No way to avoid it…finals are coming. The Eagle’s Cry found the best methods to study for your toughest tests.
- Blurt it method
- The blurt-it method is when you write out everything you can remember about a topic without using your notes. Once you’ve finished, go back into your notes and fact check what you’ve written down.
- Rewrite your notes.
- Rewriting notes can help you memorize necessary information. I suggest doing this with topics that you have issues with.
- Watching YouTube videos about topics you don’t understand.
- “I’m more of a visual learner, and I like how some of my favorite YouTubers like Heimler’s History and the Amoeba Sisters for bio, and I like how they use images…Last year during the living environment regents, I used the Amoeba Sisters and it worked because I got a 97. Also, Heimler’s History and John Green really helped with my AP World History,” says sophomore Tara Gyaltsen.
- Manage how much and how long you study in a way that benefits you.
- Trying to cram everything in the day before a test is not going to help you. You won’t retain the information you need and it’ll just make you more stressed (I’m saying this from personal experience). Manage your time efficiently by setting an exact amount of time you need to study per exam (eg. study for two hours for science, take a break, study for an hour for math)
- Do practice questions and tests.
- It’s really easy to find practice questions and tests just through a quick good search. Use this to your advantage by finding practice questions or an exam with an answer key, print it out, time yourself, and then check your answers. You can also use this to determine what you need help with.
