Study Tips | How to Concentrate on Studies

Study Tips | How to Concentrate on Studies| Study like Topper - Here we are discussing best study tips for any type of student. Keep these points in mind during your study and plan the best strategy accordingly and surely you will start gaining interest in studies. Best study tips for exams.

Best study tips and How to Concentrate on Studies :

1. Go for chapter exercise first. 
2. Start reading the chapter's main headings.
3. Read the full chapter.
4. Solve exercise.
5. Ask doubt.
6. Revise.
7. Find a quiet place to study.
8. Keep your items ready.
9. Take breaks.
10. Use flashcards.
11. Use mnemonics.
12. Sleep well.

  For many students studying is a tedious and dull task, in fact, every student face this difficulty but the thing which differs good students from rest is that they take interest in the topic which they are studying. Every student finds some topic boring in which they are not interested, so if you keep these points in mind you can easily get interested in studies.

• See Chapters Exercise First :

This step may sound stupid to you but trust me once you understand this step then you don't waste your time reading the useless information which is given in the book.

If you are preparing for exams then usually, they would ask you in the form of question and answers. That's why it is important for you to understand which piece of information they are asking. So, the first step before reading chapter is seeing which type of question they can ask. You don't have to solve them at this point just look at the pattern. Once you are done with it, Go to step 2.

• Start reading chapter's main headings :

After analyzing chapters exercise See the content of the chapter after that read the first page or first paragraph of the chapter which give rough detail of the chapter(See image).

Once you are done with it then look at the content of the chapter in which all the headings are given(see image).

 Start reading only headings, First line and bold words of the chapter. This helps you in understanding which type of information you are going to learn.

• Read Full chapter :

After headings and bold letters read full chapter line by line, word by word with full attention. At this point, you will understand full chapter with good interest. Take as much time you can but understand it fully so that you don't have to revise it again and again. Highlight important lines and keep a notebook with you in order to write any useful information. Some information is partially given in the book if you want to go deep then you can go for the internet and write that information which you find on the internet write next to the paragraph you searched in your book.

• Solve exercise :

After reading full chapter solve chapters exercise. Try to solve as many questions as you can. Don't worry if you are unable to answer some of these because these questions are meant to expand your knowledge. Solving exercise allows you to judge yourself and self-analysis. Self-analysis is a must for building up confidence.

• Ask Doubt :

During study, if any doubt comes to you then write that in your notes. First, try to solve that doubt by yourself either from other book or internet but try not to get immersed. It is advised to ask that doubt from the teacher because he will tell you the exact information and also, is that the information which you are looking for is important to you or not.

• Revise

Revision regularly is a must. In order to completely retain the information of Chapter which you are studying today, you must revise that chapter again the next day. the study has found that it takes 10 minutes to revise the things which you have studied for one hour. So that task is not as time-consuming as it seems because it will help you to retain information for a longer time which is worth giving it revision. Also, revise the same chapter after one week and then after the one-month interval, this is the most effective way of retaining the information of the chapter for a longer time as per memory expert say. that will helps you to permanently retain the information from the chapter. 

If you study this way then you don't have to read the full chapter again and again. Whenever your exam is near then you only have to read important details and notes only.  

Some Tips to Maximize your study efficiency

• Find a quiet place to study

A quiet place like your room or library can enhance your study capacity. when you are studying and someone is around talking useless things to you or when unpleasant noise struck your ears then your study capacity decreases. The topic which can be completed in one hour takes your full session due to your decreased productivity. So find a quiet place and study until one whole session only then step out.

• Music:

Listening to music can either relaxing or disturbing, It depends on person to person. Some like to listen to soft music and some like to listen to EDM. But, the best way of concentrating on studies is listing to soft music if you like to listen to music while studying or no music at all, It depends on you.

• Keep your items ready

Keep every item ready which is necessary for studying like books, notebook, pen, pencil eraser water bottle, etc before sitting because it is very disturbing when you have to go for these items again and again.

• Take breaks

Breaks are must if you want to study for a long hour, studies have shown that your brain can work for the full potential for fifty minutes then your efficiency will decrease. So, take a break of ten minutes after every fifty minutes session this is the most effective way to study. And don't use mobile during your study break give rest to your eyes ,close your eyes or walk-in room but don't use any type of gadget or if you are studying from laptop then give rest to your eyes see the nature outside your window and don't go  for Fb or Instagram it will change your break from 10 minutes to several hours. so avoid these.

• Use flashcards

Flashcards are a small piece of papers in which you can write additional information which are not given on book but is required to understand the topic. You can also write the formula to solve numerical and paste that flashcards in chapters exercise. These card helps you to save the time which you have used for searching that information.

• Use Mnemonics 

Mnemonics are a shortcut for remembering the piece of information which you usually forget or skip.

for example, if I need to remember these examples of brown algae:- Fucus, Ectocarpus, Laminaria, Dictyota, and

 Sargassum then I can remember it as FiELDS,

 when you revise it 2-3 times it will automatically set in your mind and every time when you try to remember the names of brown algae the automatically fields come to your mind which will help you during the time of exam or during MCQ type questions. You Can see example of how to make mnemonic in this post How To Make Mnemonics

• Sleep well

This point is important because many students sacrifice their sleep for exams which affects not only mantel capacity but also physical health. so try to get a sleep of six hours at least during exam times and 7-8 hours normally which will keep your mind active and ready to tackle difficult problems.

By regularly following these study tips you can easily gain confidence while you read the chapter. If you want to ask anything about How to concentrate on studies or anything else related to studying tips then feel free to ask us in the comment section.

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