Tips! Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

Hi!
I have a huge problem with my exams. I really need help!Sometimes,i need to study for an important examination, but i dont know how to do it correctly and effectively. i really need to score good marks for my exams...please help me!!!

Answer 1

Whenever I study, I briefly review over everything we've learnt, cuz all the things that should be on the exam should be taught. Or else the teacher is irresponsible. If there are names or dates to be remembered, do so on the day of the class its taught, so you can lessen your reviewing time. Otherwise,

SLEEP EARLY! IT REPLENISHES YOUR WITS

Sleeping early has been proven to help the subject [being tested] successfully hold onto 30% knowledge than a person that sleeps up to 2 hours later.

AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE EXAM. DO NOT SKIP ANYTHING THE EXAM READS

-Crunches caps- GOOD LUCK!

Answer 2

First off don't cram, cramming for ANY test is bad, set aside some time every day preferably at the same time everyday, it doesn't even have to be long just like 30 minutes, don't over work yourself, you may think it's a great idea to study for like an hour and a half straight but your mind really shuts off after about 20 minutes of htis, give yourselves breaks if you want to study for a long time. Read your book go over the matterial and all that. It depends on what kindof tests your studying for because different subjects have different study methods that work better. Best solution, read the books (if you ahve books) and do the problems in the books or review your notes (if you ahve notes re-write them it seems tedious but you'll obsorb more info by rewiting them) I hope this helps some, good luck on your exams.

Answer 3

Everybody has really good answers so far, and what may help you is a bit of all. I agree with repetition; although is your goal to actually learn this stuff or just to get through the test? If your classes have anyway to study online, I follow this rule and since I've started I consistently get A's & B's on my exams. I force myself to take chapter tests, and until I can answer each questions twice in a row I won't continue. It's hard, because you may on the first round get ques 3, 9 and 25 wrong, then the next time you get them right, but until you get ALL answers corectly twice you have stick to that chapter. Also, I love flashcards, they help me a lot. If you have anyone that you can study WITH, it's really helpful. And yes, sleep, eating properly, lot's of fruit and protein...Then on test day (most important tip.... ANSWER the questions you know off the top of your head first, it'll build up confidence and reinforce what you already know. If you can have a scratch pad, ALWAYS write down what questions you skipped, so you don't screw yourself up that way! On my Real Estate test, I didn't do that and all the sudden I'm at the end of the test, but I haven't run out of questions!So somewhere I answered some questions twice, and I failed miserably. So I do what I said aboive and got my real estate license, my brokers license and my insurance license. Good Luck!!!

Answer 4

Try to study using your different senses, don't just read...
1.read out loud,
2.write down summaries or points u want to remember.
(sometimes it helps to write things out not in regular sentences or paragraphs but instead make a diagram, like one of those that has something in the center & then other ideas branching out...)

Try to commit yourself each day to specific amount of time that you can deal with - like a half hour, or even 15 min at two different times of day. Take a break after u study & reward yourself for keeping ur studying commitment.
P.S. make sure that u have a good environment to study in - some people can't study well in a messy room, or with other people around, or if it's noisy...and some people can only study if there's noise in the background! or listening to music...do what works for u
Good Luck!

Answer 5

Repetition doesn't help that much. In psychology, that technique is called maintenance rehearsal, and is good only for short term memory tasks such as shopping lists.

What you need is to practice elaborative rehearsal techniques such as narrative chaining, or the method of loci.

Narrative chaining is where you have a list of words that you need to remember. Lets pretend that it is an art exam, and the words that you have to remember are "Picasso, pencil, stencil, easel." To remember this, we would create an obscure story that is easy to remember. Such as "One day Picasso was bored. He picked up his pencil to draw something, but he couldn't find the stencil he wanted to use. He looked everywhere. Even under the easel."

The method of loci was used by those making long winded speeches in Ancient Rome and Greece. They took mental walks on familiar locations within their mind, such as a temple they visit often. To remember a point of love, they might imagine a couple kissing outside the temple, and as they go 'inside' it, they see a priest lighting a candle to symbolise the religion point they need to talk about.

Elaborative rehearsal can be done in many ways, but is much more effective for exams. You need to expand on the certain points that you need to know, and link them with meaningful information that you know about.

If you had to remember one of Picasso's artworks, go and look at it in a gallery if you can. That way, when you come to an exam, you can immediately rattle off a bunch of details about it, as you've turned an otherwise meaningless object into a personal experience.

And that is the correct way to study for an exam.

Save the repeating for your next shopping list.

Answer 6

Start early in your revision

Make sure that your notes/work is up to date and that you've caught up on anything major that you might have missed through holiday, or sickness

Cover everything in your study

Make notes, write it down as this aids memory, make notes of these notes until you can write a lot of it without aide de memoire

Study former exam papers, and prepare answers to topics that look like they come up regularly

Ask your teacher for help if you get stuck on anything.

Good Luck!

Answer 7

CONCENTRATION IS THE KEY!!! Where do you study? No distractions: cell phone, pets, internet, phone, etc. THE library!

Do you study a lot better learning a lot of information at once or do you need to separate (a little at a time)? If that is the case (a little at a time) SCHEDULE it out.

Answer 8

Repitition counts. Its difficult to do but the more times the information is repeated in your brain the more likely you will be to remember and give a correct answer. Good luck.

Answer 9

1st - Check with your classmate/seniors who are doing well or already done the exam. Get more tips from them.
Or get help with your lecturer or tutor or whoever expert in this subject/module.
2nd - Understand the important points.
3rd - Get moving and stop using internet!!!!!!!!!!
You are just simply wasting your time online searching for help from people who are not in your shoes!!!