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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

How to Study for a Test

Step1
Review your lecture notes and/or your textbook. Determine what material exactly you are responsible for. You don't want to study stuff that is not covered by the current test, or get lost in a sea of information!
Step2
Having determined what material you are responsible for, draw a step-by-step diagram. Start from the first idea/concept/fact your subject starts with and draw a flow-chart of the material, taking it one step at a time and trying to tie-in any related ideas/concepts/facts.
Step3
Use mnemonics or pictures/cartoons, anything to make this mind map into an integrated picture story. Now go over it repeatedly, adding new links to make it unforgettable.
Step4
Presto! Once you have a picture/mnemonic narrative you are ready to go! If in any doubt keep rehearsing and embellishing your flow-chart until it is stamped on your brain.

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