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Tips on How to Study Right

Okay, admit it. We have all been waiting for this one! Seems like a good topic to start off with! Especially now that school has just started, we all want to start on the right foot, especially when it comes to grades. Be sure to use these tips to study right, and to be the best you can be!

• Find a good place to study. If you get distracted easily, you might want to set up a study area. In your study area, try not to do things like, eat, sleep, watch TV, or even dream of cute boys. Sorry girls, but we have to train ourselves to concentrate if we are ever going to ace this test! If you concentrate well and don't get distracted easily, try to study in a different place with each subject. That way, you will be able to recall information that you studied in the certain place!

• Try using the assigned information to make an "easy" outline. It's not hard! Just right down chapter titles, headings, and subheadings. Don't include any details and try to study that for about fifteen minutes. This will help you create organization in your long term memory to get ready for the test. Then, once you study details, you will know where to "store" them in your brain, and it will be easier to recall information when you are taking the test! This is a good way to study if you are taking and essay test or a multiple choice test.

• Make photocopies of any diagrams, boxes, or maps in your textbook and notes. White out the information or labels in them and make at least five copies of them without the information. Then, use the original copy to fill in the blanks. After doing a couple of practice ones, try to do a few without looking. Aim to do about two or three without looking. This will help you break up long, boring study sessions and help you remember it when you have to fill in the information on the test.

• One of the best techniques to use when you study is to try teaching the information to someone who is unfamiliar, or struggling, with the information. It is amazing how much success this creates when it comes to doing well on tests. Make sure when you teach to teach it all the way through, without missing anything. Make sure to ask questions! Teach your mom, your brother, a friend, or even you cat! Anything works!

• Rent a movie! If are studying history, social studies, or science, rent a non fiction documentary on the subject and time frame that your are studying. If you are studying a language such as Spanish or french, rent a movie you have seen before (Disney movies are great!) and watch it without subtitles. Pop some popcorn and invite some friends from your class to come over and watch it with you! Make it a study sleepover!

• If you are studying math, go into the chapter review and do a few problems that look a bit harder than the ones the will be on the test. It will make the test material seem easier, and you will be able to finish the test quicker with more confidence!

• Another good way to study is to write out a whole bunch of bold words from textbooks or power point lectures. Then, as you read the material, any other words that you think will be important on the test. Then, make some flashcard with the words you wrote down. Write the definition on the back and study them! Make sure after studying for a while that you take out the words that you know so that you are only focusing on the things you don't know.

• Last, but not least, don't waste your shower time! Stick a diagram, outline, or notes into a zip-lock bag and tape it onto your shower walls. Now, you can study and rinse at the same time!

Do you guys have any studying tips that help you get an A? Send 'em in, and I will be sure to post them next time on School Girl! Keep checking back!

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Published on October 24, 2009 by angie | Read all recent School Girl articles.