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[Squeak's Mommy]

If you're listening to music you like, a good thing to do might be to after you accomplish a small thing while you are studying or doing homework is to take a break and dance and/or sing to one of the songs! I do that a lot, and it helps me relax for a moment so that my brain doesn't overheat to where I just can't study anymore!

[StuartHamster]

Here are my tips

1. No distractions! (food, HH etc. lol)
2. Take good notes! (pretty much all the words in bold!)
3. Reveiw the chapter each day! (dont rearead, just look it over to refresh your brain!)
4. Study for 15-30 each day, and you will get an A! (Hey! I ryhmed(sp.?)

Study hard!

[Georgie Girl]

Hi

Here are a few things of my study tips:

Hightlighter Pens bless the person who invented these - no more long notes

Photocopied sheets when there's a page full of information in a text book, get a photocopy of it and go crazy with those highlighters

Disposable earplugs not on most people's lists, I know, but I'm easily distracted

Files and folders with dividers keep your precious notes and work organised from the very beginning

A place to keep your study materials a pile on your desk, a shelf, under your bed, a drawer, a storage box ---> wherever it is, keep everything in the same place all the time!

A diary this way you'll never forget a deadline, also use it to record what you achieve --> it's great to look back at how far you've come

Supplies have a stock of paper, pens, pencils, erasers and batteries handy

GG

[whitedoggy]

^ that does help.

all i know is, this may sound easy but tough
-read through the chapter
-prepare a pen and paper
-write down the notes
-after writing, (thats when u finish e chapter), read through the notes
-memorise it.
-test yourself, if cannot remember 1 part, go and memorise on that

you sure can pass provided, you're not stressing up yourself
and also find a very quiet place to study it helps me too
im left with about 6 days to mid year exam...hope whatever tips u people share can help us

[Vast Rendan]

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[zirbo]

hmm...Work in a comfortable area..
Like KB says, listen to classical music, really helps
LOL, but DOnt go onto HH! I get severly distracted....hehehe!

And make notes along the way that may be useful.
The thing Southpaw said, BASMOQ, helps, like BEDMAS, for maths..anyone taking a guess what the letters stand for?

isnt it supposed to be PEMDAS? lol neways...i have REALLY bad study habits, and i want to improve them when i get into high school, and im going to strive for straight a's (not like 8th grade, i was just tyring to survive XD) and i really wanna get good study habits, but i just dont really know what to do, and if i take notes i like summarize EVERY sentence, so yeah

and i do listen to music when i do homework, it helps

[aubrey]

hmm I haven't studied in a really long time but in my psychology class we were told to take notes down during class then later at night go back over your notes and re-write them more in depth. So say your teacher is giving a lecture and wants you to take notes but she talks really quick and you want to get everything down...so you jot down the notes, and you can also abbreviate big words...then later that night go back through your notes and re-write everything down more in depth and do not abbreviate anything. That way when you are studying for your test or quizzes when you look back over your notes they are not sloppy and you understand everything you wrote down!

Hope that helped!

[duckjustice]

One of the best things my spanish teacher told us this year was too try and teach someone else what you're doing, be it your parents, a brother or sister, even your dog or hamster.
This lets you hear it out loud so you're kind of reinforcing it, and (this is why its better to teach a person than a pet) you can see if you can answer questions on te subject and give someone a clear understanding of it.
Another thing my Spanish teacher told us to do was practice something while you're doing something that isn't exactly a place you tend to study. For example she told us to recite our speech things when we were in the shower or something and it really worked for me, because I remembered feeling like an idiot.
Oh and making up songs is good to, I could have failed my Shakespeare test if I didn't ave my "Richard III" song in my mind.

[zirbo]

Yeah, i know i should've taken more notes during class (espicially in sci) since it was so confusing (we were taking a 9th grade course in 8th grade) and the teacher didnt explain stuff unless u asked him, and i REALLY hate talking out in class. I'm ok after class just talking to teachers about like "here's my hw from when i wasn't here" things like that but i dont like asking questions, unless its like my friends or my dad but i know i need to break out of that habit for high school and college

ok so i guess i'll take more notes in class (in 6th and 7th grade i remember taking notes. my 6th grade teacher made us take notes, it really helped, but then again she wrote them up on the board, so i didnt go into too much depth) and then type them up and review them at night? i can do that (if i dont get too lazy) ill just hafta motivate myself to try really hard and hopefully i do

[Trumpette]

This is a really good topic. I know it hasn't been responded to in almost a year, but it is pinned...

For me, I get a lot more done when I am at school. The atmosphere is a lot better for studying, there are no TVs around, I have a laptop, but I do all my studying in the music building, and the wireless internet really only works in one room and the signal is very weak.

I think the reason classical music is so good for studying is because most people are not distracted by it. I think listening to music is a great way to study, as long as you aren't distracted by it. I know that I get distracted by certain types of music, whether it be because I am singing along, or trying to figure out the chord progression (me being a musician, heh). I often listen to the same thing when I'm studying. I remember listening to a list of Clifford Brown songs, as well as Cannonball and Nat Adderley songs, because I was unfamiliar with them. Both because if i knew them, I would stop studying to listen, and also because I had been meaning to listen to them and hadn't yet.

This last year i had set aside specific times to study. Being in University, I had one day when I had six hours between classes, so I made sure to sit down at the study desks and do my homework after taking a break after the first class. I also had specific times I would do my homework between classes on other days. Equally important, I also made time to relax, go get a coffee, get a bite to eat, and hang out with friends.

And, being a music student, you can sometimes get carried away with doing all the theory and history assignments, all those "paper" assignments, and not set aside enough time to practice. I often neglected the playing assignments i had because I did my theory assignments first. My advice for anyone who has sort of problem is, other than sometimes having to force yourself to do it even if you would rather do your paper assignments first, is to do it immediately when you're inspired to do it. Some days, band practice goes really well, and you feel really pumped after class. For me, I have music history classes, and those can inspire you to want to better yourself. So, right after class, you're all pumped, you chat up with your friends in the hall, all excited and pumped, this can be a great time to get out your horn and play something. It doesn't always have to be regimented and playing scales and arpeggiating chords and doing those kinds of exercises. Although, sometimes I find it captivating to do exercises. But play whatever you want. Play for the sake of playing. Or jam with your friends. Feel free, and let yourself be inspired. This can apply for students in other areas, but obviously my experience is in music, and I know there are band students on here.\


Well, it's nearly 5am here, and I'm probably just blabbing on because I can't sleep. I hope this helps somebody...

~~~Trumpette

[STACE//BAM]

Hey
This hasn't been read/replied to for ages, but I just wanted to say how much this thread will help me! [Hopefully] for my mock exams in January.
Thanks guys ;)
HH FTW!!
xx

[♥Amelia]

Really helpful! Thanks!