PREPARING FOR EXAM
1. The first day to prepare for your exams is today. simply put, don’t wait for the last day to arrive to begin to study. Study your daily lessons. Every weekend revise your lessons of the week.
2. Before two weeks of your exams your immediate preparation begins. Plan your time then distributing well the time available. By now you should know the exact schedule of your exams.
3. Know what you are expected to know. That is, have clear in mind what is the portion for the exam. It is even helpful to make a list of lessons for each subject that you need to study. And as you finish the lesson make a tick mark. This would help you plan your study time as well.
4. Know also the model of the question paper that you will have to face. This would make you less nervous. It would be […]
Month: June 2011
How to Study 3 – How to Take Notes in Class
Good notes are your insurance against forgetting. Learn to take notes efficiently in class and as you read books. Even for the printed notes that the teachers may give, or the text book teachers follow, it would be useful to write your own notes. They are particularly useful at the vigil of your exams, saves you time and energy. Your notes should be neat and orderly, easy to revise. More about this later. Keep also a record of the date of submission of your assignments and homework, and dates of tests announced.
There are different occasions that a student has to take notes, viz. While listening to a lecture, or while reading a book. The hints we are suggesting here could be applied to any type of writing notes and particularly taking notes to write a scientific work.
Different Materials for Taking Notes
There are different materials for taking notes, it depends […]
How to Study 4 – Improve your Reading
READING RACE
Importance of Reading
Aristotle said, “Man is what he knows”. Someone rephrased it as, “Man is what he thinks the whole day.” Reading not only gives you something to think about, but also makes you think. Reading makes your mind active, it stimulates creative. Without reading you thoughts could become redundant and your actions follow your thoughts.
If you analyse the history of human ideas, those who contributed to history were invariably voracious readers. Karl Marx for instance learnt everything in a library, as he himself was a librarian. As priests and educators we are constantly called upon to give talks, seminars and sermons. So we need ideas. If you look for ideas on that day, you may not get it, nor will you know how where to find it. Reading is a habit that has to be cultivated when you are still young, especially when you are a student.
Many […]
How to Study 5 – Trade Secrets for Study
There are a number of “trade secrets” for successful study. One of the most important secret is a proper method of study.
FLASH CARDS: On the front of a small card you write an important term in science, or geography. And on the back, write the definition of the term. Carry your flash cards with you. At odd times take them out and try to recall the definition looking at the term, if you do not know, turn to other side and review the answer. You could keep off the cards of terms you know and constantly add new.
DIVIDED PAGE: Make a dividing line down the center of a sheet of notebook paper. Then write important question on the left side and the answers on the right. Use the “self-recitation” method of study. Cover the right hand side and try to give the answer. Then check and recheck until […]
How to Study 6 – Life Long Learning
The body of human knowledge is fast expanding. We are “on the edge of possibility.”
We have more books and resources than we had say 50 or 100 years ago. Or even a year ago. So to be up to date in this decade, I have to read and know more than a person who lived say two decades ago. On the other hand, it is also true that I have better access to information due to technology. However, the fast growing body of knowledge still remains a challenge. So your child will surely have to know more than you to be in the market! Is this possible?
Solution 1: Increase the number of years of formal, institutionalised learning (school based education) If someone took 15 years of studying to be a graduate (to finish undergraduate studies), may be we should increase it to 17 or 18, since there is more to […]