A LITTLE STUDY GUIDE WITH LITTLE STUDY TIPS
I’ve learned it all from personal experience. Those tips may not work for you, but they helped me so I thought I could share and maybe help you too.
This is what I do (chronologically I guess) when I study, to optimize time and energy. Also sorry for my English I tried my best
You study to remember, so try to avoid passive reading. I recommend not to highlight/underline your text the first time you’re reading it.
Collect the more information you can get about one paragraph/chapter at a time and then stop reading.
Now try to remember easy concepts and keywords about what you just read (reread if you realised you forgot something)
Highlight/underline those concepts in the chapter you read and if you prefer, shortly summarize them (just a few words) next to the paragraph.
Repeat what you learned aloud until you’re fluently speaking or you know you’ve got it.
If you’re studying for a test, you could avoid repeating the lesson aloud and make flashcards instead.
Repeat this phases until you reach the number of pages/chapters you need to do.
But remember to take breaks in order to avoid cerebral explosion. Organizing breaks between study sessions is totally up to you and to your capacity of staying focused. The complete concentration may last 20 minutes or 1 hour, so short breaks are cool to make you breathe and gather your strenghts. Don’t study for 2874654876 hours even if it’s for an emergency. It’s scientifically impossible for a human being to stay focused every single minute for a very long time. Even 5 minutes off can help.
The next day, before starting to study again, dedicate some time to quickly remember what you did the day before in your mind by reading flashcards or the keywords you’ve highlighted/written.
Highlighting almost everything may create a nice piece of coloured art but it can also foster passive reading, specially when you need to revise and read your text again a second time
If you read your whole book just to have a complete overview and without repeating/annotating, you may think you fixed concepts in your mind but you didn’t and your revision will become harder. If you want an overview about what you’re going to study you can have a general approach by reading the index. It’s easier and quicker.
Fight anxiety the best you can: it’s your worst enemy. Exams are just exams and your health and happiness are definitely more valuable.
Let me know if this helped you, I really really hope so! This is basically my study method or at least the method I use when I don’t procrastinate and I pretend to be a serious person and student.
BYE AND HAVE A NICE PRODUCTIVE DAY CUTIESSS!!
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