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Memorisation Hacks

Information at high school/university is hard to remember throughout the course of the year. Down below is a list of the best ways to actively study to remember the information, regarding this:

Become Engaged with the Learning Material.

It is so much easier to remember what you like, because if you don’t like the topic and when you are trying to remember something it will be boring. You have to find a way to make it fun and enjoyable, though relating it to something you like that you have.

Visual Memory

This will enhance you to remember important facts and information. For example: How often do you forget where you left your phone? The next time you put it down somewhere, remind yourself of where you put it constantly to remember you've placed it and then in your mind blow it up. don’t forget that your memory is mainly visual.

Create a Brainstorm.

If you are trying to memorise huge facts and details, try to find a way to put them in your mind visually as a brainstorm or make one on paper and jot down all the notes you need.

Create a Mental Link 

Create connections of information mentally to be able to piece parts together, which will more successful for you to remember it. Using acronyms actually improves memory.

Rewrite out the Items to be Memorised.

Writing out information in lists can improve memorisation and make you actually learn the lists actively. Write information down repeatedly (without copying). In doing this you are teaching yourself what you're trying to learn.

Good Luck!

What music to listen to while Studying!

Whether it's for an Exam, Homework or pop quiz, we all study while listening to music. Do you know what is the best to listen to?

The best to listen to is actually nothing as stated by Nick Perham, who is a researcher in Applied Cognitive Psychology. This is because you should be studying in the conditions for what type of situation you will be in. 

However, Music researchers agree that the music we should study to should have no lyrics.

Spotify is a great way to find a good focus playlist, which is something I recommend to listen to!

Deep Listening is a great playlist for when you want to focus on a channel in on your studying. This playlist as Spotify calls it is a ‘Drown in an ocean of atmospheric soundscapes.' as it calms the body and focuses you on your studying.

 Nature Sounds is a good playlist for when you just want to listen to nature itself. It is known to have ‘Calms sound of the forest. Jungle, crickets, birds and rainforest.’ Which is great to listen to when you just want the soothing sounds of nature, which really helps.

If you like electronic music then Electronic Concentration is for you. This playlist is comprised of all different types of electronic beats to listen to while hyping up that study session. 

This Peaceful Guitar playlist is great to unwind to and listen to acoustic guitar pieces. For those that love the sound of a guitar which can help stimulate productivity.

Peaceful Piano is a playlist that has classical music from the piano which is the perfect playlist to listen to while studying.

From this, it is recommended to listen to these and if you have any other selections comment below. 

Good Luck!

Hey, welcome to FtwoA, we are here to give studying tips and motivation to you students that struggle with the mental and physical problems of studying and we will attempt to motivate you to do better in school or university.  

Hey, yeah we will make a post soon on exam prep, but some advice for you to sum up that post is, break down the tasks and the subjects you covered over the subject and study those individual tasks. YouTube is a great way of learning the subject, it offers many different ways of learning the same content. But do break up the subject into smaller subjects, this will allow you to learn individual parts and come to the exam you will be able to know all the topics. 

Another challenge when it comes to exam prep has to be getting the motivation to really get to know all the topics, there is learning a topic and then there is understanding the topic, and that’s why breaking up the content will work so well.

We have had a few questions on exam prep so we will be making a longer and more fleshed out post about exam prep in the next few days, so stay posted.

Studying for more than one test

Every student is in a situation where they have to study for more than one test/exam. It is an overwhelming situation and some of us aren’t the best at studying but there are ways to work around things and to study for more than one subject. Here are a few tips:

Study Schedule: If you know you’ll have multiple test/exams, the best thing to do is to create a study schedule. This will help you to allocate time for each subject/unit and not stress out on not having enough time to study for everything.

Rank by importance: One of the things you should do first is to write down the test/exams you’ve got and what each of those is worth. If they are all worth the same, then figuring out what to study first should be easy but if they are all worth different, the subject with the most per cent would obviously be the priority. This is a simple solution to knowing what to study first.

Think ahead: Another tip is to figure out what grade you actually need from the test/exam. This will help you to know which subject/unit is important, which one you have to focus on and whether you even have to worry at all. It also helps you be more organised.

Avoid cramming: What most students tend to do is to study and cram everything within 12 hours of when you’ve got the test/exam. This isn’t a good idea and nor will it help you be confident on the day of the test/exam. It is important to relax and that is why you should always leave time to study for all subjects, which will result in not having to cram everything.

Good Luck!

Recordings

Sometimes students can get frustrated at the lecturer due to them being too fast or just plain boring but at the end of the day, information is information. Instead of having to furiously type or write down everything the teacher says, why not record the lectures.

Whether the teacher already does that for you or you have to do it yourself, this will allow you to play back the lecture and see if you miss any vital information. Another advantage is it will allow you to work at your own pace and you do not have to worry about catching up to the teacher, on what slide they are on.

Good Luck!

Productivity is defined as achieving a significant amount or result.

Productivity is about getting more done efficiently. there are many ways to become more productive.

1. Make a to-do list and then out of that to-do list, get rid of everything that is not absolutely necessary.  

2. Set daily goals, setting goals is a major part of becoming productive, and to set SMART goals is an amazing way to get results.

3.  Peak times, figure out what times are you most productive in and work around them.

4. Taking out the worst parts, knock out the worst most boring parts out first, this will allow you to enjoy the rest of the task. 

5. Make sure you delegate your time, set tasks in easy to manage time frames.

6. Constant improvement, always look for ways you can make your work better, this will help you improve in the future. 

7. Do not associate yourself with people that will slow you down, stay around people who encourage you to do better, these people will give you ways to improve and will help formulate ideas that can only be of benefit to you.

8. Keep it fun. not every to-do item has to be boring. Spice up the task. 

Good luck!

How to study for Mathematics? 

Go to Class! and when you are absent make sure you 100% catch up with your work immediately, because when you are absent make sure you 100% catch up with your work immediately.

Ask questions and listen. This is VERY important because it can help you out when you are stuck. This is VERY important because it can help you out when you are stuck.

Read over your notes before you do your homework while you do your homework the night you are given it. 

Show all of your workings out and double check it.  Making sure that this habit while studying helps you throughout test and exams.

Make a list of all the important concepts.  Put all of your concepts into your own words and triple check the lists so that you can memorise it, add to your cheat sheet or bound reference book.

Good luck!