studying methods?

i also have a bit of a problem with studying because i procrastinate a lot and i find it hard to focus sometimes, so ive researched a lot of studying methods. i haven't tried all of them but you can try and see if anything works for you!!

- explaining the topic(s) you need to learn to a child, a sibling, other family member or just like a plushie or the wall > apparently this should be really helpful because it forces you to make up your own explanation to explain the topic and it forces you to actually understand because you have to explain it to the other person/thing understandably 

- doodling while studying > this works in a way that you are supposed to get like a paper and a pen/pencil/anything else and while you are studying, you should be doodling with your other hand. nothing specific, you can literally just scribble and draw circles, absolutely anything, but the point of it is apparently that it's apparently supposed to help you focus better on the stuff you are trying to learn 

- listening to music while studying > this doesn't help everyone and it might distract you instead, but ive heard that apparently for some people, it's really helpful when they listen to game soundtracks during studying!! ive seen people say they listen to doom soundtrack or night in the woods soundtrack, but i think it can be any game that you might enjoy, and the logic behind it should be that the game soundtracks are designed and made to help you focus on the game while you play / also apparently white noise helps some people

and then i guess i just have some smaller tricks that have helped me sometimes (when i have the motivation) > asking your friends/family members to quiz you, revising after every class or at least reading the topic once or twice every day/every second day/with some other regularity (of course this is for like longer preparatory studying, not when you have to study for a test that's next day) and reading it out loud or writing it down - the writing down method had helped me a few times, it's like making a cheat sheet so i try to shorten the sentences so that i don't have to write too much, but still go through everything, and essentially this helps me memorise it a bit better !!

im not sure if any of these will help but i hope that at least something might be helpful and good luck !! 

i very veryyyy like the doodlez idea hehe and the other methods too! i never thought of those! thanks user hope youre having a great day ,';D

I might be late on that one, but if you still want advice, here is how I did it:

- Using a pomodoro timer:

I was the type of student that forgot to take breaks, and this was actualy damaging to my studies because I was constantly exhausted. Having a pomodoro helped a lot (the 25min work/5min break worked better for me). I found that this way, I didn't have to add the active thinking of when to take a break, and the soft music helped calm my raging thoughts.

- Writing sheets:

As a biology student (now teacher), I used bristol cards to write what needed to be written, and I gathered all the diagrams printed in a plastic sleeve. I wrote down only keywords and definitions thought.

- Redoing the diagrams and illustrations:

I had lot of anatomical stuff to know how to draw and stuff, so I basically drew them over and over again. I used to draw them first using the ref, and then by memory until I was pretty sure I knew it. I admit this took days because you have to repeat them on the long run to make sure it prints in your brain and that it's not just cramming.

- Timetables:

I did program my studying the same way all the time:

. First day: the day when I had my lessons I would make the sheets the same night and read the lesson.

. A few days (usually five, or the following week end) later, I would take a blank sheet of paper and try to just write what I remembered from the class. From this, I could see where I lacked and I read the lesson again to complete my knowledge of the subject. That's also the day when I would write down what I didn't understand, and search more info on those things on my own, and even if it wasn't part of the lesson since I found that getting deeper in the subject, especially when I found it interesting, helped me remember better.

. Every now and then (Extra): I decided to teach support classes for younger students, and students from my own class. That forced me to make sure I understood everything, and even if I didn't know stuff by heart at first, just UNDERSTANDING helped a lot. I believe you cannot learn what you do not understand. This also forced me to dive back into my lessons from the previous years and having to rethink of those things helped me get better in my current year while preparing me for my future job, sort of.

. During the month prior to the exam: I would prepare fake exams or take past exams and do them with a timer, with the same conditions as in a real exam. This takes time, but it helped a lot. I corrected myself either using the official corrections or my lessons, and I could pinpoint exactly what I messed up.

Hope that helps and good luck in your studies!

I get how frustrating that feels.
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