Study Skills

STUDY SKILLS

I NEVER SEEM TO BE ABLE TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING. WHAT CAN I DO?

Have you ever asked yourself this question?  

 

If you answered yes, there's some things you can do.

  • Change your approach to your studies and use different strategies. If you keep doing the same thing, you will probably keep getting the same results.
  • Assess how much work you do and how effective it is. Do you need to increase the amount of work you do? Do you need to remove distractions or start studying earlier in the afternoon?
  • Talk to your teachers about what you currently do. Ask them for suggestions on ways you can change your approach. Find out the sorts of things strong students in your class do and model your study on their approach. Do you fully understand the material? If not, take the time to see your teacher at lunch or before school and ask for help. Find another student who might be willing to help you. Understanding must come before learning and remembering.
  • Don’t try and memorise all of the details at once. Start with the big picture and gradually fill in the blanks. Regularly reviewing what you learn is the secret. The first time you learn something, neural pathways are created in your brain. The more you review this information, the more fixed the pathways become and you halt the forgetting process and stop the pathways dropping away.

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