Do you get twisted into knots just thinking about another test or exam? Did you skip all the lectures, and are basing on your friends’ notes? Don’t worry, bro, with effective help, you will pass the exam with flying colors! What can you do, to remember 90% of you notes easily and without effort? Read on!
Plan
If possible, plan which days you’ll dedicate to studying for the exam. It will be easier for you to motivate yourself if you prepare small colorful note cards with specific dates and material batches. A map or a mini-daily schedule like that will help you systematize your knowledge and reduce the fear of the upcoming big day.
Handwrite
You think handwriting is for boomers? Not this time! Handwriting makes more knowledge creep into your mind. Colorful highlighters and stickers will help remember most important fragments, and at the same time, they will make studying more pleasurable for you. The fact that handwriting notes makes it easier to remember them and excercises the brain is proven!
You lose a lot by typing on the laptop. Before you say “No way”, think how often do you get distracted when typing on the laptop or the phone? “Oh, I’ll check Tik-Tok”, “I’ll check what’s up on Facebook”, “Oh, hey buddy, are we grabbing beers the day afer tomorrow?” – you get a Messenger message. How to focus for longer? Nope, not possible!
Before you sit down to your notes, turn your phone and computer off. Don’t look at the notifications on your smartwatch. Make yourself some good coffee and start writing. What should you write? Everything that comes to your mind that’s related to the exam. This technique is subconscious writing, or thought stream. It will help you clear your mind, and start studying with fresh energy. Who knows, maybe you’ll be able to pull something from this random text that will make you shine at the exam?
Use thought maps and iconographs
If you think that writing down every single word makes sense, then you are mistaken. Sure, you can copy your friend’s or your own notes that way, but how much of it will stay in your head? Black hole! All right, perhaps also an unpleasant, old student-related rule: memorize, pass, forget.
Notes don’t have to be boring! Use associations with pictures, writing down the most important elements of the material. Draw emoticons, hearts, birds – anything that helps you remember the material while taking notes. Mark the most important points with a different color. Remember – you don’t have to remember what was in the lesson or lecture word for word.
Taking notes is conducive to creative learning – especially with the use of a mind map and associations instead of the boring repetition of individual parts of the material. By learning from notes, make the task easier and act in line with your own rules. If you remember the material more easily thanks to unrelated associations or think with pictures – take advantage of it! An A in the exam is a sure thing!
Ensure a safe space conducive to studying
How to prepare a study space? Select a place where you can focus. It can be a couch, a kitchen table or a desk. Get rid of the distractions and drink water or another drink while learning. Take breaks – get up, stretch, walk around the apartment. You can turn on looped LoFi music which favors concentration in your headphones – you can find playlists on YT or Spotify.
Set aside a specific time just for studying. Depending on the plan of the day, let it be 2-3 hours a day. Inform the household members about it, too, so that they do not interfere with your concentration during this time.
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