<p>I have never really had to study and still have done well on tests. However, now that I am halfway through junior year, I realize that though I am now studying, I don't know HOW to study. I surprised myself by scoring only a 690 on the biology-m subject test, but now I realize it was because of my poor study habits. All I did really was read through the review book, which apparently isn't enough. </p>
<p>How do you guys study and improve your retention? Tips?</p>
<p>I usually read over the information numerous times until I can see it in my head. </p>
<p>I took Bio E and didn’t score too well because I neglected to study properly. :/</p>
<p>take practice tests, it feels less like studying and if you go over what you got wrong you are likely to remember it.</p>
<p>I study by teaching someone else the material. In AP Biology, we’re doing cellular respiration, and I remember things well when I explain it to someone else. This person doesn’t have to be a scientist, it can be a sibling or a parent. This method really helps because this is testing your ability to comprehend information and have the other person sort of understand lol. I’ll read the text once or twice, then I’ll go to my mom and I’ll tell her everything I’ve learned. When I fumble on a few concepts or can’t fully comprehend what I’m talking about, then I know I have to study a bit more.</p>
<p>For biology, I just read the chapter in the textbook until I understand it.</p>
<p>Like Fantasy said, explain it. Even explaining to an empty room is beneficial- if you stumble over a concept or you’re completely clueless, you’ve got some more work to do.</p>
<p>Lately, I’ve been using an app called Brainscape. It allows you to enter questions and answers on flashcards, and then go through the questions and rate how well you know them - on a scale of 1 to 5. The lower you rate it, the more the question will repeat. It really helps me because I have to enter the information first, which forces me to actually regurgitate the textbook, and then the repetition really helps get it in my head. Also, I know that there are preset decks of cards on there for AP exams, SAT, etc. but they cost extra, so I don’t really bother with them.</p>
<p>Scan over your notes for 20-30 mins, take a break with other homework, and study again. Repeat. It works. Usually, I try to get in about 10-15 mins before the test because of my terrible work ethic. But in an ideal world, that’s what I would do!</p>
<p>I rarely study, I just look over my notes and see if I can remember it. For math I pretty much know the stuffs by test time. For Science, I really need to study the formula. For Spanish, it’s just depend on my knowledge of words. For English… Really? Study for english? I know most of the literally terms so I’m set. For Orch, no studying just pratice. </p>
<p>I think High School, does offer a small case of what college would be. I’m already learning that I’ll be studying more. If so, then high school is not really helping me prepare for college.</p>
<p>I study while listening to an entire symphony on Youtube. It works out pretty well since symphonies are usually an hour long, so once I’m done with one symphony, it means I’ve studied an hour and I can take a break.</p>
<p>I legit push my electronics away from me, turn off all music, and try as hard as I can lol. I usually just read from there and make sure my mind doesn’t drift off.</p>
<p>I don’t study, I know.</p>
<p>Serious answer? I just repeatedly do practice tests until I get it right. I often focus on most of my deficiencies. Such as for calculus, if I can derive any equation, use derivatives to find critical points, integrate linear equations, but I cannot find the anti-derivative of a trigonometric equation, then I will focus on anti-derivatives and trigonometry. Sort of like using the tests to see where my gaps in knowledge are in order to fell most of these holes while wasting the least amount of time.</p>
<p>I write down really sloppy notes during lectures in class. Then, when I get home I’ll re-write the notes so they are neater - it helps to retain a lot of the information.</p>
<p>In High school oftentimes the smart people say they don’t study/need to and that is very true.
Outside extracurricular studying I’d say fun practice problems and writing my own tests for others to take. (Of course it’s for team members on a competition / friend schools)</p>
<p>I don’t. It doesn’t help me.</p>
<p>I like flipping through index cards until I have all the vocab/information down. I also like having someone test me and saying information out loud. Perks of having a twin.</p>
<p>I take quick notes of the important stuff during class and rewrite them, much neater, when I get home. If the teacher gives you any worksheets, it helps to study by those. I also think it helps to have your Mom or Dad ask me questions off of any material I may have. I will have them either ask me the question or just turn it in to a fill in the blank. Flash cards help me a lot with foreign languages. I put the word or phrase in the other language on the front and in English on the back. I also find that studying in the car or during free time in other classes, before the class helps a lot also. I try to never cram all the knowledge in one night and a quick look before the test is always helpful for me. For math, I go to the textbook we use in class’s website and do the practice problems. I also like to take very neat notes of all the examples the teacher does on the board. And I will usually write an explanation for the step or any other information the teacher gives beside that.</p>
<p>I just read over my textbook and my notes. If it’s something like a Regents exam or other standardized tests, I’ll go over practice problems.</p>
<p>I have terrible studying habits. I mainly just skim over the information - read over errythang a couple times - and use flashcards once I get desperate.</p>
<p>It mostly depends on the class…
For physics, I just go through the textbook and solve problems. The more I do the better my grade is.
For anything memorizing/content based, I rewrite my notes until I know all of them. It takes forever, but I rewrite them all in paragraph form, then bullets. For Spanish I do flashcards, but I barely ever study for that anyway.
My math study habits really are horrible. I try to just redo problems and read the textbook but it’s never really effective.</p>
<p>I think that covers basically everything :)</p>