Exams seasons are once again approaching, we want to share with you our top study tips to help you understand how to learn and improve memory to ensure you achieve exam success! Use this quick study tip guide to see how you can improve your study skills and get yourself on track to achieving high grades in your exams.
Study Tip #1
Understand your study topics in your own words: this will help you explain what you have learned in the video lecture to yourself. The key to help improve your memory is to understand what you’ve learned when watching the video lecture. So don’t just memorize and tick off the list – make sure you understand your theory.
Study Tip #2
Feel free to ask study questions: at times, it may be quite difficult to get into a position to understand a concept, theory or other information you need to learn. This is where it is invaluable to ask questions from our lecturers via the WhatsApp Group Forum. Don’t be afraid of asking a ‘stupid’ question – there really is no such thing when it comes to study and learning! Embrace your curiosity, for as William Arthur Ward said: “Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” Doing so will allow you to fill in the blanks and better prepare you for exams.
Study Tip #3
Quiz yourself: Once you feel you understand a concept or a topic, it is important to test yourself on it. Try and replicate exam conditions as much as possible: turn your phone off, don’t talk, time yourself you can use the past questions in the E-Class Video Lectures as practice questions. So long as you approach it with the right mindset, you can get a very good idea of how much you know. You gain a greater insight into where you stand in relation to what you have studied so far. Also, it will give you some much needed exam preparation, making the actual exam a more comfortable experience for you
Study Tip #4
Get to Interact with other students via this Discussion Forum: Interacting with other students writing the same exams goes a long way in sharing views, questions, answers, experiences of previous exams written and gives you the confidence that you have someone also writing the same exam with you. How do you do this? By sending in questions, comments, observations, clarifications etc to this Forum
Study Tip #5
Set your study goals and create a flexible study plan: In order to achieve exam success you need to know what you want to achieve. That’s why it is extremely important to set your Study Goals now and outline to yourself what you need to do. With your study goals in mind and exams weeks and months away it makes sense to have a flexible study plan as opposed to a rigid one. The closer you get to your exams the more concrete your study plan should be, but at this point it should be porous. It should be broad enough to allow you to add and change aspects but concise enough so you know you’re covering each subject/topic as best you can at this point.
Achieve Exam Success with Exam Time.
If you incorporate these 5 aspects into your study regime you will be well on your way to achieving exam success. Remember, the earlier you start learning and preparing for exams, the more you’ll remember and understand but most importantly, you will have to study less in the future.
We wish you success in your preparations. StarryGold
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