What are some effective study methods you have that seem to work real well?
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PQ5R - Preview, Question, Read, Record - Answer questions in own words, Recite - Answer questions in own words verbally - talk to yourself, Review, Reflect\n\nThe objective is to use as many sensor receptors in the brain to remember an item, such as, touch - writing, visual, sound - speaking and hearing - your own voice and your own words are best.
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Well, for one thing, take notes. Keep 'em simple. Like you said, who wants to stare at a textbook for hours and hours? Better to study quick, simple, down-to-earth info. For example, instead of saying "Mushrooms are fungi" you can note down, "Mushroom-fungi". Abbreviate; make your notes as simple as possible yet not too simple. Need to know if something is worth taking notes on? Convert the sentence or info you just learned into a question. If you were a teacher, would you put that on the test? Also, take breaks if you will study for a long time; maybe 15 minute breaks hourly so you're not as bored.
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Well, the best way to study for math, is PRACTICE. I often like to think of math as learning how to play an instrument. Very few people will be classical piano virtuosos without practice. \n The best way to study for history is to learn the facts and find ways to retain those facts.\nThe best way to study for Science, is daily practice and make sure you understand the concepts especially those things that were covered in class. \n The best way to study for English is to read ALOT. Often, one's writing style sometimes mimic what you read.\n  The key thing here is PRACTICE, that is why teachers assign homework.
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Improving Your Memory\n\n1) Really think about you want to remember. If you wish to enter information into long-term memory, it is important to think about it. Ask questions about it, consider its meaning, and examine its relationship to information you already know. In other words, engage in “deep processing”. Doing so will help make the new information part of your existing knowledge frameworks – and increase your chances of remembering it at a later time.\n\n2) Pay careful attention to what you really want to remember. Unless you pay careful attention to information you want to remember, it stands little chance of really getting in” – into long-term memory. So, be sure to direct your full attention to the information you want to remember. True, it involves a bit of hard work, but in the long run, it will save you time and effort.\n\n3) Minimize interference. Interference is a major cause of forgetting, and, in general, the more similar materials are, the more likely they are to produce interference. In practical terms, this means that you should arrange your studying so that you don’t study similar objects one right after the other. Instead, work on subjects that are unrelated: the result may be less interference between them, better grades.\n\n4) Engage in distributed learning/practice. Don’t try to cram all the information you want to memorize into long-term storage at once. Rather, if possible, space your studying over several sessions – preferably several days. This is especially true if you want to retain the information for long periods of time rather than just the next examination.\n\n5) Use visual imagery and other mnemonics. You’ve probably already heard the saying ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. Where memory is concerned, this is sometimes true; it is often easier to remember information associated with vivid mental images (e.g., Gehrig & Toglia, 1989). You can put this principle to use by adopting any one of several different mnemonics – tactics for improving memory. One of these, the method of loci, involves linking points you want to remember with visual images arranged in some familiar order. For instance, suppose you want to remember the points in a speech you will soon be delivering. You can imagine walking through some familiar place, say, your own home. Then, form a series of images in which each item you wish to remember is placed in a specific location. Perhaps the first point is “The greenhouse effect is real”. You might imagine a large, steamy greenhouse right outside your front door. The next point might be “Cutting down the rain forest is increasing the greenhouse effect”. For this one, you might imagine a large, cut down tree in your living room. You would form other images, in a different location, for the other points you want to make. Then, by taking an imaginary walk through your house, you can “see” each of these images and thus remember the points in your speech.\n\n6) Give yourself retrieval clues. Remember the concept of state-dependent retrieval? As noted previously, you can use this principle to provide yourself with extra retrieval cues and so help enhance your memory. For instance, if you studied for a test while in a physical state, try to be in the same state when you take it – this may help. Similarly, use the principle of mood-dependent memory. If you learned some material while in a given mood and then want to remember it, try to put yourself in this same mood. This is not as hard as it may sound: you can often vary your own mood by imagining happy or sad events. To the degree that your mood now matches your mood when you learned the information, your memory may be enhanced for it.\n\n7) Develop your own shortcut codes. To learn the names of the planets in our solar system, many children use the first letter technique, in which the first letter of each word in a phrase stands for an item to be remembered. So, the sentence “Mary’s Viol
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Here are some that are listed where I go/went to school (I graduate in May!!!)\n\nHere is one of the things they mention. Go to the site for more info :-)\n\n\nSQ3R Study Method\n\nThe SQ3R method is the reading and studying system preferred by many educators. Reading research indicates that it is an extremely effective method for both comprehension and memory retention. It's effective because it is a system of active reader involvement.\n\nStep 1. "S"= Survey\nBefore you actually read a chapter, or go over a particular section of notes, take five minutes to survey the material. Briefly check headings and subheadings in order to understand the author's organizational pattern of ideas to be discussed. Scan all visual material. Read introductory and summary paragraphs. This preview will enable you to anticipate what the chapter is about.\n\nStep 2. "Q"= Question\nCreate interest in the material by asking: What are the main points of the chapter? As you read, keep the question in mind and figure out the most important points. It gives you a clearly defined purpose for reading, and helps you maintain interest in the material.\n\nStep 3. "R"= Read\nRead the chapter actively for meaning. Go through the paragraph before underlining, then underline key words and phrases to help you recall the main points. Be selective, you don't want to highlight non-important points or miss anything that can help your comprehension. Summarize main concepts in your own words in the margins. The more active you are in the reading process, the more you will retain.\n\nStep 4. "R"= Recite\nAfter every few pages, close your book and recite aloud the main points to the questions you posed in step 2. Try to recall basic details as to the author's intent by putting them in your own words. Verify your answer by checking the text. If you can't remember the text, read through it again. If you don't get it now, you won't remember it for a test. Take as much time as you need to answer your questions. Don't be frustrated, this takes more time but the information will be clearer in your mind.\n\nStep 5. "R"= Review\nFinally, review the chapter every so often to fix the material in your mind. Keep rereading your margin notes and underlinings. Verbalize the sequence of main ideas and supporting facts to aid retention. Numerous reviews are a lot more effective than one cramming session the night before an exam. Review once right after you've finished reading and then every couple of days.\n\nThe SQ3R is time consuming at first, expect it to take ten to fifteen percent longer to read a given chapter when you first begin. Research indicates a 70% increase in retention after two months of using the system and, eventually, a reduction in time spent preparing for exams.\nhttp://www.gmu.edu/departments/csdc/study.htm
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Find your study style: some can study while watching TV, others cannot have distractions:...\n\nFind a place and designate it for studying.  Don't do anything else there.\nTake a break every 20 minutes.  Maybe 5 or 10 mins.  If you can have longer sessions, go ahead.\nFind the time of day you learn best.\nFind the main points, and memorize those first, then the details.
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Here are two things that may work for you. I had a friend tell me once that they would study by using the melody of a song. They would take the information they needed to know and memorize in the melody of their favorite songs. This way they knew the melody and words to the song and by replacing the lyrics with the subject they were studying they could remember what they needed to know.\n\nAlso, I had a teacher once tell some tips for remembering things. If he needed to remember a persons name, he would associate it with something to help him remember. If he needed to remember where he put his keys, when he would put them down he would imagine and act as though he was going to slam them right through the table. This way he would remember doing that and remember where he put them.\n\nHe also said he had a trick for studying for finals. What he would do is take the time to right up all his notes from the year/semester for the class. Doing this will help get you started studying because you will remember some of what you type. He would then start to memorize his notes. Taking away more and more as he remembered it until he would read all of his notes back to himself without looking at the paper once.\n\nHope this helps
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1) LOTS OF COFFEE\n2) Often reading aloud can help you remember things more than reading them silently\n3) If you're working on something math or science related, try skipping problems and doing one or two per section, go back, and re-read the sections, paying close attention to definitions and formulas\n4) Get at least a little bit of sleep; remember you need 4 hours just to fuction, and a couple more can't hurt. Honestly a well rested brain will probably be able to piece together enough BS to at least pass the test, as opposed to a tired brain trying to cling to whatever it barely knows in between random shut-downs.
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I spent 23 years in schooling, and I will let you in on one of my great secrets. I did not find this out until very late in my academic career, but when I did, it worked miracles.\n\nHere is the secret: before the test, distill all of the information down to a single side of a single piece of paper. That's it.\n\nCollecting your thoughts and organizing the information will help you understand everything. PLUS, after you have made the piece of paper, you only need to study from one piece of paper, rather than a page here and a page there.\n\nHope this idea works as well for you as it did for me.
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the best way which i always use during my exams is to read out aloud ( not too loud) what ever im reading and then write it atleast 4 times . bleive  me u wont forget it till ur exams finish
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Try to visualize the different events/people that occurred/encountered throughout the book, make sense of what you read + understand the analysis made by the study guide/notes (sometimes putting it into your own words helps...) \n\nI'm sure that with repetition + understanding it, you'll do a great job- good luck on ur TEST!
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the key:\ntake things a day at a time\nmeaning :\nstudy every lecture in the same day , when the exam comes , everything you revise will be familiar and you will comprehend better .
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The best way is to study at least 12 minutes a day from day one of the class. \n\nTake good notes. Make index cards for vocabulary words. Study the reviews at the end of each chapter.
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-Find the smart people who explain things well and study with them.\n\n-Study groups are good if you don't get distracted by socializing.\n\n-If you are pretty good in a subject find a person who is organized and dedicated to studying, but doesn't catch on as fast as you. This will cause you to feel obligated to keep up so that you can help them. Plus the best way to learn something is to explain it to someone else.\n\n-ALLWAYS go to your teachers’ office hours with Questions!!!!!! If they know you they are much likely to be nicer on their grading. An A- is a big difference, point wise, from a B+. Same for if the teacher has a grader!\n\n-Stay way from Video games and TV. If you can, put them away or least unplug them. \n\n-See if any of the people in your class are on an instant messager like AOL, Yahoo or Google. Have a virtual study session. \n\n-See if any free tutoring is offered on campus. My school had free walk in math tutoring in our Math Lab. Very helpful if you are stuck on something.\n\n-Study any tests that you have taken in the class so far.\n\n-If it is not illegal on your campus, see if you can get copies of the teacher’s old finals. Ask upper classmen who have had the teacher before. If you do get old finals, don’t study completed off of them, because the teachers know you have them and will change them. But many times it is helpful to see what types of things the teacher is going to ask. \n\n-Get out of your room to study. If you go to the coffee shop or Library it is easier to not be distracted. When I would study at home, I would all of a sudden want to clean my room and organize my sock drawer…….. So get out!\n\n-Just start! Once you start studying it is easier to keep with it. I found that once I finally made my self start study, I actually enjoyed learning.\n\n-Finals time is not the time to make any big changes, such as breaking up with girl/boy friends or going on diets. Just wait until after finals. \n\n-Good Luck
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Here are tips, I find useful based on the assumption that all of us have equal capacity brains, which are not just tweaked the right way sometimes:\n\nJot down notes.\nRead them aloud.\nSpeed read before lessons. No need to memorize, just have an idea where to get the answer, when it seems to be just at the tip of your tongue.\nReview speedily three days before exams.\nSpeed read your notes 10 to 30 minutes before exams.\nRelax. Do not think about cheating. Just answer what you can. Remember, teachers have a job to do, too. Your failure is also their failure.\n\nThose were my tricks in College and I got accelerated. I have an average intelligence.
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Try some yoga or just breathe. Take it slow and start a study regime. Do things at a specific time and don't go off it. Feel confident that you know the info. . Whenever you don't know an answer go with your gut feeling. Take deep breathes whenever you feel like you're going to fail.\nGood luck and just breathe.
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Try to think your the teacher and explain yourself\nDon't forget to eat and sleep well\nAnd try to study as often as possible