20 Study Hacks to Improve Your Memory :::Exam Time
* Review your syllabus. Figure out when all of your exams
will be and how much of your grade they are worth. Put these dates into
your calendar or planner so they don't sneak up on you!
- Plan review sessions beginning at least a week in advance of each exam. Ideally, you'll do several mini-reviews well in advance, rather than trying to cram everything into one mega session.
*Take good notes. This is easier said than done, but
learning how to take good notes will help you immensely once it comes
time to study. Write down everything your teacher writes on the board or
puts up in slides. Try to record as much of what the teacher says as
possible, but don't allow taking notes to distract you so much that you
forget to listen.
* Make studying a part of your habits. Too often, it's
easy to view studying as something that only gets done at the last
minute in a huge overnight cram session. Instead, try setting aside some
time every day to study. Scheduling it just like another appointment or
class may help you stay motivated to continue the habit
* Ask about the exam format. Ask your teacher what
format the test will be in, how it will be graded, if there are any
opportunities for extra credit, and if they would be willing to talk to
you about highlighting in your notes what the most important broad
subjects will be.
* Creating an Optimal Environment for Learning
Study in a clean, quiet and orderly room. Keep
anything and everything away from where you are that may cause you to
get distracted. Jumping up to read a text message on your phone or
periodically checking social media is ill-advised whilst studying.
Turn on the light! Studying in a dark room is not
recommended. Add lamps at night, or in the daytime, open the window
coverings (open the window a little, too). People tend to study and
focus better in a brighter, oxygenated room with little noise.
* Focus on your work objectives. What do you intend to
accomplish during this session? Setting a concrete study goal may help
you. Creating study plans is also a good idea. If 3 out of 5 lessons are
easy and can be finished fast, finish them first, so you can spend
quality time on the difficult lessons without fretting.
*Write yourself a study guide. Go through your notes
and rewrite the most important information. Not only will this give you a
more focused way to study, but it creating it is another form of
studying! Just don't spend too much time on the guide itself: you need
to have time to go over it too!
* Reinvent your notes in other formats. Rewriting your
notes is great if you're a kinesthetic learner. Mind mapping is the most
effective way of doing this. Also, when you re-write something, you
will probably think about what you are writing, what it's about, and why
you wrote it down. Most importantly, it refreshes your memory. If you
took notes a month ago and just found out that those notes will be
relevant in your exam, rewriting them will remind you of them when you
need it for your exam.
Don't simply copy your notes over and over again. This tends to lean towards memorizing the exact wording of your notes instead of the actual concepts. Instead, read and think about the contents of your notes (such as think of examples), and then re-word them.
Don't simply copy your notes over and over again. This tends to lean towards memorizing the exact wording of your notes instead of the actual concepts. Instead, read and think about the contents of your notes (such as think of examples), and then re-word them.
Ask yourself questions about your material. This can
help you tell if you have remembered what you just studied. Don't try to
remember the exact wording from your notes in your answer to yourself;
synthesizing that information into an answer is a much more useful
tactic.
- It can also help to say the answers to your questions out loud, as if you were trying to explain it to someone else.
* Review previous tests and assignments. ¬¬¬¬¬¬ If you missed
questions on previous work, look up the answers and understand why you
missed these questions. This is particularly helpful if the exam you're
studying for is cumulative or comprehensive, meaning it covers things
you also covered earlier in the course.
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