how do i start to study more seriously?
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You really cant unless you want to learn. Try to take away distrations and calm your nerves before you do.
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Get a good sleep/rest. Exercise and eat good. Know you own bodies peak alertness time of the day, and lowest/lagging time of the day. A good location in the house or at a library( somewhere that you can avoid distractions). Teaching tapes of a subject are good, even when you fall asleep listening to them. I would not suggest eating a big meal before study. I would not suggest studying while laying in bed or having inadequate lighting in your chosen space to study. After reading material for study purposes, go over your notes every day, as if you were summarizing it, to keep it fresh in your mind. \n  If it is a subject that you can apply to your life, or make a real case scenario out of it, then by all means do so. I would not try to experiment with any chemicals to "boost" concentration. That would be the start of a downhill tragedy. Group study is helpful for some if you have serious people in the study ( I would not recommend a boyfriend or girlfriend).No distractions!
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Practice a lot.\nMake yourself some flash cards, with both sides and review them everywhere, bus, car ride, bathroom, in the hallway. Start early and they are easy to keep up with.
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you should start studying, but like that guy said, plan it out. Get  hold of past papers. Do a timed one, and see what your score is. Go  over your notes to see where you went wrong. Do a past paper every 2 days, you'll improve in your knowledge, improve in  knowing what a question is asking for, and you will know how to do these types of questions come the exam. Good luck.
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There are many sites which can give you good advice on study skills - use the search engines.\nIf you are having problems settling down to studying now, how will you cope if you get a place at university?\n\nAs codrock advised, log-off. Turn your phone off. Shut yourself away. I recommend no more than about 2 hours at a time including two short breaks.
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well, saurabh how you can study better is up to you only. Only you can decide how you can be comfortable enough to study. when i say comfortable, i dont mean that you go off to sleep while studying. you can take guidance from your parents and teachers. take notes in class in such a language and such short forms that you will understand well, when you will refer to them later. also take care when you are studying that you concentrate at the work at hand only. if you worry about ten other things then you will reach no where. remember one thing. while playing do not even thnk of your books and studies, come back to them later. but when you are studying only concentrate on the work and learn to read well
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Just keep studying and taking practice tests. Repition is the key.
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The most effective way to study is by taking notes on the things you have to study for. Take notes when your teacher(s)gave you the date of when the test or quiz is going to be on. Don't put down EVERYTHING...only put the 'important' things down. And don't put any defintions down. Put the defintions on vocabualry cards. Once you have the notes and vocabulary cards down, study it everyday. Once you have memorized the defintions on the vocabulary cards always study at night, or in the morning. Don't do anything else when you are studying the vocabulary cards. You will be distracted and might not get it down. Study the notes too. But a better way to take notes is on a blank piece of paper leave about 4" blank by scooting to the right. Draw a line down the middle (doesn't have to be straight). After you have taken the notes, on the very left where you left it blank, write down questions, and you should number it so it will be way easier. Even after you have taken your test, you should still study it, because when you have your finals you might need it.\nThat's a really good way to study.
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study!!\n\nthats what im advised to do all the time!
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u shd better try this:\n1. choose a time of day when u feel more comfortable to study and can remember more things.I used to wake up at 4:am daily when i was at high sch,though my freinds used to study till late night\n\n2. if u can't remember things easily then learn by writing it again and again.It really helps.\n\n3. Eat healthy food and do little bit of excercise daily.\n\n4.Revise things u have already learned daily.u can do this by getting up one hour before u usually do on sch days or in a bus\n\n\nbest of luck
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study, put in some effort
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1. Have a regular time and location to study.\n\n2. Get ahold of upcoming lessons and read ahead. *The reason for this is important. If you study ahead - when you do take the subject in class it is a review for you. You'll actually be ahead of the class when preparing for your exam.\n\n3. Work with someone who can help you - not distract you. * This is a mastermind technique you'll use in the business world. Get use to it.\n\n4. No TV. ( a little quiet background music is acceptable)\n\n5. Learn memory techniques. Do not rely on rote memory. * Use ridiculous association for subjects where you have alot of facts to remember. Your mind is like a filing cabinet. If you don't have a filing system you won't know how to retrieve the knowledge when you need it.\n\n6. Use colored post its to mark , "must knows, could knows, and should knows. Remember - most of your hard cover books are filler. Focus on what your teacher wants you to know.\n\n7. Eating before study causes blood to go from the brain to the stomach. Watch when you eat.\n\n8. Get plenty of rest. Don't party on school nights.\n\n9. Do "all your assignments!" "Write all your tests!" - falling behind because of missed assignments or classes will make studying difficult. If you have to miss a class - have someone provide you with notes and <ask> the teacher if you're confused. DO NOT FALL BEHIND!!!! Knowing your subject is like building a house. If you miss information your foundation will be weak and your house will not hold up! That's why students who miss class have a bad time of it.\n\n10. Set a goal for yourself in each subject you take and shoot high. That is to say...shoot for an A and you'll most likely get a B. Write your goal in the present tense - I.e. It is Jun 2007 and I have completed Math 30 with an A plus. (Describe the reaction of your teacher/parents/friends and how good you feel about achieving your goal. "Remember - if a goal doesn't have a time limit set on it - your goal is just a dream!"\n\n11. Never get into a tiff with your teacher - show genuine interest and you'll see a higher grade.\n\n12. Keep good notes - no...excellent notes. Notes that refer back to your text book and highlight the must knows! Have a table of contents.
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Hmmm... it almost seems as if you're asking two separate questions.\n\n1) How can you improve your concentration?\n2) How can you remember the information you just learned/studied?\n\nTo improve your concentration, you first have to assess whether you study better with noise or without it.\nIf you study better with noise, maybe you could put on some music (probably instrumental so that you don't lose concentration when you start belting out the lyrics when your favorite song comes on), OR you can try studying in a public place like a coffee house or a bookstore.  Studying with noise may be beneficial because you must absolutely force yourself to hone in on your work and studies.  In other instances, it can be distracting, especially if you're popular and everyone in the store stops by to talk to you.\nHowever, if you study better without noise, then find a quiet place, like a library (but I bet you already knew that).\n\nAlso, if you have a cell phone, turn it off.  Learning your stuff does take some sacrifice.  But hey, you can reward yourself later by calling a friend (or your girlfriend, if you have one) or by playing video games.  Whatever helps you relax.  And you'll feel better afterwards knowing that you DESERVE that break because you've studied/worked so hard.\n\nAnother trick you can do is use a timer.  If you feel that you have an attention span of 50 minutes, then set that timer for 50 minutes, and work for 50 minutes straight without ANY distractions (phone, getting up to get a drink, bathroom, going to work out, etc.).  If you feel like you can go on for longer or want to gradually make it longer, then set it for 70 minutes next time... then 90 minutes next time, and so on.  Just make sure that you take a break.  Your brain can only hold so much at one time before it explodes.\n\nFor the second question, let me ask you this: do you study better in groups or by yourself?\nIf you study better in groups, make sure that you study on your own BEFORE you join a study group, just so that you can get the most out of your group meeting.  That way you'll have specific questions ready to ask your classmates.\nIf you study better by yourself, then try devising mnemonics (tricks to help your memory).  Instead of explaining it here, you can check out this link: http://www.mindtools.com/memory.html.\n\nHope that helped in some way.  and good luck.
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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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heehe, i just finished studying. first of all get off the pc, and turn any electornics off.  .get in your room and organise yourself. if you have a lot of time ahead of you take a small nap(10 minuts max) grab a bite, and then plant you butt on the ground/chair/bed/table whereever you like to study. and focus on you studies. you are going to study wether you like it or not. if you have a clock that tickes a lot put it away, and don't let anything disurbe you. ake sure to turn on your answering machine, and turn off ur cell-phone. and good luck on ur exam, if you want wake up at dawn and revise what you studied, but don't revise before the exam in half an hour.
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here's what you do:\nmake yourself as concentrated as possible\nthen just study. once you get into your studying you will be able to stay studying for longer and it doesnt seem as hard\ntrust me, i have had that problem before\nthink about it, would you rather have a good grade on the test or be able to play games which you can do after?
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study hard.\ndo only the important stuff.\ndo last years paper