What's ur studying/learning technique?

[Imaginary Friend]

So i have a big test in like 2-3 days and i haven't touched the books or anything... and i need help
 

I need a good stuiying /learning technique... fast and effective one. "what would you recommend?"

 

[elfensky]

Do nothing.

Panic the day before

buy monster energy

study throughout the night

???

profit.

 

 

On a more serious note, I sometimes just start browsing wikipedia articles on the topics I need to know, as reading it is often quite a bit more interesting than the actual books - which gets me into the subject and makes me actually open my books to try and understand some part the wiki article doesn't explain well.

[Guest]

Re-writing stuff usually works for me. 

 

So rather than reading from a revision book, read it then write what I can recall and rinse and repeat until I feel I have a firm understanding. Typing out any handwritten notes you have from lectures or whatever on your PC - just make sure you actually read as you write rather than just looking at individual words and typing them. 

[corrado33]

Definitely learn to type with full words instead of texting lingo that has been outdated for years. I recommend typing the notes for the class you're trying to learn. In fact, type it multiple times. I guarantee you'll do fine if you do that. 

 

Oh and get off the internet. Seriously, you won't get sympathy from us if you fail. 

[FoxyOrange]

Flash cards help, good way of testing your memory and training your brain to associate larger amounts of information with shorter words. Same can be done by trying to draw similarities and differences between pieces of information relevant to your test. The more work you do and connections you can make within your brain the (hopefully) more long term memory information can be stored. 

I found handwriting things a more effective way of having things stick in your brain better too.

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Edit:
Oh one last thing, get a good nights sleep the night before the test. (And every night leading up to it.) Pulling an all righter might be tempting to cram in some last study but you'll just impair whatever memory you have as well as your overall judgement and cognitive function. You'll want to sleep well on the nights you study too to ensure that what you learn gets well entrenched in your long term memory.  

[minibois]

Not spending valuable study time on a forum

[GBELILREESE]

It's called last minute 

[Dash Lambda]

... What subject?

[rmac52]

It depends on the type of material.  

I typically just read the material or do problems.

[PConsolesRock]

7 hours ago, Imaginary Friend said:

So i have a big test in like 2-3 days and i haven't touched the books or anything... and i need help
 

I need a good stuiying /learning technique... fast and effective one. "what would you recommend?"

 

Reading it out loud helps me learn. That or headbang on the books like your profile pic.

[Misanthrope]

I read the stuff. While reading I might get distracted or sleepy, if this happens too often (Like I can't get past one or 2 pages after a while) I stop for a few minutes and resume later.

[TheRandomness]

Read and then write out what you remember. You think you have it bad, it's 1:50AM here, I'm doing English homework, I've an Italian speaking test on Thursday and my mock exams next week. Shit. 

[Clanscorpia]

Copy your textbook works for me but I learn out of a textbook so