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THE SURE-FIRE WAY TO EXCEL IN STUDIES

   

     Every student wants to study, understand, assimilate, remember and recollect.  Here I will present a few points which will help you to study properly and score high marks.

     English has two words 'Read' and 'study'.  You can read a newspaper.  But you have to study 'Atomic physics'.  'Study' implies active work by brain.  When you study, you have to read, reread, think, rethink and digest.

      1. When you study anything, go through the whole topic once,  whether you understand or not.
    Than read sentence by sentence, para by para; concept by concept, Re-read, Re-read.  The brain will process and make you understand the whole idea.  This is the key-point in studying.

.   2.Ask questions and try to get answers.  Like 'what is valence electron'; what is reverse osmosis'

    3. To remember seven colours in the rainbw, we use 'VIBGYOR'.  To find the + and - signs of the trigonometric values, we use the phrase"all silver tea cups".  Hence use 'mnemonics' to recollect unrelated points.
     4. Go to "you tube". Learn the concept through Audio-visual media.  That will be retained in the memory for a long time.
     5. To remember physics formula, biological names,write them in the sheets; Go through them every morning and night for a few months.  They will be etched in your memory.  This is called 'over learning'.  We learn 'cycling; driving' in this way.
     6. Close the books and recollect what you learnt.  This helps to improve your memory.
     7.  Writing down what you studied; teaching your friend what you learnt; helps a lot in retaining the material.
     8. There is no substitute for writing many small or long tests.  You can administrate tests yourself at home and go for self-correction and valuation.  Today, many online facilities are available.
     10. Try to attend thousands of multiple choice questions in a subject.  Hence you will be ready for any attack.
     11. Do not study continuously.  Give periodic rests and intervals.
     12. Go for Do-it yourself experiments in science subjects - again use internet.
     13. Studying before sleep is better than studying in early morning hours.  Scientifically proven.
     14. Get yourself a reward after the examinations.  Like a tour or a costly motor bike.
     A proverb says "There is no royal way to study".  Rich or poor all have to work hard.
     If you follow the above points in letter and sprite, you will come out with flying colours in any course of study.   
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