What is the best way to study that has worked for you?

Question

I know about the primary stuff like not to cram and find out whether your a visual learner, audio learner, action learner i know all that but i need to know when you actually open the book and looking at all the text whats the most effective path to go? How do you absorb all the information in 100 pages into your brain?

Answer 1

I learned this in college when I had a ton of reading.

First, read the material one time. Be sure to skip stuff the teacher or proffessor says is not important cause it will waste your time.

Second, re-read the material again, this time with a hi-liter. Hi-lite stuff that you don't know. If it doesn't make sense or you've never heard it before... hi-lite it. DO NOT hi-lite stuff you know. If you know it then you don't need to waste your time studying it.

Third, go back through more slowly... this time studying what you've hi-lited. Your test scores should drastically improve.

Obviously, this only applies to teachers that tell you to read the whole chapter without telling you what's important in class.

Answer 2

First, attend class. Pay attention to the lecture, ask questions, and take good notes.

Then, go home and read the text. Note important ideas, such as vocabulary words or concepts that will probably be on the exam.

These 2 things have also worked for me: A couple of days before a test, I read the text aloud to myself (privately, of course); then I meet up with some friends from the class to study the materials

It's all about repetition. But don't forget to take breaks, too. And get enough sleep; staying up late usually will make you too tired to do well in class the next day.

Answer 3

Read it once, just taking note in your mind of everything. Then, go back through and copy the main points down on paper and review those several times. Section it off into different parts and study them one at a time. If your class is a semester-long, as most are, don't wait until the last week of the course to start studying! Then, toward the end of the course after you've hopefully studied and well-memorized most of the material, read the text another one of two times. Sounds like a lot, I know, but you'll be damn glad you did it when you have a stable, high-paying job someday. : ]

Answer 4

one keyword at a time. I rarely read all 100 pages unless it is actually interesting. Some class stuff will put a person to sleep faster than being forced to watch a soap opera with a hangover.

If I really HAVE to study it, i pick out my key words, skim read the material, then make sure I understand the relationships the keywords have with the material covered in lecture and the course outline. Sometimes that means actually reading the material, but that's the way it goes.

Answer 5

Study for 20-30 minutes, take a 5-10 minute break, rinse and repeat. Break studying up into chunks, set goals, I will know/have read this much by the end of the studing period.

Also, review what you've studied before you go on to the next thing...

That works best for me...
(Also, taking notes and speaking them aloud may also help, that way you're learning the information more than one time...)

Answer 6

I outline the most important points and any specific details that I should know, and before a test I review those notes. Sometimes I need to make flashcards with definitions on them.

Answer 7

I find that reading out loud to yourself helps, you retain more that way.
What I used to do was I would record my notes onto a tape and turn them down quietly at night and my brain would retain the information in my sleep.
I dont know how it worked but it did. =)

Answer 8

Just remember the important stuff and cram the night before and wake up early and study some more.

Answer 9

make study notes,
so re read what you need and just write down everything that's important, make charts or make up a song to help you remember some things.

Answer 10

scan the info for the most important things
make outlines
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