I’ve noticed that within the studyblr community there seems to be a focus on note-taking and making notes look nice. This isn’t bad at all and you need to take notes so you have a record of the information you have been taught but outside of that they don’t really help with learning information. Re-reading your notes isn’t an effective way to learn information and assess your knowledge. It is far better to use active studying techniques.
Active studying techniques are study methods that have you engaging with the information your learning constantly. Examples of this are making study guides, doing practice questions, making and using flashcards, spacing out your study so that the information can be stored in your long term memory, and summarising information in your own words (simplify it down where possible).
Out of all these methods I’ve listed above I feel as though doing lots of practice questions is the best way to go and quizzing yourself with flashcards. This is because your assessing your memory and understanding of what you’ve learnt. If you’re assessed with tests and exams in your class isn’t the best way to prepare for those to test yourself before that?
For classes that are assessed based on essays its good to practice writing essays and showing them to your teacher whenever possible. This is specifically regarding in-class test essays.
I hope this helps you at least a little bit. Go forth and study hard!
