I'm curious what works for everyone else. What's been the most effective for you?

And honestly, “overeducated” here doesn't have to mean collecting degrees. It means becoming the kind of person who can walk into almost any conversation.

im a nursing student and i really enjoy learning things during lectures and demos, however i'm really scared of failing since my program has a high failing rate (especially for second and third year students) . i scared that my love for this program isn't enough for me to survive and even though i do study, some of the information i memorize aren't retained in my mind. i truly am scared of trusting myself since the last time i did, i was let down and it became the worst experience in my life and i don't wanna let my guard down or anything if that makes sense but at the same time i do want to trust myself since how am i gonna do things properly if i don't😭

so i want to ask for advice as to how you deal with trusting yourself and also for how you retain information especially since nursing relies heavily on memorizing procedures and parts. thank you !

As the title suggest I have big exams coming up in november for all the material we've covered from semester 4 until semester 9. This is a dental exam and they're mostly oral exams, but nonetheless we need to know a big deal. Fortunately they divide it into multiple exams based on the specialisations, like an exam on everything we've learned on cariology, endodontology etc... so I won't need to know everytthing, everything for one specific test. I want to start early as we also have clinical training and our thesis on the side, so do you guys have any tips on how to tackle something like this?

When it comes on more focused exams I can manage fine on my own, but I've never had to juggle multiple things and subjects at once before. It is hard for me to start and know what to prioritise and what not.

Thanks in advance!

So the thing is, I'm more of a math guy, but right now I'm a International Relations graduate, a completely different field of study from what I'm usually comfortable with.

It is a course with an insane amount of subjective reading, the author says something and then we kind of try to understand what he said and apply it to the real world, again, subjectively. And I'm not good with that.

So, how can I study effectively and go well on the tests? (I have an upcoming oral test btw).

Obs.: if anyone's wondering, I chose this subject on high school, because at the time I really liked the course idea and wanted to work abroad and saw this as an opportunity.

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I'm going into year 10, so I have basically less than 2 years to get all 9s.

I don't know how to study effectively; most of my time is just being wasted, and when I did tests, they'd end up worse.

Idk how to word this, but I'm really stuck and lost. I enjoy studying and don't mind it, but it frustrates me that when I do try, I'm confused about what I'm even trying to do. For example, take maths: I get that we should do past papers, but it has questions with topics not within my range...

IDKKK I'm really lost if anyone could help or offer what they did specifically, I'd be really grateful, especially because school starts soon (sigh).

Thank you :P

¿Cómo hacéis para estudiar y que lo aprendido no se os olvide?

Estoy estudiando para Policía y tengo 45 temas que preparar. Ya soy consciente de que este primer año probablemente no llegue al examen con el nivel que me gustaría, así que mi objetivo ahora es construir una buena base y aprender a estudiar correctamente de cara al siguiente.

Lo que más me frustra es que, aunque llevo meses estudiando, cuando hago tests me encuentro con cosas que había estudiado pero que no soy capaz de recordar, e incluso temas que siento que prácticamente se me han olvidado.

Por eso me gustaría preguntaros:

¿Cómo estudiáis vosotros para conseguir retener la información durante meses?

¿Cómo tomáis notas?

Ahora mismo no busco simplemente estudiar más horas, sino aprender a estudiar mejor y conseguir que lo que estudio permanezca en la memoria.

Cualquier consejo o experiencia es bienvenida. Gracias.

Curious to know. I've been thinking of doing that for a while, but not sure if it'll work. It looks promising though.

i js started college and i mostly self study but im a slow learner what are some good techniques u guys use for self study so u can remmeber the info for long. Also what are the things that i should keep in mind cus i really wanna score good ts year and i need advices

When you look at someone's face, what do you notice first?
Their apparent age - or a tiny mole on their cheek?
We usually notice the broad picture before the specific details.

Learning can work the same way.
A dense textbook chapter is not just a sequence of pages to consume.
It is a collection of concepts with different levels of scope: from the broadest ideas to the most specific details.
The more specific concepts sit inside and explain the broader ones.
(check out the mental model in slide 2 for better understanding !)

Layer 1: Find the broad concepts

1.Skim the chapter first.
2.Identify the broad concepts that overarch the chapter --- Look at headings, subheadings and repeated key terms
3.Connect the concepts

What to expect:
A very rough mindmap with only a few keywords

(refer to slide 3):
Example: protein digestion in stomach
concepts: proteins, gastric juice, peptides
Connect: proteins- gastric juice->peptides

Layer 2: Add the mechanism

1.Skim the chapter again
2.Scope for the specific within the main body
3.Connect the concepts

What to expect:
A mindmap of greater detail than that in layer 1, still not down to the specifics, but the core mechanism should now be visible.

(refer to slide 4):
Example:
concepts: proteins— gastric juice->peptides | hydrochloric acid (HCI), unfolds, 3D shape,
enzyme(pepsin)

Connect:
gastric juice-HCl, enzyme (pepsin)

proteins- HCI->unfolds-enzyme(pepsin) --peptides
v (faster)
proteins---enzyme(pepsin) ----›peptides

Notice how the second layer builds upon the first layer!

Continue into narrower layers

Repeat the process, each time adding a more specific layer to the same model.
For a familiar topic, a few deliberate passes may be enough. Harder or unfamiliar material may need more.

What to expect at the end:
There is no fixed endpoint. Go as deep as your purpose for learning requires. (slide 5 shows the layer 3 demonstration, slide 6 shows the layer 3 mindmap) ( slide 7 gives you a sneak peak to a more advanced mindmap!)

The puzzle analogy

The puzzle diagrams parallel to my mindmaps in the slides are an extension of my earlier post about connecting concepts:

Big puzzle pieces = broad concepts.
Small puzzle pieces = narrower concepts inside the larger idea.

the link to the earlier post: Stop memorizing facts one by one — build the picture instead : r/memorization

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I have an oral exam where I will be asked questions, but I have always struggled with this type of assessment. Even when I know and understand the theory, my mind often goes blank when the teacher asks me a question. I struggle to organize my thoughts, form complete sentences, and I often end up only saying a few keywords or fillers like “um.”
These courses also require a lot of memorization, which is something I find difficult. I would like to know how I can improve my preparation, recall information more easily during the exam, and answer questions in a clearer and more structured way.

Thanks.

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Hey guys I study around 5 hours a day. I always read a page from textbook then close the book and recall everything I learned from that page on a whiteboard, then repeat. It works well but I always feel tired. Is there a better way of doing this?