what you need to on it very small Step 4 : Wear rubber band on wrist during test Step 5 : Stretch out bits and pieces of the rubber band when needed This is good because unless you stretch out the rubber band, all the writing just looks like random markings. >_>
(1)Less time playing --> Better studying. (2)When you study, please pay your TOTAL concentration on it! (3)When you study, please bare in mind that studying isn't everything , but you will have almost nothing without studying.
Haha.. Ive never cheated for an exam however my friend used to write information between her fingers or on her upper thighs,and she never got caught. I think that's really risky to write it on yourself because the proof of cheating is on your body!!! But your way is pretty ingenious!
Easier said than done, you know that right? I'm asking for how to..memorize things..as opposed to how I can concentrate.. Also..I never said I want to resort to cheating anyways so it's kinda off topic now
hmmm.... i definitely know it's easier said than done.... i can share my own experience though If you want to get the key points from the whole article, look at the figures & chart first. After that, read the very first & the very last part of every single paragraph cuz most of the key sentences are within there Try not to highlight anything at the first time. At the second time, underline the sentences look like important with a pencil. At the third time,begin highlighting something. Hope it will help As for concentration, what i know about it is, when i am fully concentrated and repeat the key words, i can memorize things better.
#1. Study in groups with people who are more experienced studiers than you. It really does help, and then it's easier to benefit from #2. #2. Take study breaks. No matter what anyone tells you, you're not going to learn to your full potential if you lock yourself away for daylight for 15 hours straight until you get a crazed look like that off the Petpet Lab Kookith and a nervous tick with a noticeablility factor akin to that of Manhattan. That being said, a study break does not entail a 4 hour gaming tournament followed by a quick nap and a snack. Be reasonable. #3. Don't sacrifice your sleep to study. I had four exams placed in three days, and this meant that I didn't sleep for three nights straight. It was worth it, because I crammed, but the object is to LEARN not memorize. Also, keep hydrated, because if you don't, you'll quickly get tired, and I find that I am more listless when I'm dehydrated. (Man, this sounds like a marathon or something) #4. Try to find out what way you learn best - if it's by writing or saying it out loud or listening to it being said or teaching it to someone else, etc. Everyone learns differently, and that's why I haven't really given you any techniques: I think that it'd be best to develop your own. I had never once studied for anything in my life until exams came this semester and I got a bit of a wake up call...Short term memory ftw. Best of luck!
The best way to learn something is to understand it, not to simply memorize it. Take the time to think about why certain things happen and try to connect it with what you already know. That way, it's not a random bunch of disjointed trivia. At least that's what I tell people when I tutor them. This only works when you have the time to actually study. But I'm a habitual procrastinator so I just cram-study. ahahahha that is so excellent I would so try that if I actually though cheating was worth it. Seriously, in the time it takes you to write all that down, you would probably have it learned already.
I wish I had a good solution but I just go partying and the grade at the end of it is a wonderful surprise xD If it's something that you feel uncomfortable with then study in advance but you seem to of been doing that already you are very good a studying compared to me I just look at some books outside the exam room xD If you really want to focus then you will but to be honest you seem highly intelligent to me anyway =]
I am like you, I am not good at studying. Just read things over and over. And over and over and over. Eventually it will sink in. Also, say you are trying to remember formula's, answer questions using them. They will sink in more.
Mnemonics :yup: One common mnemonic for remembering lists consists of an easily remembered acronym, or phrase with an acronym that is associated with the list items. The idea lends itself well to memorizing hard-to-break passwords as well. For example, to remember the colours of the rainbow, use the numonic "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain". This always worked for me...35 years ago I learned LBFRBGTSCPFAAL...Lazy beginners fail regularly but good trained signallers cannot possibly fail at all love...which I am sure you know is the set up proceedure for the PRC A14
I'm actually horrible at studying. x-x My whole life, I slept in class, never studied, and always made 98s on tests. but then I hit AP classes. D: I always procrastinate and my best solution is "just do it."
Aren't you allowed to put formulas in your calculator? Most teachers here accept and say they don't about that. I always repeat the questions/exercises again, especially the ones which I find difficult. For theory, I look at the first page, try to remember the most important things (most of the time they key words along with definitions). Then I read the second page, try to memorize the things on that page, then repeat it again with the things from page 1. After that I go to page 3, memorize the things, repeat everything again, etc.
Here are a few tips that works very well for me: Understand your work before memorising them, it will help you to remember easier. It has been proven that repetitions can help you remember easier, I usually do this when memorising whole chunks of text (if necessarily only). Memorise a paragraph then try to write them out on a piece of paper. You would have to be very disciplined to do this though, cause basically this takes up alot of time, but when it comes down to it, it really helps in memorising stuffs. You should also look at your study hours, short-term memory is best in the morning and long-term memory is best in the afternoon. Try adding in soft background music (that is calming/soothing to you) while studying, it improves concentration. If possible, study in a quiet environment so there's no distractions (like TV, people talking, even MSN though that's fine if you reply only every now and then). To finish off, remember that not everyone is a born text learner, some people do much better than the others by studying theories (text stuffs), while others fare much better through hands-on (lab work, etc). Most importantly, find out what you are interested in doing in the future and work towards that direction.