There are a lot of study tips you have probably heard a few times before, such as outline your notes or organize your study space. While those study tips and habits are beneficial, no college student craves to sit in the library for hours at a time just looking at their notes. We have prepared a list of five study tricks that may seem a bit weird but really work.
1. Use Your Voice
Reading out loud can help you memorize information when studying. It can also aid you to catch any mistakes or typos in your written work. Try to record yourself explaining the difficult material to an imaginary audience. When you are done, playback the audio and listen to your own lecture. Don’t worry if it feels odd at first to talk aloud to yourself. After a while, you will get used to the sound of your own voice.
2. Ignore a Study Break
Certainly, it is necessary to have study breaks for meals, workouts and other healthy activities to improve physical well-being and increase your productivity. But if you focus on a specific assignment and you are still in that study “bubble”, ignore a scheduled break and take it only when you are done with your important task. Being able to stay on track with studying without feeling overwhelmed is a great feeling, try to reach this mood once.
Changing your regular routine can give your studying a boost
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3. Watch YouTube
If you are getting bored with your usual study routine, break it up by watching a YouTube video on a relevant topic. No matter what you are studying, there is a pretty good opportunity that someone has already made documentaries or recorded lectures about it. You can get insights, learn a thing or two, and it will be a superlative foundation for the classical learning process