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.

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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!

Why colour code your notes?

When highlighting paragraphs in your textbooks, print-outs and study notes, it does help to have a consistent colour system.

Colour Guide:

General Highlights/ Information - Yellow or Purple

Author/s and works cited - Orange

Titles, chapters - Pink

Vocab - Blue

Require research - Green

Examples - Red

As a REMINDER do not go with the colours because if you do not highlight what is necessary, it will become a completely colourful page with problems.

Good Luck!

Can’t into Cans!

Many people find that tasks, especially assessment, hard to do and they begin to tell themselves that they can't do something, and that very sentence “I can’t” is what stops you from actually doing it, by saying you can’t your saying that the task is impossible for you, and this is just not true. you can do whatever you set your mind to. You cloud your own judgement by belittling yourself.

I want you to do a thought exercise here. I want you to imagine a very fertile field, and this field is your field, you own it. One day a man gives you seeds for hemlock (a deadly poisonous plant) and seeds for corn. what will happen if you plant the hemlock? You will have a deadly weed to take control of your farm, and you will only be able to take back control of the farm if you totally destroy the weed. 

Take this field as your mind, your mind is very similar to a fertile field, if you plant negativity into your field you will only harvest negativity, but if you were to choose to plant corn you would harvest a beautiful crop and will have more corn to plant next farming season. 

Don't sow negative thoughts into your mind, don't dwell on those thoughts, you can control your emotions and you can control where you go in the future.    

Good Luck!

Is it that hard?

There are  multiple ways that you can study a hard subject/unit and here are just some techniques that you can use to study through that hard subject:

Google is your friend. For real, Google has everything you don’t know.

Make a Review Sheet. Know of the information, not word for word.

Do as many Practice Problems as you can. Come on. Textbook questions, past exams and homework.

Stary Organised. Keep information for different topic separate. Chances are, you ’ll find something important.

Summarize and compress information for easy memorisation.

Good Luck!

Hey, the best way to learn maths is working with the formulas think back to when you were in primary school and how you learnt addition, you would have repeated the equation over and over until it became easy. 

Maths is a science, it is repeatable. It is a series of trial and error. the best way to learn maths is to use what ever formula you are studying. If you need help with that formula YouTube has many tutorials on any formula you could possibly need.