PRIORTIZE WHEN STUDY AT NIGHT

STUDY TO START While studying during the day is never a bad

SMARTER NOT
HARDER
Studying is a very important skill to develop
throughout an individual’s life. Follow these 5
quick and easy steps to improve your study
skills fast.
STUDYING idea studying at night may promote the most
optimal results. According to the National
Center for Biotechnology Information
While putting in hours on top of hours
studying the night before for an exam is
studying during the night has the best
benefits. Studying at night roughly an hour or
what most college students end up doing two before you go to bed is when your brain
and it may not be the effective. Research has the best chance of retaining new
from the Princeton review shows that concepts.
putting in 15 to 30 minutes of studying
time 2 weeks before the exam is due
provides better results rather than hours
on top of hours the night before.

SPEAK OUT LOUD
While many people tend to study new
concepts in their head speaking the material
out loud is the most beneficial. Research
according to science daily shows that
speaking the material out loud can help
solidify the concepts into your brain. While
this may seem a bit awkward at first with
practice it will begin to feel more natural. So
next time you get the books remember to
speak out loud rather than in your head.
DON’T ONLY
EXERCISE THE BRAIN
BUT ALSO THE BODY
While studying is obviously the only way your
brain is going to be able to retain new
material, exercising provides many benefits for
obtaining a better grade. Even when you feel
like your workload is to heavy, exercising may
help to reduce the overall time spent studying.
According to New York Time’s scientist have
discovered that exercising actually increases
cognitive thinking more than studying. So next
time your workload is feeling heavy, drop the
books and hit the weights.
TAKE A PRACTICE
TEST
New research from psychological science
information called retrieval practice provides
benefits to learning new concepts. Retrieval
practice is the concept of making your own
practice test how you think the actual test will
look like. This can become very useful after
taking 1 or 2 tests from a professor and
learning how he/she likes to format their tests.
Once you realize if he/she likes short answers
or multiple choice you can start to format your
practice like their test.
Conclusion
While this may seem like a lot of
information to remember just stay patient.
Remember to follow these easy steps and
your GPA will begin to steadily rise.