Study Techniques:
SQ3R Reading
The Pomodoro technique
Online Pomodoro timer
Feynman Technique
100 Things to do in your study break
Develop active learning strategies
Cramming (last minute option)
Study Methods, Tips, and Resources:
How to make flashcards (electronic and paper)
What to write on flashcards
Uses for flashcards
Creating and using mindmaps
Studying using textbooks
The benefits of textbooks
How to annotate
Tools for referencing
Tips for visual learners
How to read journal articles critically (by marielstudies)
Top 5 Study Tips to Achieve your Study Goals
How to pull an all nighter
How to pull an all nighter (2)
Studying vocabulary
Study guides
How to create a study guide (by studyspoinspo)
Using whiteboards
Assignment Calculator
Learning how to learn (by strive-for-da-best)
Get good grades (Youtube)
Memory:
Learn how to memorise and find the memory techniques that work best for you.
Here’s an interesting article about long term memory.
6 research tested ways to improve your memory.
Here’s an ask about how to memorise material.
An ask about forgetting material within a few hours.
Some memory tips (by astackoftextbooks)
Learn instead of memorising
Thinking and memorising
Time Management:
How to prioritise tasks
Apps for scheduling
Creating a revision timetable
A post about making a timetable (by grxeek).
How to keep your revision focused
An online study planner.
Motivation/Procrastination:
Reasons to study
Blocking apps/extensions for phones and computers.
Reasons to study now
10 tips for getting started on an academic task
How to deal with family distracting you from study
How to stop procrastinating (Youtube)
10 Tips for managing procrastination
Questions to ask yourself for motivation
How to improve your concentration
Quick concentration tips
Get Motivated (Wikihow)
Choosing the appropriate study environment
Short and sharp motivation
Stress Relief:
Stress relief techniques and ideas
The 10 Best Yoga Poses for Stress Relief
Relaxing Yoga Poses for Beginners
20 Easy Steps to Stress Relief
Relaxation Techniques
23 Science Backed Ways to Reduce Stress
25 Destressing Techniques
Deep Breathing Exercises
Three Guided Relaxation Videos
Vent Anonymously Online
A sleep calculator here which will calculate when you should go to sleep/wake up (depending on what you’re working out) based on sleep cycles. This will make sure that you wake up refreshed and ready to work.
Problems with sleep
Failure anxiety
Do nothing for 2 minutes
Calm (meditation site)
Health:
There’s also some information here about studying with mental illness from MIND.
There’s a really great post here about depression in university (by landofstories)
There’s a similar post here about studying with depression (by bloggerforstudentprogress)
Studying with ADHD
Studying maths with dyscalculia
Managing test anxiety
Self help: test anxiety
Emergency Compliment (for when you’re feeling down)
Studying with dyslexia
Revision and exams for people with dyslexia
Study skills for dyslexic students
How I coped with OCD at university
Study skills and OCD
Study skills and OCD PDF
Music:
Nature sounds in calmsound
Sounds of rain
Beethoven
Coffee shop sounds
More coffee shop sounds
Mix sounds (soundrown)
Sounds of the ocean
Whitenoise
Study mixes on 8tracks
Music to boost concentration
For the exam:
Exam preparation
Exam life hacks (by studyblob)
The best ways to prepare for exams
Exam tips
The day before an exam
Tips on Taking Multiple-Choice Tests
How to write a great essay (by englishlit-chic)
Psychology Essay Exams (gives an example and how to answer)
Looking after yourself after exams
Oral tests and exams
Writing and presenting a good speech
Links, Games, etc.:
Live panda camera (for destressing; you wouldn’t believe the amount of time I spend watching this camera).
Live animals
Try to find the ten gnomes
Origami
Create your own nebula
Easy magic tricks
DIY Home Spa (BY @recoverykitty)
Brownie in a cup
Cookie in a cup
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