what do i do if i listen in class and understand but when i like take test or quiz i can't remember anything??
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in your spare time you can do practice problems, especially if there are answer keys provided
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well nothing..just go to class and learn
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1/  Make crib notes of important points to remember...these are good in jostling your memory...\n\n2/  After an hour of study...take a practise test on that subject/chapter...even if it is an old test...this breaks the monotomy of just reading and helps you see what testers would be looking for...so you know what to retain and what is okay to "know broadly"\n\n3/  Mix up your studying with discussion groups with your friends...be serious about it though....agree to read on a chapter and meet and discuss....you will actually remember more if you make the subject/material "come alive". Also a great way to learn difficult material....\n\n4/  Study early in the morning when you are fresh and likely to remeber more then spend the afternoon doing soemthing else....practise tests, discussion groups or just relaxing.
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First of all clean your desk. Make sure you are not distracted by all those things lying around. Then take your course book and start reading. Make sure you can sit somewhere quiet.\n\nWrite down important key words. After doing that, look at the keywords and try to reconstruct the text you just read. \nYou can do that in your own words... don't be a xerox.\n\nThen check your answer. Do this again until you know your lesson. If you think you know what you studied, put it down for an hour or so. Then do it again and see how much you remember.\n\nFinally study the keywords. I hope this helps.\nGood luck!
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When you read, read aloud anything you think is important and repeat it to yourself a couple of times. You have a better chance of remembering. Or another option is to carry around a recorder and record anything important and listen to it later. Works for me for studying for Geo. exam.
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every one studies differently .\nsome cannot study for long periods of time\nsome can only study with background music on.\nor some can study in dim lights . whatever you are, you gotta discover your self.\n\nbut if you have short attention span, try taking abreak after every, say 30min-1hr, then take a 5min break to freshen up then come back again.
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Absolutely critical, if you pay attention.  Otherwise, try again next semester.\n\nHere's the deal.  Much learning occurs without studying.  Just hearing a lecture (even with your eyes closed) with move some stuff into the ole internal storage.  And watching a lecture (with your ears close is the same.  The instructor's inflection, body language and other non-verbal cues make the material much easier to master that just reading.\n\nHOWEVER, taking notes is a huge bump up the learning curve.  Writing down something triggers several additional learning pathways.  In fact, I found that I rarely have to read my notes.  But I HAVE to take them.  I can only think of two or three classes where I had to use my notes to study from.  But  I can't think of a single class where I didn't have to take notes to learn the material.\n\nCheck out the following:  Blooms Taxonomy,  Learning styles and the Theory of Multiple Intelligencies
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I guess you'll have to be very serious in class...\n\nBut there are some hints :\n\n- Make precise and organised notes (the best for it is to use a handheld computer like Psion Revo or Jornada 520) \n- Listen and try to understand\n- Participate\n- ASK when you don't understand, you don't care if you sound stupid\n- Talk about the lessons you had with your classmates, and work in groups as often as possible\n- Have a proper diet, with enough carbohydrates and sugars\n- Make sure to sleep long enough every night\n- Go out sometime, to lose your stress\n\nI don't think you'll do anything good if you don't learn at home at all, but following these hints should help reducing the homework.
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Improving your memorising really depends on what kind of learner you are..\n - If you are visual you need to associate things with images or set them out in a way that is easy for you to understand. You can work on your visual memory by drawing diagrams, staring at them for a while, then re-drawing the diagram on a blank page until you remember the whole thing. This helped me with a lot of biochemistry exam questions!\n - If you're an audio learner, you need to hear what you're trying to learn. You can do this by recording your voice reciting what you need to learn or by telling someone else what you need to remember (even if it's an inanimate object or a pet, it actually works).\n - If you learn by actually doing things, then the best way is to write out what you need to learn and keep on writing until you remember.\n\nAs for help with getting extra marks in exams, the best method is to start with the questions you know you can answer easily first. Then if you hit a question that is taking you too long, leave it and then come back to it later. And if there's something you don't remember as a part of a question, at least attempt to answer what you can because you can grab extra marks without answering the whole question.\n\nGood luck! :)
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take at least 30 minutes out of your day to review what you just went over in class that day; make sure you understand the concepts and make flashcards to help you remember formulas. if you find you don't understand what you learned that day, go to your teacher the following day and ask for help. math classes are hard to learn if you get lost in the beginning. you can do it!
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You start praying! :)) Nothing else could help you in this situation!\n\nNow seriously...you have to calm down and try to have some rest after all...because you've got to have your mind fresh and open for new ideas. Sometimes it's better not to read anything at all if you don't have time to study thoroughly, because you will then find yourself very stressed about the fact that you cannot remember the exact words, ideas etc.\n\nBut if you haven't studied anything at all...there is nothing to be stressed about (I mean regarding what you have to remember...you haven't read a thing!) and if you do manage to calm down then you'll maybe be able to come up with some ideas of your own (that's what I usually do...I just try to think about the subject and what I know about it from other sources than my books...maybe from tv, the internet, a discussion with a friend...)
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Without thinking about what you don't understand and what you don't know, look at the assignment again to see what you do understand and think about that for a moment or two. When that seems even clearer, look at the assignment again and see what you didn't understand very well ... maybe you understand that a bit better. After thinking about that for a moment or two look at what you didn't understand at all; if you understand that part a bit maybe you'll have at least some idea of what to do next, where to turn. I call this "getting started when stuck".
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The teacher didn't listen to you what?  Give some flimsy excuse? If you forgot, you forgot.  You'll just have to do the best you can with the info you remember.\n\nIf you get a bad grade, and it hurts enough, you'll likely remember to prepare for future tests!  Consider it one of life's lessons.
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Study and ask for help from people who know what they are doing.  Pay attention in class and take notes even if you don't think you need them.  If you take notes on something then reveiw the notes out loud with or without another person, it will switch the information to long-term instead of short-term and you will be more likely to remember it on a test.
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first select a place where you can concentrate on studying.. \n\nread, read, read! (understand not memorize)\n\nhave a break when you feel you dont understand what you study anymore, rest for a while then read, read, read again! goodluck!
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No... Dont listen to calm music I have the exacty same problem.  Its really a hyperactive thing... like when I read, take the SATS... any thing that takes a long period of time of one solid thought pattern (like studying) I drift.. move, get finiky just out of boredeom I want to move and do something.... You cant listen to calm music or at least I can't because then your mind starts thinking about it... for me when I study I do one subject at a time in my room with complete silence... but I'll move on to another subject in about 30 mins or so (depends on what your studying for and how many subjects) but I break up my studying so that I dont get bored so I have a variety... when you feel your self starting to drift take a break and come back to it when your ready or you wont even be studying usefully.  Trust me I've tried to study through drifting and you realize an hour later you haven't learned a thing lol.  Hope it helped!
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Ok for a test....What i do is get notecard and on one side write the question and on the other one the answer...I know it takes time and lots of notecards, but i can promise you from experience you will remember 99.99% of it...Just try it one time and study them...and youll see.