<p>Also, how do you guys study for history? I couldn't seem to remember ANYTHING for world history.</p>
<p>Make a tape. My friend did it for history and she said it worked. I mostly read the textbook and then tried answering sample questions (in writing) without referring back to the book/notes. I also cried, hyperventilated and had a series of nervous breakdowns before the tests but I got As in all of them :p</p>
<p>In math, I don't study..but thats not what we're talking about here..</p>
<p>In something like Physics, I just always made sure to take notes when the teacher asked us. This, of course, means efficient notes..only writing down things you dont already know. (makes enough sense...) And then you can do a quick review before a test or quiz. I take pride in that my notes always have stars and big bullets and things that help me look over them better..</p>
<p>In something you know nothing about... like economics for me... I live and die by my flashcards. They're best for facts and definitions, but you can use them for anything. Before the AP US History exam, I had 600 flashcards. Before a midterm or something like that, you can count on at least 200 in all my bad subjects.. In fact, Im studying them now!</p>
<p>Those are all the tips I can give ya! I haven't gotten a B in 4 years in all honors and APs.</p>
<p>i take good notes .......when i get home from school i review my notes and study them....i continue doing that everyday until the day of the test.....</p>
<p>my advise: DON"T CRAM EVERYTHING AT THE LAST MINUTE!!..that will do u no good.</p>
<p>see..my friend waited till the last minute to study for his final.......he only had about 5-7 hours to cram everything......when the results of our exams were out, he did poorly.....he pratically failed........</p>
<p>I'll tell you this, I ONLY cram. And flashcards are the way to do it. I just got a 96 on a test I knew nothing about because I had flashcards. :)</p>
<p>The day before the test I take my notes from class and the textbook, re-read both, and write out new notes of everything I know on the topic. A somewhat outline - except that sounds too formal, just a summary of everything. But - I never write down anything I don't understand (concepts) and anything I don't remember (facts), because then it's useless. I always study this way for history and at times for bio/chem/physics.</p>
<p>I'll be honest, I procrastinate and study the night before all my tests. I'm usually too lazy to make flashcards, but I have some sort of photographic memory, so basically I just reread my notes. Most people would probably hate my style, as I study near my computer and on my bed. But strange as it sounds, if I just reread over all the material before a test and then keep glancing at it during the day of the test, I'm good. It has yet to let me down, as usually I do bad on tests when I misread some direction (ie. in English I omitted a an essay I shouldn't have), but it's whatever works. I was fortunate enough to have an english teacher freshmen year that quizzed us every day on our reading with the most insane, seemingly insignificent questions- but it helped me be able to pick little facts and info out of my reading.</p>
<p>i just realized this year how horribly ADD i can get. i can't do homework at home anymore, i just get too distracted. i realized this during finals week, and the whole week i studied for hours on end at the local starbucks with my brother. i just sit down with my homework, study guides, and my tumbler full of coffee. hopefully when i can drive, i can do this almost every day at the library or something. homework at home is just an impossiblity for me now.</p>
<p>oh, also. writing is so important to me. i definitely take notes, becuase it gets etched into my brain if i write it with my hands.</p>
<p>I typed EVERYTHING. Mainly because my laptop is on my desk in my room and it was a nice way to use it because it's always so tempting lol. How I studied for tests was type whatever I could into an outline format. DETAILED outline format. Notes, corresponding chapter in book, whatever else I could find to outline the information. Then I took all the worksheets, if there were any (or math book problems) and I just redid them. Sometimes a whole worksheet I'd redo - sometimes EVERYTHING I'd just redo. That way the methods are all fresh in your head. If possible, type up the problems/rearrange them/and print them so you have a fresh worksheet, in a sense.</p>
<p>Also, I always try to find supplemental materials so I could read everything I had learned in a different perspective... find an alternate textbook on ebay for cheap and buy it. I bought Chemistry for Dummies and always read/outlined the corresponding information. For AP Human Geography we used deBlij textbook but I also bought Rubenstein (another really popular one to study for the AP test, I had heard) and I also used the Barrons study book ALL year for essay topics and new vocabulary and such. </p>
<p>I think at the end of this summer I'm going to buy a bunch of textbooks and all the AP study books so I can read through them to get an introduction to what I'll be learning this year.</p>
<p>These are my methods for studying:</p>
<p>For the subjects I'm totally prepared for: Don't study
For those I'm not: Read the book the period before. If there was a previous period of the class, ask around how the exam was and try to extract for info.</p>
<p>OK, so I'm a bad student <_<</p>
<p>amen to that method</p>
<p>to those that type:</p>
<p>I've never heard of this method before - typing all the notes onto the computer..</p>
<p>But that's like, you'd have thousands of word files..? I usually have like whole folder filled with notes for english by the end of semesters..
Do you type things in every once a week?
And is it really helpful at the time of finals?
And don't you just type in everything you copied down in class?.. if so, what's the point of typing when you can re-read the notes?</p>
<p>sorry.. i'm kinda considering this method for studying</p>
<p>I did that typing thing when I was in middleschool. I only did it for major tests. I didn't retype my notes verbatim. I nhad a summary on top and most important facts under it and things I keep forgetting under that.</p>
<p>I don't do it anymore, so I can't tell you if it helped me much or not. I can't remember. We'll see this year. I need to alter my current method. Its so ineffecient!</p>
<p>Im a crammer too, and a typer
for regular tests/quizzes, i will write/type a little study guide (usually 1-5 pages long) from my notes and Textbook material, and read it on the way to school. i usually do this for things like chemistry, stuff that i am good at but i need to brush up a little
i only "really" study if its something i really dont understand- like i remember for some odd reason i was having problems with some concept of a particular java class method. i must have spent two hours figuring it out. and it was so simple! but i was proud. u know whats my problem, i HATE asking teachers for help. i mean, i do it when i am stumped, of course. and i know it makes me seem like a 'good student' and all, but sometimes, especially in math, i'd much rather figure it out on my own than have to ask for help.<br>
for languages: since i have been learning spanish since 8th grade, i have retained an unusual amount of vocabulary, so the only studying i do is in the shower in the morning, i conjugate random verbs lol
latin: just started this year, and to follow teacher's recommendation, i have kept a vocabulary log (about 7 pages of words when 2 column-size9-TimesNewRoman). it helps a lot. i read over the list before i go to bed, and in the morning. and in the shower i conjugate and decline random verbs/nouns.
math, i usually dont need to study. if we r learning something that has a lot of formulas or w/e then i will use flashcards. also if i am feeling unprepared, i'll do a few hard problems. getting them right makes me confident and i usually do better.
History- AHHH!!!! in ap euro, the one (really hard) test that i did the best on, i remember it was the Imperialism + World War I test. i got 30/40 (it was crazy curved so i got like 95). i studied so freakin hard for that test, like all that weekend. there was like 80 pages in the textbook, i read them all and highlighted key facts. then i read barrons.</p>
<p>thats about it</p>
<p>NoFx:</p>
<p>Its like the same as writing notes. It gets etched into your head as you type. For some people, like me, i can type a lot faster than i can write. Sometimes its just easier for some people. Instead of having multiple notebooks, everything's in the computer. No risk of the notes being destoryed, lost, smeared, smudged, or whatnot (at least physically)-- they're all inside the computer. It's also proabably a lot neater to read.</p>
<p>I would put all my notes in my laptop if i had one. =(</p>
<p>Read, write, check, recite! A tried and tested formula!</p>
<p>thanks prolixity and quitejaded</p>
<p>i will try this method out next semester</p>