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Best Study Tips To Get Better Grades (According to me)

Need study tips? Are you struggling to keep up in class? When you study you don't feel you learn much or anything at all? Getting better grades? Being more prepared than others?

Well. Me too.

So I did these things.

1- SING OUT LOUND! No, Wait! My brother does that. It's Read Out Loud

Be YOUR OWN TEACHER. Why? Good question, perhaps one of the reason can be MY TEACHER LEAVES THINGS OUT.

- Speaking the content out loud helps you to understand it better. Reciting out the words in YOUR OWN WORDS helps a lot. You learn aspects and even learn it far better than when you read a book. - When you speak the lesson or chapter out loud you are processing it as you speak. Think of it like you are giving a speech. Don't you want your speech to be as effective as possible? And how do you make it so effective? By getting authentic information of course!

2-Flash notes.

Make flash notes. The best time to make them is as soon as a new chapter starts. If you are an Edexcel or Cambridge student, I'm sure you will understand just how important the specification is. Even the books has topics at the start of every chapter.

Use each point to make relevant notes on the specifications, this way you can easily know which main points of the topic if stated. Making these flash notes also help you revise and learn as you make them.

Let me know if you wish to know how to best make Flash Notes.

I will make sure to use an example and help you make them as well as link sites to help you better.

3-Practice Makes Perfect Or So They Say.

Hold it! Stop! Don't hit that back button just yet. This is annoying. So annoying but so desperately needed. You can't get good at Math with doing only one question a day. You need to practice, practice and practice. Study the concept, the method, relevant keywords. Know it so well you can dream of them and write them in your sleep. YOU NEED IT.

Math - those one-page questions need to be practiced at least 3-4 times until you learn it well enough. It seems like a lot of effort, and at times too much to handle and Math is like that but from a person with experience, doing just one question a day can take you up the ladder of improvement. Physics - questions need a to be revised and checked, especially those that voice out the same question. The question maybe same but they may have a different method of getting the answer. Chemistry - REVISE THE EQUATIONS. Think of the equations as the key aspect to breathing. One single thing wrong you lose a mark. AND EVERY MARK COUNTS. Biology - KEY TERMS. Key terms are so important, you have no idea. You cannot go in a Biology exam without those terms. At times the teachers won't even tell you those terms, So, those terms are so important you have no idea.

If you want to understand this better, do let me know. I will do my best to help you understand it better.

4-Past Papers.

Once while doing a paper I was quite confident I would pass, until I got my paper back. Not only was my score low, but it was low due to certain answers not accepted by the paper. How come? They were the same points my teacher had told me about. Everything she taught, then why the low grade? Simple, because she never mentioned the answers that will be accepted in the paper. Some of the answers were never taught in class. Often times teachers do not mention certain points that are relevant to the papers and so students lose marks.

By attempting the papers, you understand what the examiner is looking for and how to best attempt the questions.

Tip: Pay attention to the reject part of the marking scheme. They help you understand the paper pattern and how best to assess the paper.

5-Make Note of The Hard Questions.

When you see that one question with at least 6-7 or 10-12 marks. NOTE THEM DOWN. Why? Simple they aid you when you need them most. Best example I have for you if the most recent one I did.

When studying for Chemistry Unit 5, those questions with even 5 marks that seem really important and you have not done in class before, have them in a note book. This lets you know what can and will come in the paper and how you must asset them.

Say that question where you must find the sides of the shape in Math. Trigonometry questions, find base from plane, those find the “X” question and many more. If you cannot solve them or have trouble solving them and are taking a long time. NOTE THEM DOWN.

Have it in a notebook, with question and answer. Make it so when you come to revise later you can understand and figure out a way to gain those marks more easily.

I hope all this helps.

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doctarjaferson

4 years ago