Study tips

[Beefy187]

Oo almighty Orgahs. I need your help once again

I have a uni entry exam in few days time. I'm not too stressed about that though. Sure I may suck at writing essays but I am pretty confident that ill get in. If not, ill have to wait for another few months so I can give it a try to other schools.

Thing is. I know I'm lazy. I epically failed one subject, miraculously passed two. I got a decent grade on others without much study in high school and I don't want my parents and brother combo shouting at me and insulting me (Asian families.. sigh) as I surprisingly have high esteem (only against my family..)

I have two main source of problem. That being the endless hours on EB. And endless hours of lurking on the Org.

The only study tip that I know is what I learned from a teacher in grade 3, "Imagine your text books are like ladies clothes. Each time you read a page.. She strips one clothes off" and god knows where that teacher ended up in..

Any Org geniuses out there know a good study tip to maintain concentration and work efficiently?

[Strike For The South]

Dont!

[Legosoldier]

I may not be a genius, but I know a good study method that my current History teacher taught my class. He taught us to use the Cornell note taking system, which has three transfers:

1) Take notes on information that you do not know already.
put special markings for things like vocab words, stuff you don't understand, and things that you think is going to be on whatever test you are taking. Use abbreviations, as long as you remember what they stand for. make sure that you don't take notes of any irrelevant information that has nothing to do with whatever you are learning.

2) Write a short summary of whatever you took notes on
Put everything that you took notes on into a short summary at the very end of your notes.

3) Make some test questions on information you think you will be tested on
this is the last transfer where you will be studying for your upcoming tests. just answer your questions, and if you got them wrong, go back and read about it again in your notes.


This method has worked wonders in my other classes, obviously because they don't have as high standards as my history teacher.

Some other things my teacher emphasized:

1) Train your brain
Do things that improve your brain, such as doing puzzles or juggling.

2) Process
Basically this means that the way things are done are more important than the outcome.

3) Have a Battle Plan of the Day
Keep an organized schedule

4) Link
apparently, this is the highest level of thinking, which is connecting one thing to many things. Seeing that you play EB, you could try to connect events to their causes and their effects.


Hopefully, I have helped you in some way...

[rasoforos]

The only study tip that I know is what I learned from a teacher in grade 3, "Imagine your text books are like ladies clothes. Each time you read a page.. She strips one clothes off" and god knows where that teacher ended up in..

Ignore this one. The last thing you want to do is to end up with a sexual fetish about books

[Beefy187]

Ignore this one. The last thing you want to do is to end up with a sexual fetish about books

Don't worry. It never worked for me.

@ Lego Soldiers

Thanks heaps. Ill copy paste and try this method

[Crazed Rabbit]

I'll add; find a spot where you can study without interruption. Being away from distractions helps me immensely.

CR

[Scurvy]

A few things that help me study:

write down the time your gonna work, even if its in 5mins, so like, 10am-10.30 wtc. just so you brain gets ready to learn at that time, so you dont have 5-10mins trying to motivate yourself to work while playing mtw or whatever

work out the best way you work individually, ie. do you learn better by reading or writing etc. but also vary occasionally

I'v never liked working in silence, so usually have radio on, or even work away from desk, in cafe's etc.

[shlin28]

Unplug the Internet.

Are there any past papers you can practice on? For my exams I just download a couple of them, print them out, do the questions and see what areas I need to improve.