How To Study

How to study - Effective study
Desire for learning.

The first thing study demands from you, is your interest in it, your willingness or more exactly your thirst for learning. It is the desire or love of student for study which enables him to sit to study for hours and learn more and more. You should have the desire to learn. Desire to learn enables you to sacrifice for study and manage time for study. It enables you to study anywhere, any time. It creates a sense of responsibility in you about study, a sign of success. It puts you in sense of competition to learn more and more. It make you generate new ideas and techniques for study, how to study effectively, how to concentrate, how to manage time for study. In short, it makes study your habit. If you dont have the desire or the thirst for learning, you study just to pass the exam, such study is no use because you take it as a burden on you. With such study you can just pass the exam with low grades or sometime you even fail. Aim of study is to get distinction in exam with high grades, which is only possible if you have the love or thirst to learn. Some students have this quality as in-born quality. Others adopt it by practice. (see How to develop interest)
Purpose of reading what we read for

Reading is not only to utter the words of a lesson. Running on sentences uttering the words only and not picking what it says, is just wastage of time. There is purpose behind reading. The purpose of reading is to assimilate what we read which mean to learn and understand so that we can use it ourselves. Reading is a brain-using activity. Reading means to get the main idea which is presented by author in the lesson. Read every sentence with attention and pick up from it what the author has explained in it. While reading a lesson, use your brain work on the idea you get from lesson and make a sketch of it in your mind for reproducing it in exam. How to enhance your picking power? Think that every information or idea in every sentence or paragraph is nourishment for your mind and you have to read to get the nourishment for your mind. If you want to study effectively, take this thought to heart. You should also use a high-lighter to highlight important part of your lesson, a sentence or paragraph. You may have to read a lesson three or four times. You may revise it many times to gain full command on it. Once you are done with reading, close your book and write down on paper what you have picked up from reading. Doing so you will observe how much your reading was effective. Some subjects contain more data. Like a science subject may contain scientific laws, principles, formulae, Performa, and diagrams etc. It may seem a bit difficult to understand them. But never decide at first glance that it is difficult. Always think that it is easy and think that you are already acquainted with it. Thinking so make it is easier for you to understand them. Give it a read. Such subject may need more time reading than the other easy one like literature subject. Similarly never skip a paragraph of lesson or whole lesson thinking it is difficult. Different types of subjects require different types of mental approach while you read them. Suppose you are reading a science subject think scientifically, it helps you learn easily. If you read a book of business matters, think business mindedly, it helps you learn easily.
Concentration.
When you sit to study, throw off your mind all the irrelevant thoughts which are likely to interrupt the process of your learning. If you are studying as well as thinking about a movie, you watched the last night, you cant study properly. Similarly, if you are studying as well as using cell phone for texting to friends, you cant study properly. When you study, think only about what you study, your mind should not accommodate any other thought, which put hindrance in the process of your learning. You should be totally focused on your study and cut off from environment while you study. No other thing or thought may interrupt your study. To study with full heed, you should study in surrounding with less distraction. Similarly you should study one subject at one time. Concentration power can be enhanced by certain exercises as well. (see how to build concentration)
Memorizing.
Memorizing is a part of study. By memorizing, I never mean cramming. Cramming should always be avoided because it puts end to creativity. We study different types of subjects containing different type of data. We learn it and we need to have sketch of that learning in our mind for reproducing it in exam in our own words. In a subject, there may be some information which needs to be learnt as well as memorized. Like in Biology there are many biological terms which are derived from other languages, or name of medicines, such name should be memorized. Suppose you are studying chemical process in your book of chemistry. This chemical process comprises of 10 phases, each phase has its scientific name. You study the process and understand it but you have to memorize the scientific name of each phase involved in the process as well as the sequence of phases. If you are writing the whole process in exam and you understand all the process but you dont know the correct names (usually scientific terms) of each phase or the correct sequence of phases then obviously the checker will give you less marks. (see how to improve you memory)
Making and Asking Good Questions.

A successful student has the habit of making good questions and asking good questions. When you study a topic, try to produce good questions in it and try to find their answers, either yourself or with the help of teacher. Producing questions in your lesson and finding their answers, eliminate ambiguity or uncertainty in your learning. Here is an example.. A student was studying about the chemical structure of atom, he read the sentence protons reside
in the nucleus of atom he started thinking in his mind proton have positive charge, bodies having same charge repel each other, then how protons reside in same place, why they dont repel each other? He made a question How protons (having same charge) reside in one place, why they dont repel each other? He will definitely use his brain to find its answer or ask teacher for it. By making such question you achieve perfection in your learning.
Learning from discussions.

Discussion with others on what you learn makes your learning more effective. When you study a topic and you discuss it with your classmate or a friend, you learn more, because you use your learning in terms of words. When ideas are exchanged on a topic, you come to know if there is some weakness in your learning and you try to improve. Different questions are raised in discussion which built your concepts and you full command over a subject. (see Importance of group discussion about study topics)
Learning from Practical work.

Books are main sources of learning. Learning is flourished when you use it practically. Especially, science subjects contain data which need to be worked on practically. You study about many scientific devices and learn how to work on them. But when you go to laboratory and use it practically, you learn with perfection. Using your learning in practical, increases your confidence in your learning. Suppose an accountancy student study how to make bank statement, he learns it from book but if he goes bank and see how bank statement is made practically, he comes to know many more things related to it which he might have not learnt from book only. So always try to use your learning practically for getting perfection
Making Study Notes

Making good notes is an open secret of success of student. Making notes is a part of preparation for exam. Good Notes ensures high grades in exam. Questionnaires filled out by successful students show that 80% students attribute their success to good notes. Making good notes is a skill.
How to make good Notes.

First let me tell, what are the properties of good notes
Easily understandable Easily revisable Save time because you dont have to read book again for learning them Refreshes key points of lecture and book Help to learn how to present answer in answer sheet in befitting way, to get more marks. It contains collective information of text book, guide books and lecture. Increase your interest Notes are written in your own hand writing, you feel acquainted to them and you pick up easily. It gives you food for thought.
There are two steps in making notes.
Taking Notes Shaping them
Notes are usually taken from lecture of teacher and books or guide books.
Taking Notes from lecture.
Be alert while sitting in class. Listen to the lecture carefully. Write down the key points. Write down the technical terms, definitions and important information delivered by teacher. Technical terms and definition are particular, so you should have them in your notes. Sometimes teacher give you addition information about a topic which may not be in your text book, do write them. Teachers may use table, diagram or chart, a technique made by them to provide you easy approach to learning, do write them.
Taking Notes from text book and guide book.
If you have both text book and its guide book, it is better you open both for taking notes. Get focused on each sentence while you study.
Extract key points from each paragraph and write it down. Write down the important information from book which helps to remind all the explanation attached to the topic. Do write the technical terms used in book, you need to memorize these terms so your notes should contain it. Write down the definitions. Definitions are very much important you can write it in your own words but you cant its idea. So your notes should have them.
Shaping Notes.
Notes you take from lecture may be a in a haphazard way because you have to focus on lecture to learn as well. Similarly notes taken from book may not in proper format as you have to focus on learning as well. The notes you take should be shaped in proper way so that it can be properly used in future. Shaping notes according to the question format of exam helps you present you answer in befitting way. There are different ways to shape notes.
Writing in points Writing in paragraphs Making diagram, tables or chart
It depends on you which way you like to write your notes. But students, whose exams comprise of MCQs, prefer writing notes in points. On the other hand students, whose exams comprise of essay question, prefer Writing notes in paragraphs What ever your method is but always remember some points for making your Notes useful.
Use heading and sub-headings Use abbreviation and short words All the lines or paragraphs should be in proper sequence Skip the unnecessary explanation Write in good handwriting Make easy diagram or table for long description Write page number on each page if you are use loose pages for making notes. Notes for different subject should be separate. Never write notes for different subject on one page or in one note book which has no separation line
Keep your notes safe.

Keep your notes in a safe place because you use it many time for revision and preparation for exam. If you are using a note book or register for making notes, it is good. Write on each note book, the name of subject of note it contain. If you are making notes on loose pages, write page number on each page. Keep all pages in a folder and write name of subject on its folder.
How to develop interest in your study

The most important thing, productive study needs, is your interest. You can study if you have thirst for learning and love for it. Let me tell you how to develop interest in study. The only thing which can change you easily is your own way of thinking. If you want to develop your interest in your study, focus on yourself and think how to do it.
Think like a responsible person Think in a way which motivates you Think how much you are sincere to yourself being a student. Have inspirational thoughts Have maturity in your thoughts Have realistic and pragmatic approach towards your study Be in a sense of competition in terms of study Realize the goals of study and role of study in your life Think creatively Accept you can do anything if you work hard. Nothing is denied to well directed labor, nothing is to be obtained with out. Arrange your priorities and see which priority is most important, being a student it is study.
Identity of student is study. Recognize your identity and adhere to it. Recognize who you are and how much you are sincere to yourself. If you are student, no activity other than study values to you more. Study is the only activity, you should concern wit. Realize the importance of study and role of study in your life. Realize that your primary and foremost duty is study. Realizing these facts enhances your interest in study.
Be serious and particular about your study. Have love in your your for study. Never ignore the ground reality that you are a student and you have to study. Dont deceive yourself because if you dont study it is your own loss. Never shirk work. Come out of the illusion. Dont live in fool paradise. You are a student and you have to study, accept it and make study your habit. You have certain goals attached to your study. Study socializes you, gives you insight and broadens your vision. You have to work hard. You have to become a productive person in future who can serve the mankind, his family and himself. Your future is purely based on your study. Your family has high hopes from as well as people of society have expectations from you. Your dreams are based on your study. A well known saying about dream is Dream is not what we see while we sleep; it is something which does not let us sleep. To make your dreams come true you have to sacrifice even your sleep. Make up your mind that you have to work hard and achieve success at any cost. Problems are same for all students. It depends on you, how nicely you handle problems. Never fear problems in the way of your study. Have strong determination to tackle problems. Never decide at first glance that it is difficult. Go ahead and see the improvement. Try, try and try again to make up your deficiencies. Even if you fail, dont lose heart. Start again with stronger determination. Failure does not mean to stumble but it means not to get up after you stumble. You should not stop if you fail one time, start again. Make stumbling blocks your stepping stones which raise you to success. Success lies in the ability to stand firm as a rock under all circumstances. Be ambitious. Develop the sense of competition. For instance, consider the student in your class who stands first in class and who get higher grades than you. Think why you cant get higher marks than him. Has he two brain or four eyes? No, the only reason is that he is more interested in study than you are interested in study. You can get higher marks than him if you think how to make it possible. George Reeves says you can if you think you can. It means possibility of anything depend on your thinking. If you think that you can do it, you can surely do it. Have confidence in yourself and work hard. Nothing can divert you from your purpose. Have one successful person as your ideal personality and think how did he become successful? Follow his the way which made him successful. Meet successful people and talk to them how they succeeded. They give you inspiration. It enhances your interest in your study. You should have the desire to learn. Desire to learn enables you to sacrifice for study and manage time for study. It enables you to study anywhere, any time. It creates a sense of responsibility in you about study, a sign of success. It puts you in sense of competition to learn more and more. It make you generate new ideas and techniques for study, how to study effectively, how to concentrate, how to manage time for study. In short, it makes study your habit. If you dont have the desire or the thirst for learning, you study just to pass the exam, such study is no use because you take it as a burden on you. With such study you can just pass the exam with low grades or sometime you even fail. Aim of study is to get distinction in exam with high grades, which is only possible if you have the love or thirst to learn.
Perseverance in study
Perseverance is the most important element for success in any sphere of life. Perseverance means to carry on efforts till success is achieved without stopping due to opponent forces. In terms of study, perseverance means to keep continue study without stopping it due to facing difficulty or complication in study or failure in exam. Some student study their books one day and close books for few days and then again start study after a two or three days. It is bad habit. Study a day and give up for few days and then start is not good. If you want to be a successful student, you should study daily, you should have perseverance. Study as much as you can but study daily. Perseverance is very much important in the life of a student. In the last of this page, I will tell how to develop the habit of perseverance for study. Study with gaps of days wastes time as well as makes complication in learning. If you dont study daily you waste time as well as you will face difficulty in learning the next lesson or chapter.
Why do student give up study for several days?

1. 2. 3. A student may study in one day more than in his stamina, due to which he gets tired or he may think that he learnt a lot and close books for some days and intend to start study after some days. (it is common in student, it happens to students) A student may face some difficulty or complication in study, a topic may be difficult in learning due to which he gets bore or dis-hearten and decide to study it another day. Due to some other activities a student may not find time for study daily and keep books closed for days.
Why perseverance in study is important?

It helps student in two ways 1. It saves your time. If you study daily (with perseverance), you complete your daily study in time daily and your work doesnt become burden for you. You have food for thought in your mind from the previous topic. If you study a topic today and study the next topic tomorrow, you have fresh idea (learning) from previous topic which helps in learning the next topic easily. All the chapters/lessons/topics of book are in a sequence that learning previous one helps in learning the next one. If you study a chapter or lesson or topic today and study the next one after three or four days, you may have forgotten the previous one so it will be difficult for you to learn the new topic easily, you may have revise the previous topic for it otherwise you may not learn the new topic well.
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How to develop the habit of perseverance for study?

The sense of perseverance depends upon how much you are particular about your studies. There some tips, applying which you can develop the habit of perseverance for study. 1. Never study more than your stamina in one day (especially on first day if you are newly starting). Increase your study day by day. Slowly and gradually increase your study. If a student studies too much (more than your stamina) one day, he gets tired and or feel that he has learnt a lot so he thinks he should take rest for some days. Try to study as much as possible but not more than you stamina which may disturb your perseverance. Slowly and gradually you will develop the habit of studying more and more. If you find some complication in study or you think it is difficult to learn it, dont dis-hearten, read your lesson again and again and try to learn. If still there is problem, contact your teacher at school or college. But never decide at first glance that it is difficult which compels you to close book. Take short breaks in long study. Doing so you will not lose interest in your study. So have refreshment in long study so that you can happily continue it for long time. Take your study serious. Say to yourself that you have to prepare your subjects for exam and it is only possible if you study with perseverance. Avoid the useless activities which waste much of your time. Go for physical game daily which keeps you healthy and enables you to have more stamina for study. Dont eat too much at night but have proper diet.
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Start your studies right now.

Laziness is a curse. Some students shirk work due to their laziness. Such a student says to himself, I should start my study from tomorrow because it is too late today or I am a bit tired today. But tomorrow, he says again that he will start from the next day. Days are passed in such way but his tomorrow does not come when he will study. Such a student says to himself daily, I will start my study tomorrow and saying this daily he passes the whole session till the exam approaches and find no time for study for exam. He says to himself daily,
I will start study from tomorrow because I am not in good mood today. I will start study from tomorrow because it is very cold or hot today. I will start study from tomorrow because I want to watch a movie or I want to go for game today.
It is a common habit of many students, they do not start study because they think that there is a long time remaining for exam and they go one wasting their time. He realizes in exam that he has wasted a lot time but then it is no use. In exam after realizing that he has wasted time, he decides that in the next session he will start from the first day and will not waste time again. But in the next session he repeats the same mistake.
Effects of such behavior:
It is a self-satisfactory excuse to say I will start from tomorrow because I am not in mood to day. In this way you waste your time but you dont feel that you waste your time. By saying this to yourself, you never start your study wasting your time throughout your whole session. If you waste time daily, your course or subjects will become burden to you day by day, which you will not be able to complete in remaining little time. In exam you will be subjected to exam stress.
Start right now:

Some well known English sayings are
Dont put off till tomorrow what you can do today Tomorrow never comes Time and tide wait for none
Dont deceive yourself. Never say that you will start study from tomorrow. Start it from right now, right now it is the right time for study. If you do not start it now, you will start it never, because tomorrow never comes. Start it from now. Dont wait for ideal situation. Dont say that you are not in good mood or it is cold or hot today and you cannot study today. These are all excuses to shirk work. You are student you have to prefer your study over every other activity. You
have to make the environment for study if it does not let you study; dont wait for ideal environment. If you have some serious illness or a very important work, then you can leave study but simple headache or watching a movie or playing a game should not be an excuse for leaving your study. Time is a precious resource for student which is in constant motion, if you want to utilize it, utilize it from now, dont wait for tomorrow because the time till tomorrow you waste, cant be utilized tomorrow or in future. Time is passing like running water and never comes back. You are given time for preparation for exam if you waste it, you will not be given time again. So start utilizing your time from now because the time waits for none, it goes on. Make up your mind that you have to start your study from today, right now and it is the right time for study. Preparation for exam is a long process. It is not a task of day or two so dont wait for exam. Start your preparation (study) right from now and keep on studying daily till the last day. By studying daily you will complete your daily work otherwise it becomes a burden on your day by day and you will find little or no time for it in future. The aim of writing about start from now is to let students recognize a common attitude of many students which makes them waste time in a way that they dont feel that they are wasting time. So that they become careful and start their study instead of making excuses.
How to build concentration for study

Concentration on work is important in all sphere of life. Effective study is only possible if you study with full attention throwing off mind all the irrelevant thoughts which interrupt in the process of learning. Concentration means to throw off mind all unnecessary thoughts and converge all the mental capabilities on a point. Normally the rays of sun do not burn a paper, because these rays are dispersed but if the rays of sun are converged on paper with the help of lens, it burns the paper at once. Similarly converging your mental capabilities enables productive study the power of concentration. These are the tips to improve power of concentration.
Try to get full sleep.

Take at least six hour rest for refreshment and relaxation of your mind. A fresh mind can concentrate more easily.
Take regular exercise.

Brain takes its nutrients from blood for functioning properly. Physical exercise speeds up blood circulation to brain and brain gets well nourished as well as brain gets rid of waste products. Physical exercise is necessary for enhancing power of concentration.
Study in a place with no or less distractions.

Your study place should be free from such things which may absorb your attention, i.e television, music, changing color bulbs, maps etc. Similarly study in quiet place free from sound distractions.
Avoid multi-tasking.
While you study avoid playing with other things. Like you study as well as texting to friends on cell phone or making hair styles or one eye on television and one eye on book. Similarly study one subject in one time.
Have free mind.

Throw off your mind all the irrelevant thoughts while you study. If you are obsessed by a certain idea, try to find a solution to your problem first. Stress makes it difficult to concentrate.
Fixation of priorities.
Fixation of priorities, what should be done first and what should be done next, is very important for having full concentration in your work. If you dont fix your priorities and work haphazardly, it is more likely you start thinking while doing one task shouldnt I do the other task first as that is more important. This thought will not let you work with concentration. Make time-table for your subject and follow it.
Take short breaks in long study.

If you study for a long time, you get bore and cant maintain concentration on work. You should refresh your mind by taking short breaks to maintain your concentration on study.
Have interest in your study.
Lack of motivation and interest leads to boredom and dividend attention so develop your interest in your studies.
Have good breakfast.

Your breakfast should contain items with high protein content, carbohydrates and low sugar content. When you get up from sleep, have good diet though normally you should take light diet.
Dont take too much tea or coffee.

Tea or coffee has caffeine that gives you more strength for sometime but soon leaves you sluggish.
Concentration Exercises.
There some exercises which improve your power of concentration i.e. yoga, self-hypnosis, looking at a round spot on wall with full attention etc. There are books on these things you can study.
How To Sharpen Brain

Sharp mindedness means the quickness of a person to interpret, understand, analyse, or pick up an idea adequately. It is a quality that enables you to find a solution to a problem very quickly or answer a question very quickly or learn very quickly. A person with sharp brain is a keen and quick observer. He has also a go creativity power. He has good memory to remember things for long time. Sharp mindedness is necessary in every sphere of life. Suppose you are a student, you need to learn things quickly and properly to avoid wastage of time. Similarly in exam you need to reproduce ideas (what you have learnt while your preparation) in paper very quickly to complete the paper in time. A sharp minded student takes comparatively less time to learn a chapter than a blunt minded student. Some people have this quality as in-born quality while others have to develop this quality by practice. There many ways to sharpen your brain, some of which are as follows
Use your brain more and more Brain Exercise

Like other parts, the brain also becomes more powerful by exercising brain. Exercising brain means using it more and more. Generally brain is involved in every work we do but there are some works in which we have to brain, thinking power, mental analysing power and all our mental capabilities, such works can contribute in exercising our brains. For instance, a product maker is in a situation when he thinks how to minimise the cost of making a product as well as maximise the quality of product. He will have to think more and more, use his brain to find the solution which indirectly exercise his brain as well. Similarly we can produce such situations or involve ourselves in such situations to exercise our brain. In the beginning, we will face difficulties in such brain exercise but with passage of time it will become very easy as we develop brains sharpness by exercising our brain. Mental capability or thinking power can be enhanced by using brain in the same way. Brain exercises sharpen our brain. Try mental exercise daily. It sharpens your mind. It strengthens neural connections in your brain. Now think what are a brain exercises or such situations which exercise our situation? It can be a simple task like Essay writing on a topic, in which we have use our brain to collect ideas about the topic and use brain to present ideas in a proper way for the reader. We take a paper and write all the idea that we know about the topic. We may know 10 to 15 topics very easily then we start thinking (brain exercise) to find more and ideas about the topic. If we write such essays daily, it can exercise our brain to sharpen it. There are different activities which involve brain work and flourish the power of your brain. Playing games like chess, scrabble, Solving numerical problems, or Trying out tricky situations usually given Making some difficult charts Studying difficult topics and trying to learn it Writing essays on different topics, daily and puzzles in magazines and and gain many and and tables, command others quizzes newspaper. daily on it.
The above activities are brain exercises. If you do such activities daily, it slowly and gradually increases your mental capability. Brain sharpening is not possible in one day. It needs daily brain exercise and within few days you feel the change. Playing games like chess and scrabble are also very helpful in brain sharpening, where you have to think about you every move as well as about the move of your opponent player in these games. By these games you can improve power of your brain. At the first time when you play a game you feel it very difficult but by playing it again and again you become master of it because by constant brain exercise your brain power is enhanced and you master it.
Critical thinking Adequate thinking approach to things.

When we hear something, read something or working on something, it is very important that our thinking approach towards it should be adequate and precise, which involves Thinking Get Serious Alertness while work about into an thinking idea about at an every of angle. idea. idea.
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Our thinking approach should not be only up to the surface of an idea, we should think about it at every angle an go to the depth of the idea. Try to analyse ideas. Have scientific mental approach to things. Some things need more heed so these should not be taken light. Take things important things serious and think on its all aspects as well as avoiding unnecessary aspects. Suppose you have to solve a problem, you are asked to solve a problem, there will be many solutions the problem but you have to choose the best one. So it is not only to think on about what are the solutions to the problem but you should find the solution and analyze each solution and consider the best one which yield more positive consequences. Think on its all aspects. There will be many solutions to the problem but you have to choose the best one. So it is not only to think on about what are the solutions to the problem but you should find the solution and analyze each solution and consider the best one which yield more positive consequences. Similarly if you are a student and you have a study a topic. There is a supporting idea in the paragraph, which is true according to the author. You should think over it whether it is really true or not. Dont just accept it as true because the author has told that it is true. You should analyze the idea, have also contradictory assumption, and think on both. When you do so you come to know about it in full and you learn it properly. Intelligent people have such thinking approach. Study is an activity which requires more brain work because you observe things and pick up them which is totally a brain work. While studying you have use brain on each idea in order to learn it effective and gain command over it.
Nutrients for brain.

Take nutrients which are rich in contents good for brain. Nutrient having antioxidant like vitamin C, and E and beta carotene, vitamins B, omega-3 fatty acids and folic acid etc, are good for brain. Add 3 to 5 Almonds in one glass milk, keep it for 5 to 6 minutes and drink it daily, it is good for mental health. Apple juice is also good for sharpening brain.
Take physical exercise regularly.

Brain takes it nutrients from blood for functioning properly. Physical exercise speeds up blood flow to brain and brain gets well nourished as well as brain gets rid of waste products. Physical exercise is necessary for enhancing mental capabilities.
Try to get full Sleep.

Sleep is essential for brain to function properly. Sleep helps our brain in two ways While sleep our brain relaxes because our brain usage is minimized while sleep. While sleep our brain involves in some important processes, i.e. working on data we have worked on, memorization of things etc. Our brain involves in activities we do all the day. Our brain gets tired by constantly involving in activities we do all the daylong and the brain function is affected. Thats why brain needs to take rest. When we sleep our brain relaxes and become ready to function properly. Besides relaxation of brain, our brain perform certain process while we sleep which consist of working on data, storing data, strengthening neurons connection and making space for new data.
Best Place for Study

Generally, you should be able to study anywhere, in crowded bus, in library, in garden or in canteen. But some places are better than others for study. You should study in a place where you can study well and with full concentration. There are few things which you have to consider for choosing place for study.
Always study in a same place your study room.

Select a place for your study; it may be your room in home or dormitory. Always study in that very place. Always study in that room. Using same place for daily study makes you habitual of study in that place. By studying in same place, you accept mentally that it is the place of your study. so whenever you go to that place (your study room etc), you will be automatically tempted to study. In same place you study with more concentration than changing your place daily because in new place you will come across things which steal away your concentration.
Use study-chair and table for your study.

Sitting on a chair for study, having book in front of you on your table is best way for study. Studying on chair helps you focus more on your books. You sit alert and active.
How should be your study room?

Make sure that your study place is well-lit, properly ventilated, peaceful and neither too hot nor too cold. You should have all your study books and pens on table in your room so that you may not go frequently to fetch books. There should be a clock on the wall which shows you the time.
Your study place should be free from such things which may absorb your attention, i.e television, music, changing color bulbs, maps etc. Similarly, study in quiet place free from sound distractions.
Dont be comfort loving while study.

Never study in a bed or on comfortable sofa. If you lie on a bed and study, sleep is likely to ensue.
Best Time for Study

Study time varies for different students. It depends upon the routine activities of student, time when he sleeps and gets up. Some students like to study in night till morning. Some students prefer early in the morning or evening time. You should be able to study anytime. Consider the following things for choosing your study time.
Select the best time according your routine activities. Select the time you can study well and try to avoid other unnecessary things in that time. Study those subjects, which need more attention, in the time when you are more active and alert. It is usually morning time when you get up from sleep and your mind is fresh and relaxed. Follow a time table to utilize your time more productively Try to get full sleep, whatever your sleeping time is. Rest is essential for good study.
Making Study Notes


If you have both text book and its guide book, it is better you open both for taking notes. Get focused on each sentence while you study. Extract key points from each paragraph and write it down. Write down the important information from book which helps to remind all the explanation attached to the topic. Do write the technical terms used in book, you need to memorize these terms so your notes should contain it. Write down the definitions. Definitions are very much important you can write it in your own words but you cant its idea. So your notes should have them.
Shaping Notes.

How to build concentration for study

Concentration on work is important in all sphere of life. Effective study is only possible if you study with full attention throwing off mind all the irrelevant thoughts which interrupt in the process of learning. Concentration means to throw off mind all unnecessary thoughts and converge all the mental capabilities on a point. Normally the rays of sun do not burn a paper, because these rays are dispersed but if the rays of sun are converged on paper with the help of lens, it burns the paper at once. Similarly converging your mental capabilities enables productive study the power of concentration. These are the tips to improve power of concentration.

Take at least six hour rest for refreshment and relaxation of your mind. A fresh mind can concentrate more easily.

Brain takes its nutrients from blood for functioning properly. Physical exercise speeds up blood circulation to brain and brain gets well nourished as well as brain gets rid of waste products. Physical exercise is necessary for enhancing power of concentration.

Your study place should be free from such things which may absorb your attention, i.e television, music, changing color bulbs, maps etc. Similarly study in quiet place free from sound distractions.
Avoid multi-tasking.
While you study avoid playing with other things. Like you study as well as texting to friends on cell phone or making hair styles or one eye on television and one eye on book. Similarly study one subject in one time.
Have free mind.

Throw off your mind all the irrelevant thoughts while you study. If you are obsessed by a certain idea, try to find a solution to your problem first. Stress makes it difficult to concentrate.
Fixation of priorities.
Fixation of priorities, what should be done first and what should be done next, is very important for having full concentration in your work. If you dont fix your priorities and work haphazardly, it is more likely you start thinking while doing one task shouldnt I do the other task first as that is more important. This thought will not let you work with concentration. Make time-table for your subject and follow it.
Take short breaks in long study.

If you study for a long time, you get bore and cant maintain concentration on work. You should refresh your mind by taking short breaks to maintain your concentration on study.
Have interest in your study.

Lack of motivation and interest leads to boredom and dividend attention so develop your interest in your studies.
Have good breakfast.

Your breakfast should contain items with high protein content, carbohydrates and low sugar content. When you get up from sleep, have good diet though normally you should take light diet.
Dont take too much tea or coffee.

Tea or coffee has caffeine that gives you more strength for sometime but soon leaves you sluggish.
Concentration Exercises.
There some exercises which improve your power of concentration i.e. yoga, self-hypnosis, looking at a round spot on wall with full attention etc. There are books on these things you can study.
How to improve your memory

Good memory is a necessary attribute brilliant students. Students have to learn as well as memorize things to reproduce these things in their own words in examination. It should be noted that by memorizing I never mean cramming. Student should always avoid cramming because it puts end to creativity. He should understand and learn in a way that he can use that learning himself. But still a part of study needs to be memorized. A science student has to understand scientific processes in their science books as well as make sketch of steps involved in these steps. Such learning requires good memory. Let me tell you how to improve your memory.
Associate one information with other information.

When you study and you pick a new information, associate it with another formation, which you have already learnt. Making such relation between same information will help you remember things easily.
Make image of data in your mind.
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Try to make a sketch of information in your mind. When you read something, think for a while draw its picture in your In this way you transform data into memorable image.
For example, you study hydrologic cycle it process telling you how waters re-cycle to soil. It is a lengthy process in which water, either directly from soil surface or after plants absorbs through roots and transpire it into atmosphere, converts to vapours. Vapours condense into clouds and come back to soil in form of rain. You can keep this process by making a sketch (image) of this process in you mind. It is just an example.
Make short formulae or short sentences for complex data.

It is a nice tactic if you have to memorize complex data or many steps involved in a process in its sequence. In this you have to make a short word or sentence contain first alphabets of each idea. 1 Suppose you study trigonometry, there are complex formulae, which can confuse you in exam if you dont memorize See these formulae given below. = Perpendicular/Hypotenuse Base/Hypotenuse
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Sin = Cos Tan = Perpendicular/Base
Make a sentence for it to memorize it easily, we make a sentence some people have curly black hair through properly brushing The first three words in this sentence are for first formula, next three words in sentence are for second formula and last three words in sentence are for last formula. See first three words of sentence Some People have: first alphabets of these three words are S, P H. where S stand for Sin, P for perpendicular and H for Hypotenuse.. it make first formula, Sin = Perpendicular/Hypotenuse Next three words. Curly black hair: first alphabets of these three words are C, B, H. where C stands Cos, B for base and H for hypotenuse and it makes 2nd formula Cos = Base/Hypotenuse Last three words. Through Properly brushing: It give us three alphabets T, P and B. where T stands for Tan, P stands for perpendicular and B for base. It make the 3rd formula Tan = Perpendicular/Base Example 2 you have to memorize the name of four phases of MITOSIS (cell division process) in its right sequence which are1Prophase, 2-Metaphase, 3-Anaphase, and 4-Telophase. Make a word or two words like PMA Test (a test for army selection). From this word P stands for Prophase, M stands for Metaphase and T (first alphabet of test) stands for Telophase.
Reviewing.
If you study a topic and forget this topic after some days. Dont worry it is common. You should review your study again and again to remember it for long time. If you study in morning, it is good to you review it in night. You should at least review a topic after every week.
Reading aloud and writing.

Some students remember things by reading aloud or writing the study stuff. Practice it, it can help you.
Mental Exercise.
Try mental exercise daily. It sharpens your mind. It strengthens neural connections in your brain. There are different activities by which you can exercise your brain. Like doing difficult arithmetic calculations with help of your mind, puzzle games, solving a questionnaire where you have to use your brain. The more you use your brain the better it is.
Nutrients for brain.

Take nutrients which are rich in contents good for brain. Nutrient having antioxidant like vitamin C, and E and beta carotene, vitamins B, omega-3 fatty acids and folic acid etc, are good for brain. Add 3 to 5 Almonds in one glass milk, keep it for 5 to 6 minutes and drink it daily, it is good for mental health. Apple juice is also good for sharpening brain.
Think and accept you can remember.
Never say you cant remember. You can remember only if you say that you can remember and accept this mentally.

Take at least six hour rest for refreshment and relaxation of your mind so that your mind can work more efficiently.

Brain takes it nutrients from blood for functioning properly. Physical exercise speeds up blood flow to brain and brain gets well nourished as well as brain gets rid of waste products. Physical exercise is necessary for enhancing memory power.
How to develop interest in your study

The most important thing, productive study needs, is your interest. You can study if you have thirst for learning and love for it. Let me tell you how to develop interest in study. The only thing which can change you easily is your own way of thinking. If you want to develop your interest in your study, focus on yourself and think how to do it.
Think like a responsible person Think in a way which motivates you Think how much you are sincere to yourself being a student. Have inspirational thoughts Have maturity in your thoughts Have realistic and pragmatic approach towards your study Be in a sense of competition in terms of study Realize the goals of study and role of study in your life Think creatively Accept you can do anything if you work hard. Nothing is denied to well directed labor, nothing is to be obtained with out. Arrange your priorities and see which priority is most important, being a student it is study.
Identity of student is study. Recognize your identity and adhere to it. Recognize who you are and how much you are sincere to yourself. If you are student, no activity other than study values to you more. Study is the only activity, you should concern wit. Realize the importance of study and role of study in your life. Realize that your primary and foremost duty is study. Realizing these facts enhances your interest in study. Be serious and particular about your study. Have love in your your for study. Never ignore the ground reality that you are a student and you have to study. Dont deceive yourself because if you dont study it is your own loss. Never shirk work. Come out of the illusion. Dont live in fool paradise. You are a student and you have to study, accept it and make study your habit. You have certain goals attached to your study. Study socializes you, gives you insight and broadens your vision. You have to work hard. You have to become a productive person in future who can serve the mankind, his family and himself. Your future is purely based on your study. Your family has high hopes from as well as people of society have expectations from you. Your dreams are based on your study. A well known saying about dream is Dream is not what we see while we sleep; it is something which does not let us sleep. To make your dreams come true you have to sacrifice even your sleep. Make up your mind that you have to work hard and achieve success at any cost. Problems are same for all students. It depends on you, how nicely you handle problems. Never fear problems in the way of your study. Have strong determination to tackle problems. Never decide at first glance that it is difficult. Go ahead and see the improvement. Try, try and try again to make up your deficiencies. Even if you fail, dont lose heart. Start again with stronger determination. Failure does not mean to stumble but it means not to get up after you stumble. You should not stop if you fail one time, start again. Make stumbling blocks your stepping stones which raise you to success. Success lies in the ability to stand firm as a rock under all circumstances. Be ambitious. Develop the sense of competition. For instance, consider the student in your class who stands first in class and who get higher grades than you. Think why you cant get higher marks than him. Has he two brain or four eyes? No, the only reason is that he is more interested in study than you are interested in study. You can get higher marks than him if you think how to make it possible. George Reeves says you can if you think you can. It means possibility of anything depend on your thinking. If you think that you can do it, you can surely do it. Have confidence in yourself and work hard. Nothing can divert you from your purpose. Have one successful person as your ideal personality and think how did he become successful? Follow his the way which made him successful. Meet successful people and talk to them how they succeeded. They give you inspiration. It enhances your interest in your study. You should have the desire to learn. Desire to learn enables you to sacrifice for study and manage time for study. It enables you to study anywhere, any time. It creates a sense of responsibility in you about study, a sign of success. It
puts you in sense of competition to learn more and more. It make you generate new ideas and techniques for study, how to study effectively, how to concentrate, how to manage time for study. In short, it makes study your habit. If you dont have the desire or the thirst for learning, you study just to pass the exam, such study is no use because you take it as a burden on you. With such study you can just pass the exam with low grades or sometime you even fail. Aim of study is to get distinction in exam with high grades, which is only possible if you have the love or thirst to learn.
Importance of group discussion about study topics

Group discussion on study is essential for effective learning. In group discussion learning is shared and student participating in discussion are benefitted. When you study a topic, discuss it with your classmates in college. Tell your classmates or friend that you will discuss about a particular topic tomorrow so that they can prepare the topic for tomorrows discussion. In discussion every student has his turn to talk. Try to be polite and friendly in discussion. Participating in group discussion has the many benefits. Let me explain some of the main benefits
It enhances your learning You learn more.

Your friend may have learnt a topic well comparatively. He may have picked up some important points from the topic which you may have not. When you discuss it with him, you learn these points as well. Similarly you may have learnt some points in a topic which he may have missed, so he learns it in discussion. In this way the learning is shared and you are benefitted.
Discussion generates good questions helps in preparation for exam.

When you discusses about a topic with your friend in group, you can freely ask any question which you have in your mind about any point in the topic and you get the answer. Similarly they ask questions. Different minds discussing about a topic, generates good questions and try to find their answers. These are the conceptual questions which are asked in the exams. In this way, Group discussion helps in preparation for exams by generating conceptual question and finding their answers.
It shows you your weakness it improves you.

Until you dont know about your weaknesses, you cannot improve. In group discussion you come to know that in which areas you are weak and you need to focus more on them to improve.
It rectifies your mistakes.

You may learn something wrong. You may make a wrong concept about a topic which you think is correct. When you share it in discussion, you come to know that it is wrong. In this way, your wrong concept are rectified. If you dont discusses it group, you may write this wrong concept even in exam and get less marks for it.
It helps you on how to study and how to make preparation for exam.
While discussing on a topic, inspired from a student you ask him how he studies or how he make preparation for exam?. In this way, you improve your study method or preparation method.
It helps for oral exams It improves your communication skills.

By participating in group discussions you can improve your communication skills. In this way it prepares you for oral exams and interviews as well.
Perseverance in study
Perseverance is the most important element for success in any sphere of life. Perseverance means to carry on efforts till success is achieved without stopping due to opponent forces. In terms of study, perseverance means to keep continue study without stopping it due to facing difficulty or complication in study or failure in exam. Some student study their books one day and close books for few days and then again start study after a two or three days. It is bad habit. Study a day and give up for few days and then start is not good. If you want to be a successful student, you should study daily, you should have perseverance. Study as much as you can but study daily. Perseverance is very much important in the life of a student. In the last of this page, I will tell how to develop the habit of perseverance for study. Study with gaps of days wastes time as well as makes complication in learning. If you dont study daily you waste time as well as you will face difficulty in learning the next lesson or chapter.
Why do student give up study for several days?
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A student may study in one day more than in his stamina, due to which he gets tired or he may think that he learnt a lot and close books for some days and intend to start study after some days. (it is common in student, it happens to students) A student may face some difficulty or complication in study, a topic may be difficult in learning due to which he gets bore or dis-hearten and decide to study it another day. Due to some other activities a student may not find time for study daily and keep books closed for days.
Why perseverance in study is important?

It helps student in two ways 1. It saves your time. If you study daily (with perseverance), you complete your daily study in time daily and your work doesnt become burden for you. You have food for thought in your mind from the previous topic. If you study a topic today and study the next topic tomorrow, you have fresh idea (learning) from previous topic which helps in learning the next topic easily. All the chapters/lessons/topics of book are in a sequence that learning previous one helps in learning the next one. If you study a chapter or lesson or topic today and study the next one after three or four days, you may have forgotten the previous one so it will be difficult for you to learn the new topic easily, you may have revise the previous topic for it otherwise you may not learn the new topic well.
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How to develop the habit of perseverance for study?

The sense of perseverance depends upon how much you are particular about your studies. There some tips, applying which you can develop the habit of perseverance for study. 1. Never study more than your stamina in one day (especially on first day if you are newly starting). Increase your study day by day. Slowly and gradually increase your study. If a student studies too much (more than your stamina) one day, he gets tired and or feel that he has learnt a lot so he thinks he should take rest for some days. Try to study as much as possible but not more than you stamina which may disturb your perseverance. Slowly and gradually you will develop the habit of studying more and more. If you find some complication in study or you think it is difficult to learn it, dont dis-hearten, read your lesson again and again and try to learn. If still there is problem, contact your teacher at school or college. But never decide at first glance that it is difficult which compels you to close book. Take short breaks in long study. Doing so you will not lose interest in your study. So have refreshment in long study so that you can happily continue it for long time. Take your study serious. Say to yourself that you have to prepare your subjects for exam and it is only possible if you study with perseverance. Avoid the useless activities which waste much of your time. Go for physical game daily which keeps you healthy and enables you to have more stamina for study. Dont eat too much at night but have proper diet.
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How to prepare for Examination

Planning and Time management.
A well-known saying is if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Planning and time management is a key to success. It helps you to complete your course in time and save time for revision. If you dont plan and study haphazardly, there are more chances that you may not be able to complete your course before exam. How a student can plan properly? It is easy. First of all, see that how many subjects are included in your course. How many chapters, lessons and exercises are there in each subject? How much time is available for completing your course? For instance, you are a student of semester system, you have six months for preparation exam. Make a plan for your study, how to complete the entire course in the available time. Divide the total time (months, days or hours) on the contents of each subject. Do exclude a month (better the last month of session) for final revision for exam. Write down this plan on a sheet. Such plan is called schedule or syllabus. Make a time table having time for each subject on daily basis. Paste your plan and time table on wall in front of your study chair or study place. Start to follow it. Frankly speaking, you can study a book having 15 chapters in a single week if you have the strong determination. I mean to say, always be particular about your precious resource, the time, and have strong determination, if you want to be a successful student. (see Making a plan and Making a time-table)
Regular classes and studies perseverance.

Regularity and perseverance are basic elements of effective study and signs of successful student. Study should always be kept maintained. Study for a day and giving up it for some days and then starting again, is not a good way. You must study regularly (without pauses of days) in order to succeed. Regular study helps you in two ways. First it relieves you from wastage of time and second, the most important one, you have food for thought in your mind from previous lesson or topic which helps you in learning the next lesson or topic easily. All the lessons are inter-related. You should study regularly so that you have your previous learning fresh in your mind which helps in learning next lesson with perfection and in less time comparatively. Similar is the case of attending classes.
Making Good Notes.

Making useful and helpful notes is important part of your preparation for Examination. It helps in fast learning and fast revision. It saves your time when you read it in future. Notes can be made from many sources but the main two sources are as follows, Teachers Books and guides lecture
Be alert while sitting in classroom. Listen to the lecture with full heed. Extract from the lecture, the important and helpful information, and main ideas which teacher want to convey to you. Write it down on a paper. Similarly be focused on ideas of your lesson while you study. Read each sentence with full heed and extract from them, the important and helpful information, and main ideas. Write it on a paper. Finally shape your notes in a good way so that it can be effectively used in future for re-learning and revision. (see also Making good notes for study)
Review - Revision.
Revision is an indispensable part of preparation for exam. Revision helps learning to mature. You complete your course and you learn well but it is not the end of it. You should revise it again and again. It is a fact, if you study a chapter well and dont revise it, the learning you have in your mind from first study will vanish with the passage of time. If you dont revise for a month, it is more likely you may forget it after a month or two. It needs to revise it again and again for keeping it in mind for a long time. Revision does not take much time because you have already learnt it but you revise to refresh your learning. Another advantage, each time you revise you learn more and you get new ideas. You should have a month (usually last month) in your schedule for final revision for exam, if you want to score really. Final revision is very much important.
Study all Avoid selective study.

Selective study is a risk-taking activity for a student. Sometimes, student thinks that some topics are more important than the others. He usually consider those questions important which were frequently repeated in the previous exams. He prepares those topics only which he thinks are important and skip the others. As a consequence, he gets low grades in exam because he is also asked those question which he skipped thinking them not important. Remember, exam is given in entire course not in selected areas of your course. Every lesson and every topic is equally important. You should be fully prepared. It is the will of test-maker that he can select any part of the course for giving question in exam.
Past paper Specimen or sample papers.

Do study sample papers or past papers. It gives you idea about the format of question paper. You come to know which types of questions are given in paper, i.e. essay questions, short questions or MCQs. It is very important you know the format of paper because it rectifies the direction of your study for exam.
Take Some Pre-tests.

Pre-tests are these tests which are taken before the main exam on monthly basis or weekly basis. Pre-tests play vital role in your step by step preparation for exam. It tells you how much are you prepared for main exam. It shows which areas in book need more study. You come to know about your weaknesses . You learn how to attempt question in paper. How to answer in a good way to get high marks. It also eliminates your stress for your main exams because you get acquainted with solving question papers. If your institution gives you monthly or weekly tests, it is good, if not, then you have to manage it on your own. Make tests for yourself or tell someone to make tests for you. You can also get past-papers (previous papers) for this purpose. Solve them and mark them properly and see how much distance have you covered on the road of preparation for Exam.
Question-wise Preparation.
A question paper comprises of different type of questions to test your knowledge. There are mainly three types of questions 1. 2. 3. Essay Questions (Long descriptive answer with full explanation more marks) Short Questions (3 to 5 line answer less marks) Multiple Choice Questions, MCQs (Answer one from the given choices)
Study or learning method is the same but preparation method varies for each type. Preparation for essay question includes learning a topic, extracting its summary and learning how to represent it in good way in paragraphs or with headings. Preparation for MCQs includes learning a topic and extracting the hidden information in each sentence which can be asked as MCQs. For short question you should consider definitions, jargons, scientific terms, particular name of types of something, names of phases involved in a process etc. These are the areas which test maker touch for short questions but it does not necessarily mean that you skip rest of your course. (For detail see Question-wise preparation and Test taking Strategies)
Always be in state of examination in normal days.

The days of examination are wonderful. We have gap of one or two days for each paper during exam. We revise and prepare the whole subject in only one or two days for coming paper. Normally it seems very difficult. It is very easy because in exam we are in a state of worry that we may get less marks in the paper and thats why we study more in little time. Frankly speaking, that study is very productive as well. Own this state of exam in normal days if you want to enhance your study outcome in little time. Study as you have to take test in it tomorrow. Try to do more in little time. Try to speed up your study.
Preparation in days of examination.

The session for preparation ends. Finally, the days approach, for which you started preparation from the day one of session, the days of exam. It is natural student gets a little bit tensed in the days of examination though he is fully prepared. A little bit stress is good because it plays positive role. But never let your stress overcome you which makes hindrance in your preparation either. Have confidence in yourself and revise your subject for coming paper. By now, you have learnt a lot, you have full command on all subjects because you have undergone step by step preparation for exam throughout the whole session. (see Relieving Exam Stress) Arrange all the allowed things you need in paper i.e. clip board, pen, ink calculator (if allowed in some papers), rough work sheet (if allowed). When you have paper tomorrow never remain vigilant the whole night. Have proper sleep (at least 4 hours). You need fresh mind to attempt your paper.
Making Study Notes


If you have both text book and its guide book, it is better you open both for taking notes. Get focused on each sentence while you study. Extract key points from each paragraph and write it down. Write down the important information from book which helps to remind all the explanation attached to the topic. Do write the technical terms used in book, you need to memorize these terms so your notes should contain it. Write down the definitions. Definitions are very much important you can write it in your own words but you cant its idea. So your notes should have them.
Shaping Notes.

A question paper comprises of different type of questions to test your knowledge. There are mainly three types of questions
Essay Questions (Long descriptive answer with full explanation more marks) Short Questions (3 to 5 line answer less marks)
Multiple Choice Questions, MCQs (Answer one from the given choices)
Study or learning method is the same but preparation method varies for each type. Preparation for essay question includes learning a topic, extracting its summary and learning how to represent it in good way in paragraphs or with headings. Preparation for MCQs includes learning a topic and extracting the hidden information in each sentence which can be asked as MCQs. For short question you should consider definitions, jargons, scientific terms, particular name of types of something, names of phases involved in a process etc. These are the areas which test maker touch for short questions but it does not necessarily mean that you skip rest of your course.
How to answer Questions How to answer Essay Questions long questions.

To answer essay question you have to write a long description or explanation about what is asked in question. Essay questions carries more marks comparatively.
First read the question careful that what is asked in question. You will answer to the point. Avoid unnecessary explanation. Answer in paragraphs. In first paragraph write a little introduction idea asked in question. It may be definition or in your own words. In 2nd paragraph write about the phases or types or process involved in the idea asked in question. It depends on the nature of question. If there are not such points about the ideas asked or it is a plan explanation, skip this paragraph. In next paragraphs start to explain the idea (in the direction they have asked) with the help of other relevant idea which supports the main idea. If any paragraph needs a diagram or table, draw it in front of it. Depending on the nature of your question, write heading and sub-headings for your paragraph with marker. Your all paragraphs should be in right sequence. When you start new paragraph, start it from the middle of line, it shows distinction between to paragraphs. Expand your answer according to the marks carried by question.
Example: Let me give a rough idea by briefly explaining an example. Suppose a question is Explain Digestive system in human being It is a biology question, it is about system of digestion in human being. We eat food, it passes through mouth , Oesaphagus to stomach. Different secretions and enzyme work on food to digest the food. Answering this question.
In first paragraph we write a little introduction of digestive system or what is digestive system. We may write its definition etc In 2nd paragraph we write names of parts of human body or processes involved in digestive system In next paragraphs we start to explain each part or process involved in digestion in each paragraph. We draw the diagram of parts of human body in front of every paragraph
How to answer MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions).

Each MCQ has 4 or 5 choices. Out of which, one is correct and that is the answer. The wrong choice are called distracters, they distract you from the correct answer because they also have a little bit closeness to the correct answer. You have to choose the most correct or precise answer.
Tips for MCQs Test
In MCQs test, usually time is short. You have 2 minutes or one and a half minute for each MCQ, so divide the time on all MCQs properly. Read the MCQ and before reading the choices, think in your mind for correct answer and then read the choices. It will help you to choose the correct choice or the answer. There will be some choices about which you will be sure that they are wrong, skip these wrong choices first and focus on the rest choices for correct answer. It increase the your chances to select the correct choice. Solve these MCQs first, which you can easily answer and leave which think is difficult for last. If you stick to one MCQ trying to find its answer and it takes your time, leave it because it hinders and when you finish all MCQs then come back to the un-attempted MCQs. For answering MCQs you are given a computer sensitive sheet. It has blocks or circles on it, you have to darken the block or the circle for correct answer. Learn the correct way how to darken blocks or circles on computer sensitive sheet
because computer reads it for giving you marks. (see sample of computer sensitive sheet and correct way to darken the block for answer below)
Test Taking Strategies

Learning test taking strategies is as important as study is. It shows tactics how to you how to maximize your score in exam. It tells how to present your answer on answer-sheet in a way, by which you can impress the checker to give you high marks.
Day of Paper(test) Tips for attempting paper How to present your question in befitting way to get high mark Presentation of answers.
Day of Paper.
Get up early in the morning. Take exercise for 20 to 30 minutes and have shower Take light breakfast having a cup of tea, piece of bread, a fried egg etc. Dont eat too much. Drink one glass water before the breakfast. Make sure you have all the things which you need in paper like clif board, ruler, pens, markers, calculator etc Try to reach examination hall, an hour before the time paper starts.
Tips for attempting paper

When you reach examination hall, sit on your chair (chair with your roll number). Exam stress is common but it should not overcome you. Be confident and bold. Have no fear on your face. Think that you are fully prepared (no matter how much you are prepared) and you are going to do very well in your paper. Answer-sheets are given to students before the question papers so that student can write his name and roll number on it. If both answer and question are given together, do not open question paper before your Invigilator (man on duty in exam hall) says.
Write your name, roll number and subject name on your answer sheet and any other information asked in the table on the top of answer-sheet. (For computer sensitive answer, you have to fill the blocks for writing name and roll number etc. Method is shown in last of this topic) Open your question paper when you are told to do. Read all the instructions before starting paper, they give you 10 to 15 minutes for reading instructions. Read all the question paper and have idea of question given. See if there is choice among question and select those questions, which you have more command on. It may take your 10 minutes Divide the time given on questions you have to attempt and also spare at least 15 minutes for checking your answers after you finish. Suppose it is essay type question paper and you have two hours for four essay questions. Divide time on four and you get 30 minutes for each question. Similarly for in MCQs paper you may have 1 or 2 minutes for each MCQs. Have speed in attempting paper if time is little. Start your paper. Attempt that question first, on which you have more command. Follow this sequence. Write correct question number for each answer, so that the checker may not confuse. When you finish your paper, start checking your answers from beginning and see If there is any mistake, like, mis-spelt words, missing words, wrong calculations, missing headings or sub-heading, missing question, wrong question number etc. Correct them. Be satisfied and submit your paper.
Presentation of answer How to impress checker from your answer to get high marks
It is not only to learn topics but also to learn the way u should present your answer on answer-sheet which assures your high grades in exam. If you learn but you dont know how to present your learning in befitting way, there are more chance you may get less marks. Try to learn how to present your answer in a good way which convince checker to give you more marks. Remember, your answer should
have all necessary data and should be to the point (no matter how short you answer may be) have no unnecessary details Expansion of answer should be according to it marks.
Easily understandable Use headings and sub-headings Draw diagrams and tables where needed Good hand writing Clean and clear. Having no cutting. Use eraser if you write something wrong. Draw a distinction line when you finish one answer and start another. If you are answering on computer sensitive answer sheet, darken the block in proper way, not just ticking inside block or encircling the blocks Do the rough work either on one side of answer sheet separate by line having rough work or on extra sheet, checker may also see your approach there.

A question paper consist of several types of question, i.e essay questions, short questions, or MCQs. To attempt an essay question a student has to write a long explanation or description about what is being asked in the question. Essay questions carry more marks in comparison to other questions.
First read the question carefully that what is being asked in the question. You have to answer in detai but the point. Avoid unnecessary explanations. Answer in paragraphs. In first paragraph write a little introduction idea to the theme of what is being asked in thequestion. It may be a definition or in your own words. In 2nd paragraph elaborate with required facts and write about the phases or types or process involved in the idea being asked in question. It depends on the nature of question. If there are not such points about the ideas asked or it is a plan explanation, you have answer accordingly. In a next paragraphs start to explain the idea (conveging and providing necessary details to what is being asked) with the help of other relevant ideas which supports the main idea. If any paragraph needs a diagram or table, draw it in front of it with pointing to it. Depending on the nature of your question, write heading and sub-headings for your paragraph with a marker or other pen which makes it prominent to the checker. Your all paragraphs should be in right sequence, in correct order. When you start new paragraph, start it from the middle of line, it shows distinction between to paragraphs. Expand your answer according to the marks carried by question.
Example: Let me give a rough idea by briefly explaining an example. Suppose there is a question Explain Digestive system of human being It is a biology question, it is about system of digestion in human beings. We eat food, it passes through mouth , Oesaphagus to stomach. Different secretions and enzymes work on food to digest the food. Answering this question.
In first paragraph we write a little introduction of digestive system or what is digestive system. We may write its definition or we may write in our own words as introduction or meaning etc In 2nd paragraph we write names of parts of human body or processes which are involved in digestive system In next paragraphs we start to explain each part or process involved in digestion in each paragraph. We draw the diagram of parts of human body in front of every paragraph

Each MCQ has 3 to 5 choices. Out of which, one is correct and that is the answer. The wrong choices are called distracters, they distract you from the correct answer because they also have a little bit closeness to the correct answer. You have to choose the most correct or precise answer or which is closest to correct.
Tips for MCQs Test
Time is usually short in MCQs Tests. You have 2 minutes or one and a half minute for each MCQ. First of all divide the time on all MCQs to get idea about time for each MCQs. Read the MCQ and before reading the choices, think in your mind for correct answer and then read the choices. It will help you to choose the correct choice or the answer. There will be some choices about which you will be sure that they are wrong, skip these wrong choices first and focus on the rest choices for correct answer. It increase the your chances to select the correct choice. Solve these MCQs first, which you can easily answer and leave which think is difficult for last. Never waste time on a single MCQ if you can answer it easily, If you stick to one MCQ trying to find its answer and it takes your time, leave it because it hinders and when you finish all MCQs then come back to the un-attempted MCQs.
For answering MCQs you are given a computer sensitive sheet which is marked by computer to give you numbers. It has blocks or circles on it, you have to darken the block or the circle for correct answer. Learn the correct way how to darken blocks or circles on computer sensitive sheet because computer reads it for giving you marks so becareful about filling the blocks. (see sample of computer sensitive sheet and correct way to darken the block for answer below)
A question paper comprises of different type of questions to test your knowledge. There are mainly three types of questions
Essay Questions (Long descriptive answer with full explanation more marks) Short Questions (3 to 5 line answer less marks) Multiple Choice Questions, MCQs (Answer one from the given choices)
Study or learning method is the same but preparation method varies for each type. Preparation for essay question includes learning a topic, extracting its summary and learning how to represent it in good way in paragraphs or with headings. Preparation for MCQs includes learning a topic and extracting the hidden information in each sentence which can be asked as MCQs. For short question you should consider definitions, jargons, scientific terms, particular name of types of something, names of phases involved in a process etc. These are the areas which test maker touch for short questions but it does not necessarily mean that you skip rest of your course.

To answer essay question you have to write a long description or explanation about what is asked in question. Essay questions carries more marks comparatively.
First read the question careful that what is asked in question. You will answer to the point. Avoid unnecessary explanation. Answer in paragraphs. In first paragraph write a little introduction idea asked in question. It may be definition or in your own words. In 2nd paragraph write about the phases or types or process involved in the idea asked in question. It depends on the nature of question. If there are not such points about the ideas asked or it is a plan explanation, skip this paragraph. In next paragraphs start to explain the idea (in the direction they have asked) with the help of other relevant idea which supports the main idea. If any paragraph needs a diagram or table, draw it in front of it. Depending on the nature of your question, write heading and sub-headings for your paragraph with marker. Your all paragraphs should be in right sequence. When you start new paragraph, start it from the middle of line, it shows distinction between to paragraphs. Expand your answer according to the marks carried by question.
Example: Let me give a rough idea by briefly explaining an example. Suppose a question is Explain Digestive system in human being It is a biology question, it is about system of digestion in human being. We eat food, it passes through mouth , Oesaphagus to stomach. Different secretions and enzyme work on food to digest the food. Answering this question.
In first paragraph we write a little introduction of digestive system or what is digestive system. We may write its definition etc In 2nd paragraph we write names of parts of human body or processes involved in digestive system In next paragraphs we start to explain each part or process involved in digestion in each paragraph. We draw the diagram of parts of human body in front of every paragraph
Each MCQ has 4 or 5 choices. Out of which, one is correct and that is the answer. The wrong choice are called distracters, they distract you from the correct answer because they also have a little bit closeness to the correct answer. You have to choose the most correct or precise answer.
Tips for MCQs Test
In MCQs test, usually time is short. You have 2 minutes or one and a half minute for each MCQ, so divide the time on all MCQs properly. Read the MCQ and before reading the choices, think in your mind for correct answer and then read the choices. It will help you to choose the correct choice or the answer. There will be some choices about which you will be sure that they are wrong, skip these wrong choices first and focus on the rest choices for correct answer. It increase the your chances to select the correct choice. Solve these MCQs first, which you can easily answer and leave which think is difficult for last. If you stick to one MCQ trying to find its answer and it takes your time, leave it because it hinders and when you finish all MCQs then come back to the un-attempted MCQs. For answering MCQs you are given a computer sensitive sheet. It has blocks or circles on it, you have to darken the block or the circle for correct answer. Learn the correct way how to darken blocks or circles on computer sensitive sheet because computer reads it for giving you marks. (see sample of computer sensitive sheet and correct way to darken the block for answer below)
Planning Making a schedule for study

A very well-known saying is, He who fails to plan, he plans to fail. Planning is very much important, if you want to be a successful student. A schedule helps you in utilizing your time more productively. It helps you to complete your course in a particular time. It tells you how much part of your course should be studied weekly or monthly so that you can complete your course before the exam. A schedule is made on weekly or monthly or daily basis. You may make schedule for your whole session having work for each day of session, it is good because you get the idea about your course and time available as well as you dont need to make it again and again. It is good you make schedule from the beginning of your session.
How to make a Schedule
Count the number of subjects included in your course. Count the number of chapters and lessons or topics or exercises in each subject. Calculate sum of chapters or lessons or topics. Count the months or days you have for preparation of your course. Divide total topics of your course over total days you have for preparation, it will give you idea that how much part should be studied daily so that you can complete your course. (You may divide your course on months, it depends on you) Make a table with rows and columns. Write the dates in the rows of one column and topics names or chapters names in the rows of other column. Making schedule may take your one hour or two but if you do not make it, you may lose many hours because schedule creates punctuality in you and enables you to utilize your time more effectively and productively.
Example. Lets suppose, a student reading in semester system (a semester has 6 months) has four subjects. he will first calculate how much chapters or lessons are there in each subject. Calculation
Book-1 = 15 chapters = 185 topics Book-2 = 20 chapters = 200 topics Book-3 = 13 chapters = 145 topics Book-4 = 16 chapters = 190 topics
His entire course comprises of 185+200+145+190 = 720 Topics He has 6 month for preparation or 30x6 = 180 Days Divide total topics by total days you have for preparation, 720 topics/180 days = 4 topic/per day. It means that if you study and prepare 4 topics daily you can complete your course easily before exam. Remember you should not study 4 topics of same book in one day, better you select one topic from each subject for every day. You may increase the number of topic per day; it depends on you but that calculation tells you that at least study four topic a day to complete your course in time. After this calculation he shall make a table (having rows and column) on paper with the help of ruler and pen. He will write dates in rows of one column and topics names in the rows other column. Total days are 180 so he will make table having 180 rows or 3 table each having 60 rows. Making schedule may take one hour but if he does not make it, he may loose many hours because this schedule will create punctuality in him.
How to take computer based exam (CBE)

Computer based exam (CBE) is an exam which is taken on computer instead of writing on a paper. It can be an online exam or an exam on the computer in a college laboratory. It is very important to learn how to take computer based exam before taking the computer based exam especially if you have little knowledge about operating computer. 1. 2. Double click on the icon for exam A page will open, it asks username (may be your name) and password (may be your roll number or secret password given to you for this exam). Using keyboard, write all the required information, asked on this page. For information asked there will be a blank space in which you have to write. 3. If there is to make selection of subject or category for exam, select subject in which you are going to take exam. For selection of subject or category for exam, click on it or click in the circle or box near that subject. If there is not any such selection then dont consider this step. 4. A new page will open which shows you instructions about the exam. Read it carefully. It tells you about the nature of questions, numbers of question in exam and time given for it etc. At the bottom or top there will be a button START EXAM. Click on it when you finish reading the instructions. 5. A new page will open. There will be questions with its question numbers and the choices for answer below each question. 6. There will be time on the top of paper which shows you time available to you. Time will go in descending order (i.e 70:00 mins, 69:59 mins, 69:58 mins) so that you can easily know how much time is remaining. 7. To attempt question, select the correct choice (answer) and click in the box or circle with that choice. Remember, there is button SUBMIT or SAVE below each question. Do press it after you select the correct choice, so that the answer can be saved. 8. Attempt those questions first, which you can attempt easily and leave the difficult one or which is taking your much time. All the questions which you leave, will be shown in a column on a side with tag UN-ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS. You can scroll this column in the last to see and solve all the un-attempted question. 9. Computer Based Exam has usually MCQs but sometimes there may be essay question as well. If there are essay question, there will be a large box below the question, in which you have to write the answer with the help of key board. 10. There is button NEXT at the bottom of page. Press it when you are moving to next page for next questions. 11. When you attempt the last question, see if there is any un-attempted question in the previous question, try to attempt these un attempted question. 12. On the last page there is a button FINISH, when you attempt all the questions, press the FINISH to finish exam. your result will prompt on screen.
Relieving Exam Stress

It is natural that student gets stressed in the days of exam, though how much he is prepared for exam. Exam stress varies for different students. Usually those student are less subjected to exam stress who have made full preparation throughout the whole session and are confident of their high grades. While the student who is not well prepared for exam, he may be more stressed in the days of exam. Exam stress is the worry of If I fail in exam. This worry will not let you study in exam and effects your the study adversely. You should know how to cope with exam stress. A little stress is good that keeps you motivated but dont let the exam stress overcome you because 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. It hinders study of student and preparation for the coming paper. A student cannot concentrate on his study or sometimes he may even close his book because he cant study due this stress. A fully prepared student, who needs just one time revision for paper, become unable to revise his course. While solving the paper, student cannot concentrate on paper, he may write wrong things and he may leave some question un attempted. It reduces your grades in exam. It can become cause of the illness of a student. Diarrhea etc
I am writing here few tips about how to relieve exam stress. Read them and understand them, it will really help you.
Think if you study only in the little time of exam, you can get good grades.
Suppose you are not well prepared for exam because you have not studied throughout the whole session, you should think that if you study only in the little time (one or two days for each paper) exam, you can get good marks. Such self encouragement can reduce your stress as well as enables you to study well. I have seen many students who are not prepared for exam but utilizing the little time of exam they get very high marks.
Visualize success instead of negative thoughts of failure.

Have the hope of success. Never think of failure during the days of exam. If you are thinking about failure during the exam, it means you are inviting stress to overcome you. Never think like what if I fail in the coming paper. Have positive thoughts and say to yourself that exam is very easy and I will do well in exam because I am intelligent student.
Dont ask your friend about his preparation.

Usually students call their friends to ask about their preparation during exam. It is not good because if you ask your friend and you come to know that he has revised and prepared more chapters than you, you start thinking, oh I am lagging behind, I
may not be able to complete the chapters before papers. It increases Similarly, if your friend is more stressed and you come to know about, his stress influences you as well.
your
stress.
Think about the time you have utilized for study not about the time you have wasted.
In exam never think about the time you have wasted throughout session. It is no use now, so forget about it now. Think about the time in which you studied, it will give you courage and stress will not overcome you. Start preparation for coming paper.
Take things light Be Brave

If thought of failure is disturbing too much, dont lose temper and think No one is going to shoot me if I fail in exam. Think I am trying my level best no matter if I fail. Think that many other students are also appearing in the exam, if the paper will be difficult, it will be equally difficult for all, not for only me. Take things light during exam and start your study rather paying attention to things which increase your stress.
Have strong faith in your God.

Dont disappoint and have trust in your God that he will do well to you.
Start preparation from the beginning of the session.

Start your study and preparation from the beginning of the session, do not wait until the exam starts. If you are fully prepared for exam, you would have no fear during exam. So to avoid exam stress you should start your efforts from the first day of session.
Why do students fail or get less marks in exam? - Causes

A student fails or gets less marks in exam because he does not know all the factors or does not pay attention to all the factors which make a student get high grades in exam. Students mental approach towards study, how much a student is particular about his study, attendance in lectures, method of preparing for exam, exam taking tactics and strategies, making good and helpful notes, direction of study, method of learning, memorizing, concentration, confidence and study related extra-curricular activities are the factors which make him succeed in exam. A brilliant student pays attention to all the factors which make him succeed in exam. If a student fails or gets less marks in exam, he is weak in one or more of the above factors. Sometimes a student studies a lot but he gets less marks in exam because he may not be aware of test taking strategies which tells him how to express his learning in best way in exam or reproduce his learning in a good way in exam to convince the checker to give you more marks. Exam taking tactics and strategies plays a vital role. He should know how to give a good presentation on answer sheet with the help of headings, sub-headings, diagram, charts and tables. A good presentation on answer-sheet makes answer easily interpretable and appealing to checker. It is usually heard that a student is intelligent or dull. I say, Every student is brilliant or no student is dull if he knows all the factor for success in exam and improve all the factors. The main factors for the success of student in exam are as follows which are briefly explained here to give you just the idea but each is explained with full detail on this website, see the topics on left side of website.
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Effective and directed study. Study is not just reading, it is reading for learning. A student should know how to study effectively, how to study more in little time. Study should be directed. Directed study means that you study according to the nature of exam and according to the way it should be learnt. (see How to study) How to make preparation for exam. A student should know how to make preparation for exam. Preparation for exam is not a task of day or two, it needs daily study and you should know all the tactics for preparation for exam (See Preparation for exam) Making good notes. Making useful notes plays a vital role for success in exam. It helps you to learn easily and with perfection. Notes are used for revision in futures for exam. (see How to make useful notes) Test taking strategies. Test taking strategies show you how to present your answer on answer sheet in befitting way so that the checker give you more marks for your answers. Test taking strategies tells you all the tactics for exam like time management for each question and how to tackle different question. (See Test taking strategies) Time management. Time management enables you to utilize your time more productively. Time management includes time tables and syllabus etc (see Time Management)
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If a student fails or gets less marks in exam, he is weak in one or more of the above factors. If you want to be a successful student be careful about all these factors. All these factors are equally necessary for getting high marks in exam. All the above factors are explained with full detail on this website; see the topics on the left side of website.
Time Management
Time management means fixation of priorities according to time. Time management comprises following 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Allocation of time against activities. What should be done first and what should be done second? How much time should be given to a task according to its importance and nature? What is the right time for a task? Which tasks should be avoided in order to save time or to indentify the activities which lead to wastage of time?
Importance of Time Management

Time management is essential in every field of life because time is the precious recourse one has to accomplish a task. A very single moment which passed once will never come back to be availed. Time management helps you do your task in time and utilize your time more productively. It helps you to identify the useless activities which can be avoided and time can be saved. It helps you give proper time to a task and perform the task more efficiently.
Time Management for students.

Time is a major source for a student. A student does a lot of activities in his daily routine, out of which some (study) are related to his career, some (having food) are essential for his life and some (games etc) are for entertainment or physical fitness. Still some activities have no use and just waste time. Similarly if the activities for entertainment exceeds than enough it wastes the time of a student like using internet (chatting and emails for recreation) for hours, playing games for hours, watching movies for hours or listening to music for hours. Such activities are called distracters which distract one from ones real purpose. Games and physical exercise are important for a student because it refreshes his mind and it keeps him physically and mentally fit but games time should not exceeded than sufficient that it may waste your time. No one wastes time intentionally. Time is always wasted in insensible way thats why a student does not feel when he wastes time but he realizes in the days of exam. So it is better to utilize the present time more effectively than crying over past in future. If a student wastes time it means he is careless about his study or he does not know how to manage time. So you should know about the importance of time and should be particular about it. You should learn how to manage time.
How to manage time for study?

As stated in the beginning of this topic that time management comprises various steps. Time management is not only to allocate time against different subjects but also to identify right time for each such subject, how much time should be given to different subject and to identify the distracters which become causes of wastage of time. Take a pen and sheet. Write all the activities you do in your daily routine. Calculate how much time you have for your study other than your college (or school) and other activities. Determine how much time a subject can take in your total study time. See that which subject need more time.
Planning Making a schedule for study

A very well-known saying is, He who fails to plan, he plans to fail. Planning is very much important, if you want to be a successful student. A schedule helps you in utilizing your time more productively. It helps you to complete your course in a particular time. It tells you how much part of your course should be studied weekly or monthly so that you can complete your course before the exam. A schedule is made on weekly or monthly or daily basis. You may make schedule for your whole session having work for each day of session, it is good because you get the idea about your course and time available as well as you dont need to make it again and again. It is good you make schedule from the beginning of your session.
How to make a Schedule
Count the number of subjects included in your course. Count the number of chapters and lessons or topics or exercises in each subject. Calculate sum of chapters or lessons or topics.
Count the months or days you have for preparation of your course. Divide total topics of your course over total days you have for preparation, it will give you idea that how much part should be studied daily so that you can complete your course. (You may divide your course on months, it depends on you) Make a table with rows and columns. Write the dates in the rows of one column and topics names or chapters names in the rows of other column. Making schedule may take your one hour or two but if you do not make it, you may lose many hours because schedule creates punctuality in you and enables you to utilize your time more effectively and productively.
Example. Lets suppose, a student reading in semester system (a semester has 6 months) has four subjects. he will first calculate how much chapters or lessons are there in each subject. Calculation
Book-1 = 15 chapters = 185 topics Book-2 = 20 chapters = 200 topics Book-3 = 13 chapters = 145 topics Book-4 = 16 chapters = 190 topics
His entire course comprises of 185+200+145+190 = 720 Topics He has 6 month for preparation or 30x6 = 180 Days Divide total topics by total days you have for preparation, 720 topics/180 days = 4 topic/per day. It means that if you study and prepare 4 topics daily you can complete your course easily before exam. Remember you should not study 4 topics of same book in one day, better you select one topic from each subject for every day. You may increase the number of topic per day; it depends on you but that calculation tells you that at least study four topic a day to complete your course in time. After this calculation he shall make a table (having rows and column) on paper with the help of ruler and pen. He will write dates in rows of one column and topics names in the rows other column. Total days are 180 so he will make table having 180 rows or 3 table each having 60 rows. Making schedule may take one hour but if he does not make it, he may loose many hours because this schedule will create punctuality in him.
Making a Time-table
Time is a precious recourse for a student. For utilizing your time more effectively, you should follow a time table. Make a time table, in which you have time for every subject of your course as well as time for refreshment and other daily activities. Some subjects needs comparatively more concentration, assign them the time in which you are more active and alert (like in morning you are more fresh). When you make your time table, paste it on wall in front of your study chair so that you can see it and follow it. The more important than making time table is, to follow it. Try to follow your time table. In beginning you may find it a little hard to follow your time table but if you follow it for a week then you will like to follow it forever.
Procedure:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Calculate the time you have other than your school or college time and your sleep time. Suppose you come to home or hostel from your college at 2 PM. You sleep Sleeping time is from 1 AM to 7 AM. It means that from 2 PM (when you come from college) to 1 AM (when you sleep) is the time available to you.. From 2 PM to 1 AM, there are 11 hours. In these 11 hours you have to study as well as other routine activities like having meal etc. Assign time to every subject and other activities (necessary activities like game and exercise) in these 11 hours accordingly. You may allocate the last hours to the subject which are easy and need less concentration because you may be exhausted and feel sleepy in last hours. Make a table having two columns and rows and write time in one column and subject name in other column. That is your time table, start following it.
Study times vary for different students. Some students like to study in night till morning. Some students like to study in morning. It depends on student, in which time he can study well. So make time table according to your study time (see when to study)
Parents role in the education of their children

The first institution of a child where he learns is his home. A child passes most of his time with his parents and learns from his parents and the environment provided to him by his parents in home. Parents play a vital role in the education of their child, whatever childs age is, (either he read in college or in school). If parents pay attention to their children, they make more scholastic achievements than those who are ignored. If parents take care of following things, they can improve the education of their children.
Give more time to your children.
Spare time in your busy routine, for your children. If you keep on ignoring your children, it will make them feel irresponsible and they will lose interest in study. spend time with your children as much as possible and discuss with them about their studies daily. Ask them daily, what did they read in school or college today. Help them in their studies, if possible. Talk to them about the how can they improve. Make them aware of the importance of study in their life. By this way, children start taking interest in their studies and they do well in exam. If you do not give them time you cannot expect that they well do well in their academics.
Provide them a supportive environment in home.

Home environment affects a student life a lot. Create a loving environment having good relationships among all family members which has a good impact on the mind of your children so that they can study well. If the environment of home stresses children, they will not be able to concentrate on their studies. Create a supportive and educational environment in home. Dont do such activities which can absorb the attention of your children while they study like turn off television when they study. Provide them a quiet place for study where they can study with more concentration and interest. Paste some charts or tables (having study material) on the walls of home.
Encourage your children.

Appreciate if they do well in exam and if they get less grades encourage them for hard work. By appreciating them for their achievements in exam, they start to struggle more to get more appreciation. Encouraging them if they fail or get less marks enables them to stand again and start with new determination.
Make link with the school or college teachers of your children.

Visit their school college once a week and ask the relevant teacher about the studies of your children. It will give you the idea about the study of your children. You come to know about the weakness of your children and then try to improve accordingly. If you ask the their teacher, your children will study whole heartedly
Discuss with your children about their problems.

Your children may have some problems which hinder their study. Ask your children if they have some problems and try to solve their problem. Be friendly while discussing with them about their problems so that they can discuss openly.
Keep watch on the activities of your children.

Have watch on the daily activities of your children and see they may not be utilizing their energy and time in un-necessary activities. They may not be wasting time in playing game or watching movies for a lot of time. Never suspect on your children but have watch on their activities in a way so that they may not feel that you are suspecting on them.
Improve the study habits of your children.

Advise your children about how to develop study habits. Make your children sleep in time and get up early in the morning. Make them sit for study if they do not, so that they develop the study habit. Show them the tips for good study and preparation for exam. Stop them from useless activities.
Your behavior while advising them

You should have balance in your love and strictness to your children. Have love while advising your children for studies Have authoritative behavior while prohibiting them from some things. Never beat them but strictly prohibit them from wasting time or unnecessary activities or wrong manners etc so that can take it serious and follow it.

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How to study - Effective study

Desire for learning.

Purpose of reading what we read for

Making and Asking Good Questions.

Learning from discussions.

Learning from Practical work.

Making Study Notes

How to make good Notes.

There are two steps in making notes.

Taking Notes Shaping them

Taking Notes from lecture.

Taking Notes from text book and guide book.

Writing in points Writing in paragraphs Making diagram, tables or chart

Keep your notes safe.

How to develop interest in your study

Why do student give up study for several days?

Why perseverance in study is important?

How to develop the habit of perseverance for study?

Start your studies right now.

Effects of such behavior:

Start right now:

How to build concentration for study

Try to get full sleep.

Take regular exercise.

Study in a place with no or less distractions.

Have free mind.

Take short breaks in long study.

Have interest in your study.

Have good breakfast.

Dont take too much tea or coffee.

How To Sharpen Brain

Use your brain more and more Brain Exercise

Critical thinking Adequate thinking approach to things.

Nutrients for brain.

Take physical exercise regularly.

Try to get full Sleep.

Best Place for Study

Always study in a same place your study room.

Use study-chair and table for your study.

How should be your study room?

Study in a place with no or less distractions.

Dont be comfort loving while study.

Best Time for Study

Making Study Notes

How to make good Notes.

There are two steps in making notes.

Taking Notes Shaping them

Taking Notes from lecture.

Taking Notes from text book and guide book.

Writing in points Writing in paragraphs Making diagram, tables or chart

Keep your notes safe.

How to build concentration for study

Try to get full sleep.

Take regular exercise.

Study in a place with no or less distractions.

Have free mind.

Take short breaks in long study.

Have interest in your study.

Have good breakfast.

Dont take too much tea or coffee.

How to improve your memory

Associate one information with other information.