Study Habits?

Question

I have the grades as follows:

English : C
Math :C-
History:D
French: D
Science: B

CAn you tell me some study habits on how to get all of thoes up to atleast B's or better?

Thanks

Answer 1

Math: If you kind of understand but you can't really use it: Practice! If you really don't understand, don't be afraid to ask, and then when you do understand, practice! Pactice in math does make perfect. It might seem like a waste of time for something you already kind of understand, but it really helps.

History: If you find this subject boring, it's hard to keep track. The key is to keep trying, though. Read everything your teacher tells you to every class and make summary per class. Even if you get a lot of information you will be able to remember it if you have a good summary and you won't have to stress right before the exam.

The others: Just read and make your homework. If homework is the problem in the first place, try asking your parents to keep an eye on you. That used to work for me when I was still in school. I told my parents everything I had to do and I made them check on me every day to see if I did it. That gave me the motivation to actually make my homework, and it makes your parents feel involved too.

Finally: Since this is where you're asking your question, I suppose you use the internet a lot? Dangerous! Finish your homework beforeeven starting up that computer! Good luck! =)

Answer 2

Get the book "What Smart Students Know" by Adam Robinson. If you follow what he says AND if you make improving your grades a priority and do all your work, your marks will improve.

General habits, though:
-do homework daily, even if you have nothing due the next day; if you have absolutely no homework to do, spend that homework time going over your notes
-set specific goals for assignments and tests and do what you think a B and A student would do to get those marks (if they don't come easily to the B or A student)
-ask your teacher all your questions, including what it is you may be doing specifically wrong on things like essays; part of getting good marks is to give your teacher what s/he is looking for

Answer 3

Do all your homework (on time too).

Study for your quizzes, tests, and exams.

Get some help during study hall or outside of class when there's a concept you don't understand.

For french or history, make notecards - it'll help you memorize the voabulary better (it works especially if you're a visual learner, which means that you like graphs and pictures when you learn).

In math, see if your textbook has any explanation or model showing how to do something. Do extra practice problems in the book beyond your assigned homework on something you need more practice on.

Answer 4

Sounds to me like you have a little trouble getting motivated to study. I recently answered a question somewhat similar to yours. Here's some of the response I gave:

What you need to do is step back, and look at the big picture. Figure out what needs to be done first and focus only on that work. When you sit down to tackle your assignments, work on it in parts, little by little each day. I'm a freshman in college and, trust me, working a bit each day is much better than trying to do a whole ton of work every now and then.

You might also want to work out a schedule. Nothing fancy, maybe somethin like math on Monday, history on Tuesday, English on Wednesday....you get the idea. This will help you track your progress and, once you start your work, it will also help you get focused more on what you have done instead of so much on what you need to do.
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Now the rest of this reply is tailored specifically to you. In your case, you might want to find a partner to study with. It should be someone you're comfortable being around, but also someone who's mature enough to say "Enough screwing around, it's time to study!"

There's tons of different ways to tackle the actual studying, you just have to find one that works best for you. For example, you can try to explain the material to someone who is not in your class and see, at the end of your explanation, if they understood what you were talking about. This will also help you retain the information because people are more likely to remember things if they have to explain them to others.

If you're into writing and/or reading, you can try making up your own little stories or scenarios involving the material you're studying. In this way, you are "owning" the material and making it your own. You are also enabling yourself to retain the information as well because now your study materials aren't just black words on a white page written by some old teacher dude, they are your own ideas. You're much more likely to remember your own ideas than you are to remember someone else's.

The last few pieces of advice I can give are to take thorough notes in class and, if you do this now, stop procrastinating. If your teacher tells you tomorrow that you have a test in 2 weeks, start studying later that day, or the next day. This way, you only have to study a little bit at a time instead of cramming at the last minute.

So yeah, if you find friends to help, and you find a cool new way to study that you enjoy, then you will soon also find yourself making better grades. Hope I was helpful, and good luck to you!

Answer 5

hm..how about drawing mind-map? search google for mind-map image. and there will be mind- map that look like branches. try to copy their way or drawing. it's said that by drawing like branches going horizontally, it help u remember easiler.