5 Advanced Tips to Study Effectively

5 Advanced Tips to Study Effectively

Imagine that you just stayed up very late last night studying for a big test. You focused all of your energy on memorizing as much information as you could. You drank coffee and energy drinks to keep yourself awake and finally crashed in the wee hours of the morning. Then when you went to take your test, you felt tired, frazzled and ended up forgetting half of what you had studied. Sound familiar?

Well, what if you were to discover a better way to learn information, and remember it for a much longer period of time? What if you not only memorized facts and descriptions, but actually understood them?

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How to Study for Exams Evidence-Based tips

How to Study for Exams: Evidence-Based tips

The Science Behind Why Your Study Methods Arenā€™t Working (and what to do instead!)

In the first semester of my freshman year of college, I had to take a math class to fulfill my majorā€™s requirements. My advisor enrolled me in a 300 level statistics course, which ended up being much harder than I anticipated. It had been a few years since I had even taken a math class, and I hadnā€™t ever taken a stats class before. 

That whole semester was a slog, and I got some of the worst grades on quizzes and homework Iā€™d ever gotten. As the end of the semester loomed, I realized I would have to pull off a miracle in the final exam in order to pass and keep up my GPA. 

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How to Make Yourself Study When You Don't Have Any Motivation

How to Make Yourself Study When You Don’t Have Any Motivation

Thereā€™s probably nothing more frustrating than knowing an exam is on the horizon, knowing you need to study for it, and completely lacking any motivation to actually sit down and get started.

Studying is one of those things thatā€™s easy to lose motivation for. It can seem overwhelming, impossible, and never-ending. ā€œStudyingā€ as an idea is so amorphous it easily causes panic, fear, and even total shut down. 

But regaining motivation for studying isnā€™t impossible. And there are several ways to make sure your studying is stress-free, structured, manageable, and even fun. Letā€™s break some of them down:

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