In 5 days i have exams in history and i don't know how to study.Please help me....?
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hey marina\nCHILLAX\n\ni. Revision tips\n\nDevelop a timetable to monitor your progress. Make sure you allocate adequate time for fun and relaxation as well. \n\nWhile revising a subject, practise writing. This would be an actual simulation of the examination itself. Plan your revision and complete it in time. This will give you a sense of achievement and build your confidence.\n\nWhile revising, vary subjects and their difficulty so you don't get bored or disheartened. Set realistic targets of what you can achieve in the time available. \n\nSpend as much time on recall as on reading. Practise by writing answers as you would do in the exam. This will help you remember the important points when you answer each paper. \n\nPractise writing answers under exam conditions. Take three hour tests, without a break in between, preferably at the same time as that of the exam. This will help your body clock adjust to the examination time and conditions. \n\nii. Time out\n\nTo prevent mental fatigue, take a short break as soon as you notice your mind is losing concentration. Stick to activities that do not break your study continuum during these breaks. Avoid television and loud music. You will then be able to come back to your revision refreshed.
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Hey matt,\n\n1) Go to all your lectures\n2) try attending some extra seminars\n3) talk to studious friends\n4) dont go on msn and waste your time over nothing\n5) dont be lazy to open your books when you get home\n6) do spend some quality time studying\n7) do not play games and do random browzing on the internet\n8) look at the past exams posted and u ll see what kind of questions you ll have to answer very soon durring your own exam.\n9) when reading/studying do not lose concentration...do not be thinking ab something else......remember quantity doesn't mattre..its quality that matters.\n\nI know all of the above is hard to do....but hey.....u gotta do em all if you wanna graduate....\n\ngud luck my friend
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Take a note of what you studied in simple terms. When you see those few tips what all you read must come to your mind. Keep many such notes. Go through them when you are free. Even sitting in a park observing the dogs play with a ball you can review these niotes.\nPRACTISE MAKES PERFECT.\nAFTER FOUR FIVE TIMES YOU WILL REMEMBER THEM ALL AND FAST AND QUICK.
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read about it every day, think about it, talk about it, draw pictures about it, and before you go to sleep, read a little about a narrow subject.\n\nReview your notes in the 10 minutes before class starts.\n\nCramming makes for memory that easily evaporates, repeated reviews go into longterm memory.\n\nThe human mind can only study profitably for about 45 minutes at a time, then you need to take a break to let what you study seep into your memory. Then write in your own words a summary of what you had just studied. Then continue to study for the same subject about 30 more minutes.
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Make some good notes, do not just 'read' by making notes you are more likely to absorb the information. Split each subject up into sub-headings so that each element of a subject is broken down into bite-size chunks as opposed to attempting to digest a vast amount of information.\n\nAsk for help if you need it, don't suffer in silence. I failed all my mock exams and was very concerned so I spoke to my tutors who were very helpful and I passed the real exams. Also speak to your follow classmates, they should be able to help you out too or provide support.\n\nGood luck! Overall, just try to understand the material the best you can and don't leave it to the last minute!
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heehe, i just finished studying. first of all get off the pc, and turn any electornics off.  .get in your room and organise yourself. if you have a lot of time ahead of you take a small nap(10 minuts max) grab a bite, and then plant you butt on the ground/chair/bed/table whereever you like to study. and focus on you studies. you are going to study wether you like it or not. if you have a clock that tickes a lot put it away, and don't let anything disurbe you. ake sure to turn on your answering machine, and turn off ur cell-phone. and good luck on ur exam, if you want wake up at dawn and revise what you studied, but don't revise before the exam in half an hour.
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Hello Desh, I think you are brilliant already. The fact that you are aware that you can't remember some of the answers you read, is the first step in solving the challenge. To tell you the truth IT IS VERY EASY TO STUDY AND REMEMBER!\n\nFirstly, change the environment you study in. Some people study and absorb a lot in quite environments. You can chose a very quite library or study room. If you live in the country side move to the parks, but remember to stay in sight so people will easily come to your aid in case a lunatic threatens you.\n\nSome people also do very good studies in music filled environment. Tune in to your ipod or mp3 player and hit them books.\n\nSometimes you might also want to make it fun. If it is a history subject, put yourself into the drama and be the hero remembering all the characters in the lesson.\n\nOr better make your own music or discuss your topic or subject with one of your favorite friends and tell them to ask you questions about the subject in question. Hey! You are smart and am sure you gonna come out with the grades you are looking for. Good luck sweet heart.
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you should start studying, but like that guy said, plan it out. Get  hold of past papers. Do a timed one, and see what your score is. Go  over your notes to see where you went wrong. Do a past paper every 2 days, you'll improve in your knowledge, improve in  knowing what a question is asking for, and you will know how to do these types of questions come the exam. Good luck.
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Get a good sleep/rest. Exercise and eat good. Know you own bodies peak alertness time of the day, and lowest/lagging time of the day. A good location in the house or at a library( somewhere that you can avoid distractions). Teaching tapes of a subject are good, even when you fall asleep listening to them. I would not suggest eating a big meal before study. I would not suggest studying while laying in bed or having inadequate lighting in your chosen space to study. After reading material for study purposes, go over your notes every day, as if you were summarizing it, to keep it fresh in your mind. \n  If it is a subject that you can apply to your life, or make a real case scenario out of it, then by all means do so. I would not try to experiment with any chemicals to "boost" concentration. That would be the start of a downhill tragedy. Group study is helpful for some if you have serious people in the study ( I would not recommend a boyfriend or girlfriend).No distractions!
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Hi\nNormaly from 6 pm to 9 pm is being spent uselessly by every one.Use that time to sleep.Go to sleep early(frm 6-7 say)& get up in early morning(around 2-3am).Never study in detail.Get the main points only & reinstate them in your wors in detail.next day clarify your note with your teachers or  friends.In this manner it would be enough if you study for 2-3 hours a day.
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Hey...I think you should go through this material for how to study topics and related stuff...\nBest of luck...
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First you have to spare time for studying and make sure  you understand everything before you skip into another chapter.Try to write what you remembered after you read without looking at your notes
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First of all, chill yourself, take some rest and study with a fresh mind. Then have a look at the syllabus. Jot down the important points. Think like an examiner and guess what questions can be asked! Start with the questions that carry more marks. Read those topics. Make notes of important formulae and diagrams. Then move on to the smaller topics and try to read as many as you can. This will help you in solving short questions. And for remembering difficult passages, diagrams or formulae etc... make some easy story out of it, relate it to some "stupid" topic and try to make it as funny as possible and as easy to remember (these r technically called "memory maps"). Be confident and keep telling yourself that its all easy! All this if you have to study a day or two before the exam day! \n\nOr else, if the exams aren't near, enjoy everyday, wait till the day before the exam and repeat the above time-tested technique of the "engineers". One-day batting makes quicker runs, ain't it? ;))
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Ok, relax. Take a deep breath. It's not going to be so bad. Just take things one step at a time.\n\n1. Determine what you know and what you don't know. Look at your lecture or class notes and in your textbook. \n\n2. Find out what is most likely going to be on the exam. You don't want to waste time learning things that don't count. The only way to know is to ask around or look at your own notes. Most teachers give students a good idea about what is on their exam, but if you missed that class, ask your classmates. Sometimes teachers use past exams, modifying them just slightly. Previous exams can be very helpful.\n\n3. Work out the problems if you have a math or science class. Memorizing formulas is useful, but it's nowhere near as useful as actually doing real homework problems. If you don't have a science or math class, you will most likely be dealing with memorization.  Even if you're studying the night before the exam, if your exam has problems, you need to be able to work them out. \n\n4.If your exam is largely memorization, then the only sure-fire way is to take some note cards and jot down notes, and memorize them. When I used to study for biology classes I would write down things like metabolic processes or photosyntesis and literally memorize them one-by-one. If you can develop a short-hand "heurstic" it would help you a lot. To give you an example: the taxonomic system of classifying organisms can be remembered best as "King Phillip Came Over From Greece SInging" which means Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Or the order of colors ROY-G-BIV Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue -Indigo-Violet. You can always make up your own memorization short cuts.\n\n5. Always go back to your notes to make sure you're covering what needs to be covered. You don't want to end up spending hours on a chapter that is barely covered while spending little time covering the most important chapter in the book. Keep in mind that in some cases teachers/professors will have questions on the exam which are not covered in the text book. Go back to your notes and ask friends if there are topics that were covered in class but not so much in the book.\n\nRemember, studying for your exam is a methodical process, quite similar to preparing for a major battle. The invasion of Normandy may have been a stunning one-day event, but it took a lot of careful planning to carry out. EVen if you are pressed for time at the last hours before your exam, you need to keep your composure and approach the process attentively and methodically.\n\nGood luck!
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Start studying at the beginning of the semester and keep it up through the whole semester.\n\nDon't wait for the test to start studying.\n\nStudy every subject every day.\n\nDon't study what you know.  Skip the things you know and spend time studying what you have not learned yet.\n\nSearch the internet for "how to study" and you will find a lot of good resources.
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sleep well, eat well, don't study more than 2hrs a day.(unless you're in Uni)\n\nWhen you study, focus on what you know you'll be asked, and when you have to learn something just be able to answer this question "What is it about?" and then "And so?".\nYou need to be able to develop on the point of the class.\n\nIf you know the point of your lesson then it's fine.\nIf you have to study a foreign language, just work on your vocabulary, have a small notebook in which you write words and read them as much as you can.And try to think in this language you learn while you do simple things.\n\nDon't waste your time re-writing your lessons, that's my main advice.\n\nAnd don't over work nor start to revise one week before the deadline.Final exams shouldn't demand a particular extra work one week before the exams, it's a long run work.You're meant to be able to know about all that you've been working on for the last few months and even years; so just rely on your memory and sense.\n\nIf you don't know something while doing an exam, try to be logical as much as you can, and if your instinct tells you something write as if you were 100% sure about what you say, you either get the points or get nothing but it's worth trying, if you're unsure about what you say you won't get the points anyway.\n\nSo, I would say on a personnal experience (I'm lazy), if you're responsive in class, you've done 80% of the job.Then it's just a wee bit of homework, some reading and a final touch of luck.(yep, luck does count whatever people say)\n\nGood luck to you!! ;)
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No one ever wants to study.  Your best bet would be to study with a group, read out loud, or break it up and study for like 15 minutes and take a 5 minute break.  If you try to study for say an hour, you're not going to keep anything in your head because since you don't want to study, you won't be paying attention, and you'll only be wasting your time.