CollegeCandy – Life, Love & Style For The College Girl: When it comes to studying, different things work for different people. Your learning style definitely comes into play – visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners all retain information differently – but other factors are important too.
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Despite the fact that the source of this article is called "College Candy," it actually does have some good study tips. Unfortunately there is a lot of trial and error in figuring out which method works best on an individual basis. In school I've only ever learned to study one way, and that simply isn't effective for most people. I especially like the idea of writing post it notes of information and putting them on things you have to use every day. That seems really useful.
I agree with Abby that this article has some legitimately useful tips. Personally, I am a terrible studier, I have a very hard time staying focused. So the only thing that has ever even remotely worked for me, is pure memorization. But I realize that that does not work for everyone. I like the idea of scheduling your study time and working at the time of day when you are most productive. Common sense things like that are helpful tools that people usually forget to apply to their routine. On a side note, its pretty funny that a number of these pictures (to get the point of course I am sure) have pretty people or famous people or people not wearing a lot of clothes. Marketing; its great.
One tip that I have never heard before that I found very helpful was that you should change up the ways that you study. I am one of the people that studies in one way for hours on end and ends up not taking in any information because I zoned out after the first hour.Switching up the techniques of studying sounds like a brilliant way to stay awake and engaged in the material. I also find studying much more successful when I am with another person and not just by myself, falling asleep. Post It studying also seems like a great subliminal study technique. It reminds me of people who listen to tapes as they fall asleep to absorb information. I should pay more attention to this article in the future.
I like all of these tips too! I actually have a hard time studying because I often need to be in the right mindset, so I psych myself out. What I found helpful about the article is this: sometimes its more important to know when you CAN study, rather than trying to study when you just can't. Otherwise an un-useful study session is a waste of time and not helpful in any way. I also like that this article actually broke down the different study methods/ learners, visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners (I've never heard of kinesthetic learning but I sure believe it's real now!) All different learners have different methods that are personally helpful to them, and finding that perfect way to study may be different for everyone. I personally also dig the poster/ post-it study technique- if visual studying helps you, why not go for it and use your wall as a canvas for learning!
ok once i get past the hilarity of having robert patinsons picture an example of when to stop. these are some great tips but gee i wonder where i have heard most of these before, i feel like a teacher has had some lectures on these tips last year. One of my favorite study tips that seems to pop up again and again is the "just making the little notes and stickies and reminders and books arent all its gonna take" you have to re-evaluate what notes you took and what remindes you gave yourself.
I think the best advise in this article is to actually schedule time when you will study. My day is booked pretty heavily on most days already so if I depended on studying whenever I had a few minutes here and there, that probably would not work for me. I write down what I need to do and sticky notes are definitely used. Highlighting helps me. It can save me time later when I am reviewing. I liked reading about all these tips, but I think we all find our own ways that work best. I will try changing up the way I study to see if doing anything different, helps me.
I always ready these tips and I was excited to see that there were actually a lot of tips that were not the norm. I also like that this author recognized that people learn in different ways so they provided a few tips for people who lean in the different ways. I particularly like the post it idea because when you see something every day you naturally remember it without much trouble. I agree with people before me that I think that people would take it more seriously if it was not on a site called college candy.
I've never read an article that had specific tips for different kinds of learners. I'm a highly visual learner, so drawing things out is something I'll have to do alongside my notes. I also keep a running list of reminders of assignments and things to get done for the week that I'm constantly updating and crossing off. I've come to enjoy the reward of crossing off a tack after I complete it. I still need to figure out how to not get behind and lose out on sleep...
This article is full of great tips & i really liked that they not only recognized each type of learner but also had separate tips for each kind. I didnt really learn many new things but i do really like the sticky notes on the mirror idea and am a strong believer in studying and working when it is a good time for you mentally to do the work. Personally im an auditory learner and figured out in high school that the best way for me to study in was to tudor my friend that was struggling. I found that I came to really understand the material while I was explaining it to her. & it also helped point out to me which areas I was unclear about which weren't always obvious to me when i was just studying. I knew if i was going to help teach her I absolutely had to be correct in what I was telling her. Ive always been a person who loves to read, but being an auditory learner I never really knew how to study. I found I always did even better on tests and things when i had tutored my friend on the material because for one thing I had spent way more time on the subject than I would have on my own and once i had already regurgitated the information to her then telling it to a test was no problem.
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