How do you guys study?

[RootBeerBert]

In the next few weeks I'll be heading into 11th grade and I'll be taking AP US History, my problem is that I don't know how to study, or rather how to study well. I've made it into AP partially because my teacher was on maternity leave so I was doing easier work, and partially because I'm decent at memorization when I pay attention in class. Now that I'm taking a harder class with a more standard difficulty I don't think I'll do well with just by paying attention in class, but since I've never really had study, except for Science, I don't know what do. Do any of you guys have any study methods you use(d) in school?

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Pay attention, revise everything at home and do the homework. If you don't understand something, ask questions.

 

[owotrucked]

Play all day until I have to drop out

 

[Woolen_Monkey]

I don't...

 

[TrashyCat]

Study? What's that? Can I eat it?

 

[TheMonotonePuppet]

In the next few weeks I'll be heading into 11th grade and I'll be taking AP US History, my problem is that I don't know how to study, or rather how to study well. I've made it into AP partially because my teacher was on maternity leave so I was doing easier work, and partially because I'm decent at memorization when I pay attention in class. Now that I'm taking a harder class with a more standard difficulty I don't think I'll do well with just by paying attention in class, but since I've never really had study, except for Science, I don't know what do. Do any of you guys have any study methods you use(d) in school?

Carefully. @K5Rakitan

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Take simple notes that jog your memory. Ask questions. You can develop your memorization skills by not looking stuff you don't remember up. Not sure if this works for all people as everyone is different, but I would sit there for 10-20 minutes trying to remember something, before looking it up/asking for an answer.

Engage multiple of your senses. People like to talk about visual, auditory, whatever way of learning, but the more senses that are engaged the more you remember something. Read it, say it, listen to it. Close your eyes, and think about it.

Charlie: That's about it, cya.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Carefully. @K5Rakitan

 

[georgelee5786]

I don't.


...no, for real. if I remember, I remember. If I don't, I don't. I'd recommend taking notes and repeating them aloud to yourself. I've done it a few times, works pretty good.

 

[TheMonotonePuppet]

 

[Representing_Tromba]

With some kind of atmospheric, classical, or lofi music playing in the background. A drink of some kind and a clean to eat snack that can be healthier or salty.

 

[RobBanks]

Pretend you're teaching the material to an imaginary friend or something.
If it helps, make them cute like an anime girl or something. And make it interesting for yourself.
That aside, I'm afraid it's up to you. Studying Is a bitch.

 

[Gryphon]

Write down notes. I know that sounds obvious, but there's a difference between writing notes and writing everything the teacher said or presented word for word.

For example: Instead of writing, "George Washington, the first president of the United States, bravely stood up to British Rule and led the American Revolution," you should write something more like:

First President George Washington-Led American Revolution.

Break down everything into the basic essentials. Your brain doesn't think in sentences. It thinks with ideas that then sends electricity to your mouth to voice your ideas in the most succinct and basic way possible. By removing the fluff, you can remember the important stuff much easier, and it shrinks study time cause you're not reading full sentences.

 

[BlackKnightX]

Don't try to memorize, try to understand it. Attach a meaning to it. You're in luck, kiddo, because history and storytelling kind of go hand in hand. Just take it as if you're reading a historical fiction.

Well, that's the basic anyway; my special tip is to self-study on the internet first before going to class. See what you're gonna learn in your textbook or in the first class. Don't worry about remembering anything. After the class is over, go home and look up the topic on the internet. You can also search simplified version of it on YouTube, which is quite entertaining to say the least.

If there's one thing you should keep in mind, it's that learning should be fun. The more you're interested in the subject, the better you'll remember (that's what attaching a meaning means). Just like when you remember every little detail of your favorite anime or movies.

 

[Daitengu]

I don't.


...no, for real. if I remember, I remember. If I don't, I don't. I'd recommend taking notes and repeating them aloud to yourself. I've done it a few times, works pretty good.

I was like that growing up. Things just clicked, so all I did was the work.

I turned out shit later. With no repetition habits, once I hit the wall, I just started failing everything. Trust me, you'll eventually hit a wall. For me it was college. The struggle was so foreign that I ended up quitting.

I had no idea what to do, or how to deal. Neither did my parents, as one was a dropout, and the other a war refugee. It was only decades later do I understand this much. Trying to figure stuff out STILL screws with me.

Take my advice, try to learn something extremely difficult early before you tank the rest of your life.

 

[Syringe]

One of the best ways I found to study for subjects was to go over the entire syllabus and use it a guideline for a revision cheat sheet.

Or, summarising notes and creating a revision sheet that way. I found rewriting what I learned into it help MASSIVELY with memorisation.

 

[Woolen_Monkey]

I think every time I do study I fail... Weirdly, I make better grades not studying.

 

[owotrucked]

All you need in life is to study the blade

 

[Deleted member 84247]

I think every time I do study I fail... Weirdly, I make better grades not studying.

It is actually not that weird a phenomenon. When you study it is usually because you don't understand, or require a better understanding. If you don't study that means you probably already understand the concepts.

 

[Thebluedoo]

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