Outside of classroom and grinds there are also many techniques that may be used to improve the effectiveness of your study. When developing your study timetable the following tips can help you maximise the effectiveness of your efforts.
1 Identify what is important to learn. Analyse course specifications as a checklist for what to learn, use exercises at the end of examinable modules as a pointer to the key information within that module, familiarise yourself with past exam papers and questions provided by your teacher.
2 - Recording or telling. The more senses you can involve, the better you can learn.
3 - Diagrammes, summaries, mind maps. You will have already come across diagrammes and tables (especially in science ) and summaries. Mind maps are just a special type of diagram or table. As well as a useful tools for revision, you also learn through the process of making these tables, diagrams, summaries and mind maps.
4 - Chunking. This is a process of reducing your textbook and class notes over and over again. It is best to do this at about three to five times.
5 - Mnemonics. A mnemonic is a device which aids the memorisation of something. These devices come in a variety of forms. One common sort is acronyms. For example Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species can produce “Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach”. Or make a rhyme.
6 - Test yourself. Use your study group friends and give each other mock tests.
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