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Study Methods

Languages

Duolingo, YouTube, etc anything that helps you improve your pronunciation is a godsend.

If you don't have a vocabulary book, make one and use it.

Don't be afraid to mispronounce but make sure to correct yourself along the way.

Listening to songs in your target language really helps with the pronunciation.

Easy ones

Physical Education was this subject for me. I could study the textbook a night before the exam and score pretty well but don't do that lol

Usually, tree diagrams, flowcharts, etc help.

Explaining the material to someone also helps memorise the material.

Diagram Subjects

Things like biology, picturing cell processes, etc, with the aim of understanding makes it a lot easier to memorise the concept.

Use active recall for the theory part.

Try making mnemonics for the things you need to memories like things in chemistry.

It's a high visual subject so drawing and aesthetic notes may help.

Listening to podcasts about the subject will also help.

Theory based subjects

Things like history and social science in general which quiz you on your memory most of the time.

I used to ace these mostly because of active recall.

Rather than reading the material with the aim of memorising it, read it with the aim of understanding and use active recall.

Try recording lectures if you can and play them as podcasts while doing everyday things.

Bullet point-ed noted and aesthetic notes help. The most time you spend with the material, the better you remember it so try to rewrite the notes or make it look pretty.

Problems solving subjects

Make a formula list. According to concepts or chapters, whatever you're more comfortable with. Either a separate notebook for it or sticky notes. However it is, make sure they're handy.

Solved examples in textbooks and teacher's solutions are a godsend and make things way easier.

Practice the problems till you're sure you can crack those type of problems later on.

Write mock tests. First without time and see how you do on it. Work on getting better at the subject if you score below a benchmark. Start timing yourself and working on yourself if you cross the benchmark.

Have a study buddy who you can get your doubts cleared with. Either your teacher or a classmate who can clear your doubts, anyone works.

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December Studying Challenge

Hello everyone!

It's been a while since I posted and I hope all of you are doing amazing!

For fellow college students, finals are just around the corner, or maybe just starting already! To all of them, good luck!

And to others who are also studying, good job! You got this!

To the point though, in light of all the studying we need to get done in order to really enjoy Christmas, I'm doing a two week studying challenge.

Anyone and everyone are welcome to join!

There are no prompts for this challenge, but I will be posting a few pics of my workspace for the day, song I'm listening to motivate myself and the work I got done today.

It starts tomorrow, November 29 to December 15, with two off days in between of your choice.

I hope we all get good work done and good luck on it!

To those who are not working, I hope you guys get some rest and have a good time!

I will see you guys tomorrow and have a great day!

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Study Methods

Languages

Duolingo, YouTube, etc anything that helps you improve your pronunciation is a godsend.

If you don't have a vocabulary book, make one and use it.

Don't be afraid to mispronounce but make sure to correct yourself along the way.

Listening to songs in your target language really helps with the pronunciation.

Easy ones

Physical Education was this subject for me. I could study the textbook a night before the exam and score pretty well but don't do that lol

Usually, tree diagrams, flowcharts, etc help.

Explaining the material to someone also helps memorise the material.

Diagram Subjects

Things like biology, picturing cell processes, etc, with the aim of understanding makes it a lot easier to memorise the concept.

Use active recall for the theory part.

Try making mnemonics for the things you need to memories like things in chemistry.

It's a high visual subject so drawing and aesthetic notes may help.

Listening to podcasts about the subject will also help.

Theory based subjects

Things like history and social science in general which quiz you on your memory most of the time.

I used to ace these mostly because of active recall.

Rather than reading the material with the aim of memorising it, read it with the aim of understanding and use active recall.

Try recording lectures if you can and play them as podcasts while doing everyday things.

Bullet point-ed noted and aesthetic notes help. The most time you spend with the material, the better you remember it so try to rewrite the notes or make it look pretty.

Problems solving subjects

Make a formula list. According to concepts or chapters, whatever you're more comfortable with. Either a separate notebook for it or sticky notes. However it is, make sure they're handy.

Solved examples in textbooks and teacher's solutions are a godsend and make things way easier.

Practice the problems till you're sure you can crack those type of problems later on.

Write mock tests. First without time and see how you do on it. Work on getting better at the subject if you score below a benchmark. Start timing yourself and working on yourself if you cross the benchmark.

Have a study buddy who you can get your doubts cleared with. Either your teacher or a classmate who can clear your doubts, anyone works.

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my masterpost | my studygram | ask me anything 

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[transcript under the cut]

Other advice posts that may be of interest:

All About Procrastination

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Common Study Mistakes

7 Strategies to Improve Concentration

How to make your notes aesthetic

7 Ways to Power Up Your Notetaking 

Keep reading

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Can you tell me how to study when you have a freaking lot of things to study? Can anyone study 12 months' materials in only 2 months? Is it possible? And also when they have zero concentration and focus, when they keep procrastinating...🌼

First things first, I am so sorry for not answering this sooner. I've been a bit busy with my own exam deadlines coming up and hence the non existent posts too. ;-;

And when you have a freaking lot of things to study, lol I'd suggest you break it up into smaller chunks so it's easier to tackle and you don't feel overwhelmed. Start off with the hardest one and progressively get to easier things. That way, you'll build momentum and you'll feel more motivated to get things done as you see process on your list.

And 12 months of materials in only 2 months is really pushing it, but in the end, it depends on how hard or easy the materials are. So if they're all interconnected, you can start with a type of topic that will make all the others easier or such. You can DM if you want help with that, lol I don't mind.

And about 0 concentration, focus and procrastination, I suggest you try to work for 3 minutes. No matter what, just 3 minutes. If you still don't want to work after that, the problem is not you but something else. I'd suggest you to look at what the problem is. Maybe it's because you don't understand the material or because you feel too overwhelmed.

You got this!! Good luck and feel free to DM me for any more help. ^^ Have a nice day.

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STUDY MASTER-POST

• Making a schedule

• Every schedule is different. You shouldn't feel the need to make every second productive just as long as you find enough time to finish what you need to for the day.

• Make sure to sort your to-do list first. Start from the things that are the most urgent and important. After you do this, you can choose to either start with the hardest task so that its out of the way. Or you can start with the easiest so it gets your momentum going.

• When you make your schedule, give extra time for yourself to finish a task. Suppose, if you say you will take 40 minutes to finish a summary, schedule it down to 60 minutes so even if you end up procrastinating in between or if you take an extra break, your entire schedule is not throw into a mess.

• Account for breaks. Always. Take regular breaks between every task. Don't make it too long, 2-5 minutes for a small task and 15-20 minutes for a big task.

• Once you're done with your to-do list, make a schedule with a set amount of time for each task. Try to start exactly when you planned you would.

• Make sure to do tasks in chunks of 20-60 minutes, whatever works for you. Because humans suck at focusing for more than 50 minutes in general.

• Take a small 5 minutes break after one chunk of 20-60 minutes. After you finish 4-6 chunks of 20-60 minutes, reward yourself with a long break, like 20-60 minutes depending on how much work you have left and what time you can spare.

• Getting stuff done

• Break bigger tasks into small chunks so it's easier to get into. So rather than saying "I will completely this chapter today," you can do "I will finish 5 pages of this chapter now and then 7 in an hour. I will finish the remaining 9 pages, 4 hours from now." That makes the work smaller and you also feel more productive.

• Most people have a problem with starting. So just start the task and say you will do it for 5 minutes without getting distracted. Once you get through the first 5 minutes, you should have no problem getting through the rest of the task.

• If you still can't get yourself to work after 5 minutes, the problem is not you, its the task. See what's bothering you about the task. Do you not understand a concept? Or do you not have all the required resources for it? Look into it. If you can't find the problem with the task, move on and get to the next task. You can deal with this later.

• Your work space

• Work space can make or break your momentum. You can be the person who works best with all your materials sprawled on the bed. Or you can be the person who gets work done best in a library. Don't try to make things fits for you when they clearly don't.

• You could be the person who gets more work done at the evenings or in the mornings so don't feel pressured to get work done at the set time everyone says you should do at.

• Remove things that distract you. If you get distracted by the internet, I'll link some things that can help you out in the resources section down.

• Don't over crowd your working space, keep it to a minimum so you don't get too distracted.

• Self care

• The most important thing, no skipping this. Sleep well, everyday. For a minimum of 6 hours no matter what. You can break it up if you can't sleep for long hours in a strecth but make sure you get that sleep.

• Get fresh air and move around. For a minimum of 30 minutes everyday.

• Make sure to eat at least two full meals a day. Try to eat as healthy as possible and snack in between meals.

• Make time for the hobbies/interests you love. Let yourself explore and have fun. You deserve it, you're beautiful.

• How to avoid burnouts

• Break works into small chunks as I mentioned earlier. So rather than saying "I will completely this chapter today," you can do "I will finish 5 pages of this chapter now and then 7 in an hour. I will finish the remaining 9 pages, 4 hours from now."

• Make sure to reward yourself. Doesn't have to be anything big. Give yourself a nice cup of tea or bake a cake from time to time. Reward yourself.

• Do shower and change into a new set of clothes every single day. It really helps. Seriously.

• Make sure to at least work for 30 minutes a day on days you don't feel motivated enough to work so that you don't slip into leisure mode.

• Make sure to maintain a school-life balance. It's a very thin line so make sure to finish your important tasks before going out and doing something fun.

• Resources

• This chrome extension blocks websites.

• This blocks websites for the Mac book users. (This is free but there's also paid verified alternatives here.)

• This website gives alternatives to any software or website, paid or free. Mac or PC or LinusX compatible versions.

• This lets you print any website without all the clutter in it.

• This lets you highlights parts of a web page and lets you share it.

• This checks your writing for grammatical and spelling errors.

• This is also for checking your spellings and voicing in anything you write.

• This lets you convert URLs into QR codes/ shorten URLs.

I'll add more but I gotta dash to class so just these for now.

Have a nice day. ^^

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my masterpost | my studygram | ask me anything | how to stop procrastinating series

[click images for high quality]

[transcript under the cut]

Other advice posts that may be of interest:

All About Procrastination

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Common Study Mistakes

7 Strategies to Improve Concentration

Keep reading