Study tips to help you towards success
Those who fail to study efficiently will have a lesser chance of passing the exams.
School pupils are exposed to information overload and distractions on a daily basis.
Social media, friends, family and noisy households are factors contributing to a very busy and sometimes confusing study environment. Not being equipped with the right tools to eliminate noise and distractions, a downward spiral takes with it goals, focus and enthusiasm.
Matric pupils on the West Rand are sitting for their preliminary exams – the first external examinations they are exposed to in their lives.
The preliminary exams prepare pupils for the ultimate test – the National Senior Certificate (final) exams. Those who fail to study efficiently will have a lesser chance of passing the NSC exams.
Pupils wishing to pass with flying colours must be fully committed to using appropriate study methods.
Some pupils fail to focus on what they can and should achieve. They need to get back to the basics with their study programme.
They must learn how to set goals, and improve their study methods and routines to perform optimally in their tests and exams.
There are training institutions with the sole mission of offering new study possibilities, making a difference and building communities across the West Rand and are always willing to help pupils to find suitable study methods.
How-to-study videos on YouTube all name five useful tips to study more effectively.
The tips are:
1. Chew gum while you study: It will calm your nerves and chewing the same gum during the exams helps you remember what you have studied
2. Study sessions should only be between 20 and 30 minutes, followed by a 10 to 15 minutes study break
3. Create one specific area where you study – not on a bed or on a couch
4. Try to teach someone who knows nothing about the topic. This will allow you to identify the gaps in your own understanding
5. The last and most important tip these videos stress is the image-creation study method. The method makes visual associations of verbal information (words). Stand in one corner of your study room and identify 10 objects. Now link the words to the 10 objects. For example, if you have to memorise the periodic table of elements, connect the elements with the objects. For example, to remember the element neon, use object number one – perhaps your desk chair – and imagine that it has a neon colour. If you want to remember helium, imagine your window floating away because it is tied to helium-filled balloons.
Here are a few videos with more tips on how to study, followed by a fun video to cheer you up:
Fun video:
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