Hello there,don't worry much.here I am listing some of the important tips one must note before studying.
Study smaller quantities of syllabus every day instead of taking on huge portions. If you hurry with all the chapters you haven't yet covered, you will be able to memorise very little of it for exam day.
The optimal period of continuous study is 2 hours. Each period of 2 hours can again be broken down into slots of 25 minutes of solid studying followed by 5 minutes of break.
When you are on 'break', you should keep your mind free from any exam related thoughts or stress. If you use the break time to discuss the syllabus with friends or plan your next round of studying, then your mind is not on a break.
Study material in a syllabus can be divided into core material and elaborative material. While core material consists of important principles, theorems, formulae, important diagrams and graphs, elaborative material consists of examples, quotes, illustrations etc.
As much as 80 per cent of the questions asked in an exam are likely to come from the core material. So, if you are struggling with unfinished syllabus, concentrate on the core material of the different subjects.
Before you schedule your study list for the day, you need to take into account that the subjects we learn can be divided into three categories:
Memory dependant subjects like Biology, History and Geography, which contain a lot of material that need to be mugged up.
Problem-solving subjects such as Maths and Physics.
Interpretation based subjects such as English Literature and literature papers from other languages.
Reading the chapters and highlighting important portions help a lot, but when you write down the important points you read in a piece of rough paper or your notebook, it helps you retain information even more.
Read important points aloud and write them down after. This makes sure that you don't just SEE the points, but you HEAR them and WRITE them too.
For most effective studying, you should alternate between each category of subjects in long study periods.
Moreover, study the question patterns of the last few years and make sure you are not spending too much time on topics that are highly unlikely to be asked in the exam
Stick a couple of chart papers on your wall and cupboards and write down dates, formulae, mnemonics and tit-bits of important information that are very difficult to learn.
Hope you find it helpful
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