Friday, October 1, 2010

Effective Study Methods to Score Well

Scoring good grades is not a very difficult ask, all you need to do is following proper study methods. The reason behind this is that no matter how well you can mug up things or how intelligent you are, until and unless you don’t implement effective study skills, you won’t be able to complete your syllabus. Here are certain student study skills which have proved to be effective and are implemented by every rank holder:
1)      Regular studies: It is very necessary that you assign certain fixed hours of studies in your daily routine so that your studies are not left ignored because of other activities you are involved into. Moreover studying regularly will help you cover a portion of your syllabus everyday. It generally happens that students are burdened with lot of topics and chapters when the final exam approaches. And this leads to poor results because a stressed and messed up mind.

2)      Self made notes: Many students keep on jotting down everything the teacher says, without understanding any bit of it. This is not going to help them anyhow. When you are being taught in the class, you should keep noting down things in your own words, as this will help you to understand the topic well. Also revise what you had written down that very day you wrote it. And if you give it a reading everyday you won‘t have to spend much time on it during exams as it will be all fresh in your mind.

3)      Testing yourself: Study Techniques include conducting weekly tests for yourself as this way you will be able to evaluate: where you stand, what your weak point is as well as how much more you need to improve.
If you follow up these study methods, you are soon going to be counted as the rank holders and can secure a good academic record.