I need some useful study tips pleeease?

Question

im 16 and i got exams in january which are very important but i cant find a study technique. i cant be motivated. ive failed my mocks and i think negative. can anyone give me advice please.

Answer 1

If you have to memorize information for your exam, write it out by hand. As far as motivation goes, you have to study in sessions, then reward yourself for focusing for the entire session. Maybe study for 45 minutes then spend 10-15 minutes w/ a snack, talk on the phone, surf the web, or something besides studying. Also, I always study somewhere besides my house. I get more work done that way; at a local coffee shop or library.

Answer 2

I went back to school as an adult, and learned or maybe created a manner of studying.

First...clear all distractions. Turn off the tv and the radio and no phone calls or anything else.

Second...read the material. This may sound obvious, but not everyone does it. If you own the book, highlight the important things, especially things the teacher talked about in class, and make notes in the margins about things like the "5 characteristics..." or "3 features of..." I always had trouble with those kinds of thing, until I just finally memorized them

Third...make outlines of the things you've noted. Now go back to the book and the outline, and "teach" your imaginary class out loud. Quiz them -- you answer.

When you take a test, if you can write on the paper (this is usually ok in college, but not always in high school) write the things you forget. There were some math things I could never quite understand, but I could look at them written on the inside cover of the book at the last minute, and remember them long enough to write them on the back of the test paper. That way, if it came up it was already written down, and not cheating because I put the book away when I was told to and didn't have it before the test was passed out. For multiple choice questions, write little notes next to the wrong answers about why they're wrong, and the one that's left is the right one. Look for questions that ask a previous question in another way. Do you still agree with the first answer? Answer the things you're 100% sure about first, then go back and work on the ones that aren't at your finger tips.

My son is learning disabled. He was in middle school when I was in high school, and we both had the same period of American history at the same time. That's how the teach the class idea started. I read the texts outloud to both of us, questioning him...restate what I just said, what does that mean...and jumping back to something from a few mintues ago. It really worked well for both of us, so I kept doing it for other classes. I paid my tuition in college partly by tutoring, and this is the technique I used.

One last thing...I graduated from high school 97 in a class of 115. I graduated from college in the top 3%, summa, with a grade point average of 3.96. Something worked!

Answer 3

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