How do you study?
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oh, but if I can suggest music: jazz--usually small ensembles, often piano centric--and classical--well, let's just say sonatas--work very well for reading. For writing, post rock and shoegaze is ideal, but more energetic jazz and classical is great too.
I guess with simple memorization, music that focuses on singing can work, but I'd recommend for the heavier lifting that you wean yourself away onto the instrumental stuff.
I guess with simple memorization, music that focuses on singing can work, but I'd recommend for the heavier lifting that you wean yourself away onto the instrumental stuff.
This pretty much. Didn't study much in university but I did have to do a shitload of assignments. Other than that I just remembered most of the things on the exam so I don't really see the need.Deathkingo said:
Arts? What kind of arts? Acting? Painting? If so, I'm sure you still have things to take home and if so what do you do when you're doing homework at home?yanipheonu said:
hmm. it takes me a while to get "warmed up" to study. i'll watch a few ZPs or AVGNs or something before I start. But I'm pretty OK once I get started. One thing for me though is I'm not a very good multi-tasker (strengthening my belief that i fail as a woman), so I can't listen to music while studying, which really sucks.
One of my subjects I don't need to study for, and English, I just study and revise in class. I rarely study at home but still come out with Bs/Cs so it's not too bad.
Well I have just finished my dissertation, after two consecutive all-nighters. Just waiting for the uni print shop to finish binding it then it's getting handed in.
For some reason I tend to work better late at night, I become nocturnal when essays are due! I need to have to right music though, instrumental preferably, lyrics distract me!
For some reason I tend to work better late at night, I become nocturnal when essays are due! I need to have to right music though, instrumental preferably, lyrics distract me!
I don't study.
I know that this can't work for everyone, but I go to every class take sparse notes that I will review/skim the morning of the exam. The notes I take are of things that I know I won't remember (certain terminology, names, dates, etc. I write those things down with a short description of what each of is).
The trick is to be an active listener in class. Pay attention, process, and internalize information while sitting in class. In cases where the information being presented logically progresses from a point (like in a math class) move ahead of the prof. as much as you can.
This has worked pretty well for me. (Currently a senior working on my B.S. in Psychology).
I know that this can't work for everyone, but I go to every class take sparse notes that I will review/skim the morning of the exam. The notes I take are of things that I know I won't remember (certain terminology, names, dates, etc. I write those things down with a short description of what each of is).
The trick is to be an active listener in class. Pay attention, process, and internalize information while sitting in class. In cases where the information being presented logically progresses from a point (like in a math class) move ahead of the prof. as much as you can.
This has worked pretty well for me. (Currently a senior working on my B.S. in Psychology).
Nowhere near as much as i should be doing... like right now >_> <_< ICT lessons are distracting...
i rarely study though when i do i prefer it with friends, if you have to do something that sucks its better to do it with friends cause its far more entertaining
Diffusion of knowledge, perhaps? Or if we want to be really geeky here, active transport? ;o)Marine Mike said:
I tend to do little-and-often when I study (I am working full-time and study from home in my spare time, so putting in five hours just isn't an option). I tend to do an hour, take a break, put in another hour, take a break, then on weekends or near exam dates occasionally have a long-haul study time.
I study very sporadically. In year 11 right now, in Australia. I've coasted through years 7-10 without putting in a lot of work, topping my year in almost all of my subjects the entire time. Half-yearlies are coming up in a little over a week's time. I have begun studying, but I feel like I'm at the stage where I may have to knuckle down a bit. It's largely a matter of actually sitting down and starting. Once I start, I can study fine. Thank god I'm intelligent and can retain almost everything said in class.
As far as my actual study techniques go, I make sure there's no music (can't study with music), and pretty much just read over my exercise book/text book, take notes based off what chapters are in the exam, and then if I actually do all that (which I generally don't), I start doing practice exams. That's it in a nutshell.
As far as my actual study techniques go, I make sure there's no music (can't study with music), and pretty much just read over my exercise book/text book, take notes based off what chapters are in the exam, and then if I actually do all that (which I generally don't), I start doing practice exams. That's it in a nutshell.
Depends entirely what kind of studying. Writing an essay and reading over notes I'll do the exact same thing, put on a movie I've seen or an episode of a tv series. I also listen over lecture notes so if I'm doing that obviously I can't be listening to anything else.
It helps motivating yourself to study if you treat it like a 9-5 job. Get up in the morning either go to uni, read over notes, get started on assignments, etc, and work through to the afternoon. Obviously if you're not incredibly overwhelmed with what needs to be done taking days off or only doing half days is fine.
It helps motivating yourself to study if you treat it like a 9-5 job. Get up in the morning either go to uni, read over notes, get started on assignments, etc, and work through to the afternoon. Obviously if you're not incredibly overwhelmed with what needs to be done taking days off or only doing half days is fine.
