Studying Habits/Tips

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Any fellow NBers in University or Highschool?
What are your studying habits/tips?



Personally, study groups have always hindered my learning and creativity. That's just me doe.

I think the old "write and read it down until you got it" method works best with me. I don't get too fancy with my studying.
 
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I never studied. I just remember stuffs and ask / copy friends when I don't know.
 
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High school teaches you pretty useless stuff, so i never really studied. Instead i cheated, a lot.

And still graduated fine.
 
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I am in high school and i study a lot actually. This is my studying method:
1. Read the text in the book
2. Highlight the main points
3. Write down the highlighted points in my book
4. Summarise the highlighted points into my own words
5. Draw diagrams next to my summaries to understand better
6. Transfer my summaries from the book into a poster. It helps to visualise it.
Hope this helps you and that you go well in your studies mate. :)
 

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I found that if I just pay attention in class and not write notes and just listen to my fullest extent... I don't really need to study. I'm good at remembering what people say rather than what is written.
 
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FujiRyoma18 said:
I am in high school and i study a lot actually. This is my studying method:
1. Read the text in the book
2. Highlight the main points
3. Write down the highlighted points in my book
4. Summarise the highlighted points into my own words
5. Draw diagrams next to my summaries to understand better
6. Transfer my summaries from the book into a poster. It helps to visualise it.
Hope this helps you and that you go well in your studies mate. :)
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Visualizing, that's interesting.

another tip, in Uni/College, sometimes it's better to rent used books, not just because they're cheaper but because of the highlights and notes left by previous users.
 
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Didn't have to study in high school. Cheated my way to an accounting degree. But when I did study, it was just memorization. I probably put more effort into cheating than I would have if I studied
 
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No one told me to study. They told me to listen during class and do whatever you want after school. It worked for me and I passed every time there's a test/exam. Although I did go to study groups just to ask things that I didn't fully understand.
 
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Each week, I take the lessons from each class and look them over a bit each day, focusing on something new each day and gradually getting more specific as I ingrain the information more.

For example, in business law: The day I learn a lesson I might sit down for 20 to 30 minutes and study the major steps of how a Trial goes. This means I'll look over the 6 major steps, and try to ingrain them, rather than taking in all the details.

The next day I will remember those 6 steps, so this time I might focus more on key point details of each step. Another day, I'll remember those little details and I can begin applying them to examples and truly begin to have knowledge over it.

The idea I use, is that I try to remember the big ideas and memorize them on one day, and then the next day start dealing with the subcategories of those big ideas. Information will compound so quickly this way.

If it's something that's more about application however, such as math, I just do examples each day until I feel comfortable.

Most importantly, if your professor has given examples of questions that could be on the test, PRACTICE THEM. The format of the test always matters more than the information given in the class, so if you have a way to practice it, the stronger your odds are!
 
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GhostProject said:
Each week, I take the lessons from each class and look them over a bit each day, focusing on something new each day and gradually getting more specific as I ingrain the information more.

For example, in business law: The day I learn a lesson I might sit down for 20 to 30 minutes and study the major steps of how a Trial goes. This means I'll look over the 6 major steps, and try to ingrain them, rather than taking in all the details.

The next day I will remember those 6 steps, so this time I might focus more on key point details of each step. Another day, I'll remember those little details and I can begin applying them to examples and truly begin to have knowledge over it.

The idea I use, is that I try to remember the big ideas and memorize them on one day, and then the next day start dealing with the subcategories of those big ideas. Information will compound so quickly this way.

If it's something that's more about application however, such as math, I just do examples each day until I feel comfortable.

Most importantly, if your professor has given examples of questions that could be on the test, PRACTICE THEM. The format of the test always matters more than the information given in the class, so if you have a way to practice it, the stronger your odds are!
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This seems like good advice, but I don't know enough about studying to confirm it
 
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