8 Ways to effectively remember what you have studied

8 Ways to effectively remember what you have studied

Studying is tiring and is highly individualized. Students may have problems remembering what they have studied for tomorrow’s test. It is really big problem based from experience. However, there is a way or technique to remember those things written in your notes or your text books. These are the following:

1.       Take good care of yourself. Physiological needs are on the first step of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. Depriving yourself of necessary nutrients will surely affect the way you think and function. Therefore, treat yourself with a good balanced meal complete with veggies and ample amount of carbohydrates and proteins. Take a good night sleep everyday.

2.       Know your I.Q.  Studies have shown that those people that can study well with many distractions are high I.Q. individuals while those who can not study in such places are low I.Q. individuals. It is important to know your level so that you will know what studying strategy will suit you. Don’t get hurt if you have low score. Take it as a motivation that you are capable of increasing to the highest level with your own efforts.

3.       Establish a time budget. An effective time management is the key to success. Planning your activities so that nothing comes in the way in time for your studying is a very big factor. Learn to triage your day to day activities. Omit those activities that are of no significance for the day and can wait for tomorrow or the date when you don’t have anything to study for.

4.       Select a quiet corner in your home. Although many people can study well even in crowded, noisy places, studying in a quiet corner is a sure way to avoid distractions.

5.       Do mind setting. Set your mind for studying. Set a certain amount of time to clear your thoughts before studying.  There is a saying “your cup of tea is full”. If you read between the lines, it means that when your thoughts are already full, there won’t be any space available for new wonderful information to come in.

6.       Use your senses when studying. Studies have shown that a certain information is best remembered when it is perceived using most of your senses. This means that when you study, you just don’t have to read silently. Say the word or phrase, which you want to remember, out loud. In that way, it can be encoded to your brain via the auditory sense.

7.       Feel what you study. Studies have also shown that when emotions and mood is involved, a certain event is best remembered and that those events associated with good mood are best recalled. Therefore, when you study, make sure that you are in the mood for it. If not, spend some time to set your mood but make sure it won’t hurt your time budget significantly. Feel happy when you study. Put some emotions into those boring letters in your textbooks. React to what you have read. Be interactive with the book or your notes.

8.       Organize what you will study.  Studying wisely is great. Know what important things to study and focus only to it. In that way, you won’t be having that dreaded information overload.

Following these steps will help you remember things. But always do remember that studying is highly individualized. You can create your own way of studying.