Exams can cause stress and anxiety if you don't study and end up speeding all night leading up to the exam. With good time management throughout the school year, you will not only be able to minimize exam stress, but also maximize your productivity and test results.
Step
Step 1. Purchase extra notebooks for each subject at the beginning of the school year
So, when one chapter is finished, you can write and summarize the topic of that chapter in the second book. The topics taught will stay fresh in your mind so that when the exam arrives, you only have to open the notes. Write the key points learned on the cards. This allows your brain to remember important facts. On the weekends, take another look at the card. Have your parents or friends question you like a quiz.
Step 2. Record your notes in a digital voice recorder or other device (such as a cell phone), listen to them in your spare time like listening to an audio book, and concentrate on the words and try to remember
Researchers have also found that listening to voice recordings during sleep strengthens memory.
Step 3. Learn how to create idea maps, charts, PowerPoint slides, and other help
An idea map is a graphic illustration of a subject and is a tool to help remember lessons, especially during exams. This tool is good for remembering lessons.
Step 4. Find a book on a topic that has been taught, and read more information on the topic
Look for answers to your questions and try to clarify your confusion when studying the topic. Take notes to review before and before the exam.
Step 5. Don't write a rough draft essay just yet
Write your essay in a format that's instantly good, but still thorough. In the exam, you will not have time to write a draft. So, practice writing well from the start. Make sure your writing is neat, punctuation and spelling are correct, and the information you enter makes sense and fits the topic.
Step 6. Schedule the exam by marking the date on the calendar
So, you can prepare for the upcoming exam.
Step 7. List the lessons and topics covered
When studying a topic, mark it with a meaning that you understand, to remember what topics you have studied.
Step 8. Take study time each day when you are not too tired or hungry
If you are going to be studying for a long time, remember to take a break, about every 20 minutes.
Step 9. Form study groups
With study groups, you and your friends can share notes, thoughts, ideas, or ways to solve and understand certain problems. Make sure all members respect the rules about what can or can't be done in the group.
Step 10. Plan a 'test' for yourself
You only need to do the old test or quiz again in a limited time. Emulate the atmosphere of a real exam, by clearing the table of everything but paper, pens, and other tools needed for the exam.
Step 11. Plan for academic success and achieve it tenaciously
As long as you are healthy, you should put your plans into action whether you feel strong or weak, tired or energized, lazy or motivated, focused or distracted, discouraged or excited. Realize that the future is in your hands and don't let your feelings weaken your motivation.
Step 12. Get enough sleep at night
You will find it more difficult to concentrate on the exam if you sleep less than six hours the night before. Get a good eight to ten hours of sleep to feel refreshed and ready for anything the next morning.
Step 13. Start by studying the least enjoyable or most difficult subject
By mastering it, you will love it. At the very least, you don't have to put off studying until it's too late just because you don't like it.
Step 14. Stick to a daily schedule
On the first day it will be difficult, the second day you will get used to it, and on the third day it will become a habit. It's just a matter of adjusting to the ethos and hard work that will support high performance in a sometimes intense academic area.
Tips
- Before the exam, try to work on the questions from previous years. This will give you an idea of what kind of questions will come out and what you should delve into.
- Try to complete notes at least 2 weeks before the exam. This gives you enough time to revise, as well as repeat and reread what you don't fully understand.
- Look for as many associations as possible or ways to connect the information that the brain has just received with the information already embedded in the brain to enrich your knowledge.
- Research shows that human focus lasts about 45 minutes. So, sleep 20 minutes or relax your brain by listening to classical music.
- Less lessons will be absorbed if you study at the last minute before the exam. Consider starting studying as soon as you get the material, don't wait until a week before the exam to start.
- Study two to three months before the exam and start with small assignments. Start the first week by studying one hour per day. Get used to studying and gradually increase the time. In the following week, study time should increase. In addition, prepare all study tools and healthy snacks and drinking water.
- Mark the main points in the book so you know what is important in a chapter.
- Keep your phone away because it will only annoy you. If you want to check your email or messages, wait until your study is over or during your break.
- Do not open social networking sites. It can be done after the exam.
- Go to bed early during exam season and wake up earlier to repeat lessons. Repeating the lesson in the morning will help you.
Warning
- Dont cheat. Cheating is a dishonest act and a violation, and you will get a score of 0 if caught. In addition, the habit of cheating will encourage you not to LEARN.
- Learning too much is almost as bad as not learning enough because the brain stops thinking when there is so much information trying to enter.
- Failing an exam can cause trauma, embarrassment, and discouragement even though there are opportunities for improvement. So, do your best to make sure you master enough subjects to graduate with pride.
- A blank mind is probably the scariest thing in exams. This can happen to any subject, but it can be overcome. The only way to overcome a blank mind is to relax the brain from the hysterical state. Close your eyes, inhale for 5 seconds, and exhale smoothly automatically. Repeat until you feel the information starting to come back to your memory.
- If you don't prepare for exams, during the school year, and before exams, don't be surprised if the results you reap are as low as the less effort you put in.
