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what are some other study techniqes?

like index cards or something because all i can think of is memorizing my notes and im failing my tests too because of it. and im trying to find some funner ways to strech my studying.

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avatarElizabeth.Johns
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Top 5 in: Choosing College, Discipline, Families and Relationships, Family Activities, Growth and Development, Health and Wellness, Learning Disabilities and Special Needs, Learning Styles, Parents and Schools, Safety, School Policy and Education Issues, Study Skills and Academics, Summer Learning and Camps, Teens and Jobs, Transitions and Readiness, Motivating StudentsTop 5 in 16 Topics		 You need to find the method that works best for you. If you're a visual person, you may find that drawing diagrams or graphs or timelines can help you visualize the material. For some topics (like times tables or lists of things like presidents or states) setting the materials to music and singing it may help you remember.

A method that works for many people is teaching the material to someone else. Can you explain to your mom, dad, sibling, friend why the colonies rebelled against England? Can you show someone else how to work out that geometry problem? The act of teaching means that you have to get the material clear in your head. If you come to a part that you can't explain well, you know you need to review it some more.

If you like to write stories, take your subject (this works well for social studies and English) and write a story about it. Make yourself the main character, or pretend that you are a news anchor reporting on this event.

If you are artistic, you can draw pictures or create a collection of items related to the subject matter. By having to make decisions about what to show and why, your brain has to review the material and discover what the important points are.

You might also want to rethink how you go about memorizing. Do you just read the material and think real hard about it? That doesn't work very well. You need to engage multiple senses. Write it down, say it out loud, set it to a beat, highlight key terms with a bright marker. By coming at the material from lots of different angles, multiple areas of your brain will be engaged in learning and you'll remember more.

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avatarKalie
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Top 5 in: Choosing College, Study Skills and AcademicsTop 5 in 2 Topics		 Well, like the other respondee stated: you need to find a method that works for you...which may mean making a few mistakes. However, one method that I use for everything is notecards. I take all my notes for that class, look at powerpoints, read the book and compare them to see which topics come up the most. These areas are most likely the most important. Then I write the vocab word or general subject on one side with all the info needed to understand it on the back. Notecards are great because they can virtually fit anywhere so you can constantly whip them out and study. If you don't understand something on one of your cards, go and ask the teacher. I ask soooo many questions that it annoys some people but it helps me so much that i'm not really bothered by it.
hope that helps!
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