<p>For those of you who excel at rigorous classes, how do you go about understanding the information and whatnot? For me its weird, when I'm studying I understand the information and all, but sometimes when it comes to test time I blank out on some information. Any tips for studying and whatnot?</p>
<p>re-do some of the homework problems (ex. for calculus, physics etc). that always helps me.
for something like an english test, try to go through the story in your mind (maybe even say it out loud) and think about the theme, etc
is there a specific subject you had in mind?</p>
<p>take notes. even in math, write down all the formulas for a chapter on a piece of paper. condense the information into what you need to know and study for that.</p>
<p>Hmm example spanish....vocabulary - i'd know the vocab for the most part but when he gives us the quiz sheet I sorta blank out....idk why. On math, I'm so ****ed...I bombed the 1st test of the 2nd quarter because I forgot 0/0 = undefined :(. Its a big thing I know...:( Uhm for Macroeconomics...the concepts are sorta difficult.</p>
<p>also hug your teachers when they simply use book tests, they're usually easier with a few exceptions</p>
<p>for spanish, sometimes i'll try to think of a funny word in english that will help me remember the meaning, and it helps if the english words sounds sort of like the spanish word. also, this might sound weird, but sometimes i try to think of an action to go with the word or remember it in a certain tone of voice. like, if it's a happy, positive word then i'll try to remember the word and say it to myself in my head in a very excited tone or something. i don't know, lol i'm weird, but hey it works for me. as for math, if you're allowed to use a graphing calculator then you're good to go. like, if you try to do 0/0 then it will say "error" or something to that extent. hope this helps!</p>
<p>Consume ADD pills.</p>
<p>also for spanish remember the voice of the "MODELO" guy and you will do well on the listening. read the text book conversations and listen to it in your head from the modelo guy</p>
<p>I know that guy, he's a loser.</p>
<p>Well for math, my teacher doesn't let us use the calculator...if I was able to I would've realized that 0/0 doesn't exist. :( I'll just ace the next 2 tests and the midterm.</p>
<p>I've blanked out on tests before too. I think that reviewing your notes everyday after school would help a lot. It would keep the facts fresh in your mind so that you don't have to cram for tests.</p>
<p>You said that you have problems remembering the definitions of Spanish words during tests. Maybe you could make flashcards for the more difficult words so that you could test yourself on them. I've found that using flashcards really helps me to get vocabulary down. </p>
<p>I don't have any more advice but I hope this helps. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks Lissa, I'll try that. Every year b4 school yr starts I tell myself...I'm going to keep up with my schoolwork (reviewing class notes, etc. everyday after school) but after the first week, I fell out of that trend lol. I'm basically trying to get into a good habit so when college comes around I can bang out some good grades. Procrastination is another killer of mine. Any tips on defeating procrastination? Its harder than it seems lol.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if I will be able give you good tips on how to defeat procrastination since I myself am a procrastinator! The only tip that I can think of would be to set a specific time everyday to get some schoolwork done and to make sure that you stick to that time. Remove all distractions from your study area, and try to tackle the more difficult subjects first.</p>
<p>Yeah, I wish I had a desk in my house lol...doing homework on the bed makes me sleepy.</p>
<p>Notecards are good and for Calculus I make a sheet of formulas and important things to remember so that I can study it a little the night before and then right before the test. I spend most of the time the night before working out practice problems and skimming the textbook. But I'm currently failing Calculus so I don't know if this is really an effective strategy.</p>
<p>I have an AP Macro test monday and its on 2 chapters...how would you go about studying for it? The chapters are fairly long and cover some confusing material.</p>
<p>Generally, I have a very short attention span in classrooms -- Most of the time I'm doodling or dozing off.</p>
<p>With that being said, I usually grab notes from some fellow classmate and study the morning of a test/exam :)</p>
<p>If it's a reaaaaaaaaally hard course and an hour of studying will not really be beneficial, i will make an effort to study the day before and continue on that morning</p>
<p>I read over the chapter in the book, teach it to myself (out loud), or i rewrite my notes</p>
<p>I'll try the reading out loud / taking own notes because my teacher isn't too good at that thing they call teaching.</p>
<p>So...how do you study things like history? World History is so time consuming, and I'm afraid that when I take APs, I wont have time to spend my time because it'll be 5 hard APs, not 1 hard honors class. AP world history, and AHHH!!!!AP Euro History.</p>