What most students fear most is failure. It gives many bad nightmares and keep wondering why they are in the failure pit .
The failure is not because of lack of understanding but lack of right preparation to understand.
They attend classes , piled up their note . When exam period is at their door step . It becomes a threat.
Shivering, willing to cover what was taught in three months session in a night or week to the exam . That is abuse to learning.
The funniest about this is they expect the same results with a student that started when the lectures is still at development stage .
Well…you have exams and test coming up . This article will be a great help to you.
I will discuss in short the trick you can follow, not hard just follow the steps and you will be good .
table of contents
Early preparation
The best asset you can give yourself is to prepare early. Start when the topics are still new, when what was taught is still warm .
Just start anyhow, anytime. The best , rough and smoothest way .
Just start……even before the exam knocks in.
The preparation is not only when exam time Table are being pasted . But coming to class early, attending lectures regularly, asking questions in class is part of preparation.
Some of the things you can do to prepare is to set fixed time for studying, Avoid late night sleep, reduce useless scrolling in social media.
The preparation is not only by studying hard but also gives confidence and clarity because you you have familiar yourself with what was being taught.
Once you have the right material and right mindset to start and prepare early .
Do this while studying……
Write what you read
Writing out what you read is one of the effective way to study. You force your brain to retrieve the Information you study. This is not just studying method but also a training for your brain.
Let me illustrate the best way to go about this method:
When you read a chapter or topic in your handouts. Review it again by brushing through what you have read.
Pick a blank paper , try and recall everything you have read . Force your brain to the core to retrieve the Information. This is a strength not punishment.
But what if you can’t recall all ?
Do this ……
Any definition, phrase or formula that you can’t recall. Create a space and continue. After you are done retrieving , go back to the porthole and fill the space with coloured ink .
For example.
Force is the product of mass and acceleration.
When you are retrieving you can’t recall product and acceleration . You leave the space blank and continue with retrieving.
Like this
Force is the Of mass and .
After you are done retreiving, you fill those spaces with the right word and coloured ink.
Force is the product of mass and product .
Then you review. Studying without reviewing is like filing a basket with water . It will keep licking.
Review what you read
After you are done reading and understanding the chapters or topics. You review or revise .
That is the power.spaced repetition crawls in here.
Spaced Repetition is reviewing what you read in the spaced intervals.dsys , weeks , months or even years.
The consistency to tell your brain the information must be stored in long term memory
It strengthen your brain and straighten your forgeting curve.
This is it works.
You Study a chapter on Monday. Review it on Wednesday. Check it back on Saturday.
You repeat. And keep the cycle alive for other subjects also .
Before you it come to your realization , you have covered your textbook or handouts and still the information are intact .
Read beyond the pages of your handouts
You have come a long way already by reading to this stage .
You already know how to prepare early, write and review what you read .
But here comes a silent yet effective pattern most students ignore.
Review of past questions. This is what I mean by reading beyond the pages of your handouts.
You gather past questions not just to answer questions but to recognize patterns.
Yes ….. patterns.
Patterns which lectures ask questions, the way they ask , the topic that appears most , how the question were structured.
This are great pathway to get the most how your questions will be structured. That give you a go head .
Summary.
You are having exams coming up ? Don’t start late , review what you read by spaced Repetition.
You have got this . Ace your exams with Bright results.
Good luck.
