Top 5: Ways to Study!
With the next semester starting up, it's a good idea to start studying all you can. However, you want to retain that information at the same time. Here are some tips and tricks to study effectively and efficiently.
1) Use Quizlet.
Say you have a HUGE test coming up, and you waited until the last minute to start studying. Have no fear, Quizlet is here! Go through your notes and highlight any concepts you don't understand fully. Then, go onto Quizlet and create online flashcards to help you quiz yourself on the information repeatedly until you understand it. The good thing is that there are multiple ways you can study, too.
2) Rewrite Your Notes.
When you have to study a sheet of paper for hours, it helps if it looks pretty. Rewriting notes not only aids in making your notes neater, but the brain connects good feelings with things that look aesthetically-pleasing. If your notes are nicer in appearance, then you would want to look at them and study them more. Rewriting notes also helps to review information.
3) Make Practice Tests.
Think of all potential questions that could be on the test, and turn them into concepts you know for sure. Repetitively quiz yourself, until you know the concepts by heart. This will get you prepared to answer the questions in the assessment.
4) Save Your Old Tests.
This is especially important if you are in high school, because you will have the same classes throughout the year, in both semesters. If you keep your tests, quizzes, and homework assignments from the previous semester, then it will help you to review for the final exam and for AP exams.
5) Say Things Out Loud.
I really don't know why, but when I say things out loud when reading, they tend to stick with me more. Whether it's when I'm doing a math problem, or when I'm studying for history. When you are conveying your thoughts and what's inside your head out loud, you remember them more. It's almost the same as explaining the concept to another person. If you can teach someone else what you have learned, then you have learned it well.
Think of all potential questions that could be on the test, and turn them into concepts you know for sure. Repetitively quiz yourself, until you know the concepts by heart. This will get you prepared to answer the questions in the assessment.
4) Save Your Old Tests.
This is especially important if you are in high school, because you will have the same classes throughout the year, in both semesters. If you keep your tests, quizzes, and homework assignments from the previous semester, then it will help you to review for the final exam and for AP exams.
5) Say Things Out Loud.
I really don't know why, but when I say things out loud when reading, they tend to stick with me more. Whether it's when I'm doing a math problem, or when I'm studying for history. When you are conveying your thoughts and what's inside your head out loud, you remember them more. It's almost the same as explaining the concept to another person. If you can teach someone else what you have learned, then you have learned it well.
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