<p>Many times, I hear teachers and students saying oh, he or she doesnt know how to study and whatnot. What exactly do they mean, and how can one study most efficiently? Evidently, studying irrelevant material for the an exam is wrong, but is that what people mean when they say that he/she didnt study right? </p>
<p>Please dont take this in a silly manner but, do you find studying with different clothes more comfortable? Personally, studying with no shirt usually helps me keep sharply awake. I did find that studying with jeans was irritable.</p>
<p>Last year when I studied, which was only for Mid Terms, Finals, and history tests (and occasionally French quizzes), it would just be a bunch of memorization from my laptop (except French). I would wait until the very, very last minute (like midnight before or in another class before the test, except for mid terms I had a study 'party' with my best friend (haha)), and I would just sit there and read the stuff over in my head and try to memorize it. It sucked. I just sat on the couch or recliner or something. 70% of the time I would ask my mom to quiz me on some of the stuff. My biggest problem with studying is I start falling asleep after 5min, and not just because I wait til late to start.
I don't think I was much help.</p>
<p>I don't study, or, until now in my life, I haven't studied or don't remember a single moment where I voluntarily studied for more than 20 minutes, and involuntarily more than an hour (school forces you to read stuff I consider that studying).Coming here and a bunch of other stuff, to a certain degree, is slightly changing my habits and gradually reducing my laziness.</p>
<p>For the advice, though, it's concentration that matters over time. Whatever works for you...I myself cannot study without music, and I cannot study for more than 30 minutes at one time; I need to take a break on pokemon/WoW/exercising/movies/etc. </p>
<p>Studying a long time at once...just reduces concentration and makes your brain tired. I find extremely concentrated, as in, not wasting a second, 20 minute studying highly effective...20 minutes of extremely high quality (which would equal to about 2 hours of regular time) that was enough for any test this year to get above a 95. </p>
<p>To be redundant: I find short, extremely concentrated studying much more effective than a 6 hour sitting. I use that 20 minutes as if it were a day...never wasting a second. My mind says, "Oh, it's just 20 minutes, I'll be onto the fun things soon!" and therefore maximum concentration delivers and I'm already in the mode of studying...as opposed to thinking about studying 4 hours and you think about other stuff, get distracted, and can't concentrate.</p>
<p>Mine is highly unorthodox, from what I know...but it's just what I do.</p>
<p>Well all you or what I do to pass the classes, or else get a decent grade is read the textbook or any given reading assignments, do homework, attend the class, asks questions no matter what and most of all pay attention in class. Once I do that I get home chill out, then do homework. Thats what I do as in studying, also review notes while doing h.w. Try not reviewing notes in the last minute before a test, you're suppose to study daily to remember what you were suppose to when the quiz or test day comes, because it works for me. Thats how I study as in what I said in the above and pass the classes. While I study or do h.w., I listen to some chilling music while doing h.w., wear some shorts and a comfortable shirt to feel good since I live in Sunny California.</p>
<p>High school hasn't been that challenging that far, but studying varies on what needs to be learned. I can pretty much read something once and remember it, so for things like science and history I don't need to study. For AP English vocab, I use flashcards. For math I do practice problems (usually HW anyway). I have a really hard time sitting down and just studying per common definition. Often the most I'll do is skim through a chapter or whatever, but I can't stand repetition if I can remember it the first time.</p>
<p>I don't really study... more like it's not a chore to me. I make those little flashcards that I carry around with questions on everything we've covered in class. Starting them a week from the exam date seems to work for me... Just the action of writing the questions and trying to answer in my head already helps me, and there's also the reading I have to do to get the correct answers on the flashcards and writing them on the back. It's long but in the end, it gives really good results. :) Also, I try to get into the mindset of a professor preparing an exam and try to find some questions they might ask, and usually, 80-85% of the questions I wrote for myself are on the exam (with some minor variations).</p>
<p>Listening to the teacher also helps, as I'm a visual-auditory learner. It all depends on how I feel that day. But I have a bit of a procrastination problem, so I usually put off studying to the lost hours I pass taking the bus. or at lunch time. Some of my teachers hold remedial classes, so if there's any questions on the material, I go ask them right away so that it doesn't become a problem later. I try to be in a calm environment, with no computers or clocks near. I also put some classical music sometimes, but I found that I memorize better if I review before going to bed or when it's night...</p>
<p>Yeah, to sum it up: studying isn't really necessary, I guess.</p>
<p>If it's absolutely imperative, as it was about 2 times this year for 2 subjects during finals, 20 minutes should be sufficient.</p>
<p>That and paying attention to the teacher (which I fail at horribly, but that's 1 free hr of studying already there...), and homework (which I also fail at, but another studying)</p>
<p>Unless you go to one of those super-difficult uber schools.</p>
<p>I don't really...I just tend to remember stuff. For big tests, I usually make flashcards. A lot of the time, though, I pick up anything I didn't know before just by standing in the hallway in the morning before a test. People are so loud...</p>
<p>But seriously. I've been really lucky so far. I usually learn stuff the first time around.</p>