101 Study Tips
- Take advantage of that lower workload in between exam periods to make good notes, clean your house, get work experience and do the things then rather than when you’re busier
- Use Highlighters instead of pens to save time. Or vice versa depending on you
- Change the timing in the pomodoro technique to suit you rather than the other way round
- Use a planner to
- Work out what time of day you study best. You could get up and study in the morning if you’re that sort of person
- Attend your tutor or form sessions. Even if you don’t do much in them, you can
- Keep your planner small and carry it everywhere
- Even better, put your planner on your phone
- Don’t sulk if you fail, look back at why you failed and try to improve
- If you get distracted by wanting to do something when you should be focusing, write it down. It gives you a checklist of things to do later
- Do these things on the checklist in your study breaks
- Answer questions without your teaching asking you to
- Read about your subjects outside of your classes, especially in high school
- Sit at the front of the class room
- Don’t sit by yourself in class
- Get an early nights sleep
- Or at least use sleepytime to get a good time frame
- On school days when you wake up, get up straight away, it stops you lazing about
- Work hard from the start of the year. There isn’t a time to slack off
- Try spaced repititon for learning key facts or a revision schedule
- Have snacks and a drink during study sessions. Preferably water.
- Summarise and make all your notes onto smaller bits of paper for revision, it helps you cognise what the important facts are
- To avoid study stress, take breaks and avoid studying for more than two hours a day
- It’s also good to have a day where you don’t study at all once a week
- Don’t schedule too far in advance, you’ll just get busy in the meantime or change your methods
- When you’re feeling too stressed to work properly but not studying stresses you out, do easier tasks like reviewing flashcards or watching videos on your course
- Do as much of your work in school as possible
- Prioritise your classes. Especially if you have loads
- Make any big habit changes you’ve been thinking of at the start of a term or new year
- Study a little before bed, you’ve probably seen that study that says you remember more just before bed
- Only make flashcards of the things that you don’t get or are important, not everything
- Use online sites like Brainscape, Memrise, Anki or Quizlet for flashcards between devices
- Print off your powerpoint slides before a lesson
- If you can’t do that, read ahead in the textbook
- The syllabus is your guide, so use that as a framework for your revision notes
- Your stress and nerves are normal, don’t worry
- Aim to finish your revision a week before your exams, it makes you start earlier and finish earlier, you also can rest before your exam
- When you pick your subjects, choose the subjects you love
- Don’t drink alcohol when you’re studying or any type of drug
- Don’t listen to how much everyone is studying. A lot of people big it up or say they do none, usually both aren’t being truthful
- Take messy notes in class and neaten them up later
- Or take your notes online or on a computer
- Have a folder to put your loose sheets and handouts in
- Keep your to do list and schedule all in one place, whether that’s a book, app or phone
- If you fall behind or are ill a lot, your classmates are your friends for a realistic description of what you’ve missed
- When at school, know all the places you’d like to study in case one of them is busy
- Don’t work in your bed if it makes you tired
- Or work in your bed if all your seats are uncomfortable and it’s distracting
- Don’t have too much coffee! And energy drinks are just terrible for you so maybe not have those either
- You don’t have to be truthful to your actual opinion in essays, just go for what option has the most points
- Listen to your teacher
- Have your window open, the fresh air helps
- Use practice papers and questions, they really help
- Try to teach others as well or if you can’t, explain it in your own words to yourself
- Combine more than one technique, so that the weaknesses of each method gets covered by another
- Seriously just listen to your teachers
- Check your emails every day
- Set realistic goals and try not to be too harsh and unrealistic about the time you’ll spend achieving these as well
- Use loud and annoying alarms to get you to do things
- If you have to read, read out loud rather than in your head
- Use a hair tie if you have long hair to keep it out of your face
- Keep clean and get dressed for studying
- Don’t waste your term making your notes pretty, if it helps, make sure the benefits outweigh the time problems
- Study when you can. Don’t study if you’re too exhausted to do so.
- Keep your desk as clean as you can
- Know your sources of motivation. Possibly find a way to put that in your study space.
- Attend as many classes as possible and don’t skip
- Keep yourself busy with stuff that isn’t studying
- Reward yourself for your hard work
- Before you go back to school, start to wake up earlier so you’re ready
- Wear comfortable clothes to school
- Or wear whatever makes you feel good, feeling bad can be pretty distracting
- Always think about the next step early, whether thats getting work experience, choosing subjects, finding a job or picking a thesis
- Always eat breakfast
- And always eat lunch too! Especially at school
- Do whatever is best for you. Don’t follow a studyblr trend, do what’s best for you.
- Make your studying a habit. Do it nearly every day for a long time and it’ll begin to feel more like second nature
- Get to know your teachers if you can
- And don’t be afraid to ask them for help outside of a lesson, either by email or afterwards, it helps a lot
- Look at the types of questions you often get wrong as well as the topics you keep missing out on
- Keep a spare bit of food in your bag, I usually have some sesame snaps in my bag as a small snack so I don’t have to get up to get food
- Make productive friends and people with similar goals to you
- When revising, revise everything and then focus on your weak points
- Don’t spend too long on tumblr, and if you are right now, then this is your reminder to log off!
- Don’t panic when you don’t know all the answers in a test, do you really need 100%?
- Break your studying into smaller bits and spread it out over time to avoid headaches, burnout and all the problems that come with it
- Eat better. Get enough fruit and vegetables
- Don’t forget about Protein, from meats, nuts, etc. it helps a lot
- If you’re falling asleep in class, I usually drink water, pinch myself, take lots of notes and fidget to keep myself up
- Regularly clear out your bag, because a lot of stuff builds up
- If you’re a more artistic person, use drawings like visual notes, mindmaps, timelines and literal drawings to help you study
- If you study with a friend, quiz each other
- Study on public transport if you can, notes and flashcards on phones are good for this
- Don’t neglect any of your subjects, make sure they all get some time spent on them
- Also focus beyond your first exam, it’s easy to overprepare for the first test and then not be ready for the rest
- When taking a test look through it quickly before hand
- Remember you don’t have to take the test in order
- Review your notes all the time, review helps the memory
- If you want to pull an all-nighter see if you can do it in the morning or day instead, and don’t do it the night before anything important
- Always look at the details, especially if you get a mark-scheme or guide for your assignments
- Constantly be taking on new improvements and trying to improve your methods
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