i have 3 days before my math/and German test, 5 before my history test, 6 before my geography test.
So does anyone know study tips/ study schedule i can use?
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Iām no memory master, so take my advice with a grain of salt. Maybe others will chime in.
Many memory systems take time to set up and take a bit of practice to do well. Given you have short term goals, you probably want to consider easier methods. You may already know these. Also, every person learns differently, so YMMV (your mileage may vary). In no particular order ā¦
- Create an acrostic. An example is HOMES for the Great Lakes in the US (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior). Another is NICER DRUMS for the major organ systems (Nervous, Integumentary, Circulatory, Endocrine, etc.). This helps when you kind of know the information but have trouble recalling all the options.
- Identify the information you think is important and organize it in a way that is easier to understand and memorize. You can potentially write it out in your own words, create a mind map, or create diagrams.
- Associate information with things you already know to help picture it in your mind. For example, if you already know your national leaders (e.g. Presidents of the United States), you can associate events with the political leader of the time. There are lots of better examples on the forum, use the search feature.
- Flashcards. If you have only a short time, physical cards work okay. For longer term, an application with spaced repetition (such as Anki) is best. Excellent for vocabulary, okay for other things as long as you can have a question/answer format.
- You can use a memory palace. For example, if you are discussing a period of 5 decades, you can have your living room be the first decade, kitchen is the second, bedroom the 3rd, etc. Think of the respective decadeās events, people, sights, sounds, smells happening in the respective rooms of your house. You can remember things in order by placing facts in a specific order through your house. This technique is probably better for long lists of things than for random facts.
- Jokes. What do German turkeys say? Fork, fork! (Gabel is the German word for fork, but it sounds like the English word āgobbleā with is the sound a turkey makes.) Use wordplay to make thing more memorable.
Regardless, it still takes time. Good luck!
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The best possible answer I personally know is to start learning and practicing memory techniques and applying them well in advance of exams.
Donāt take me the wrong way, but when I was in university, I was that guy who called the departmental secretary to see if I could get the syllabi in advanceā¦ get the books early and start reading/studying as far in advance as possible.
I also often worked 2-3 jobs throughout too, but even when I was able to scale that down during grad school, I still made sure to be as far ahead of the game as possible, whenever possible.
Decades on, life aināt necessarily easy, but it has still paid off in droves. Where preparation meets opportunity, there is no ceiling. Not nearly as cliche as it sounds.
Hope this helps und Gutes Gelingen!
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First thing Iād do actually is figure out what the tests are worth for my overall grade, then put most of my focus on studying the ones that matter.
If possible, Iād figure out what kind of tests each of them is- if one is a multiple choice test, Iām not going to put as much time into it as others.
Iād try to get an idea of what part of the subject matter is being tested as well to spend less time studying things that arenāt immediately beneficial (but do spend some time there, context matters.)
After getting a general idea of each testās ārankā in both importance and difficulty, itās time to figure out what you already know well, so you can spend little time reviewing that, and focus on what hasnāt really sunk in yet.
thanks for the help!
I got my grades for German and History
on history 8.9/10
on German 7.8/10
i still need to wait for the rest of the grades
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Then your study systems is good. you could use mnemonics for details to elevate your numbers.
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