What techniques and tools do you employ to make your study sessions more efficient?
Also, what are the biggest time wasters when learning STEM-related subjects?
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Also, please avoid discussing drugs/nootropics.
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Studying at a quiet university library worked for me.
how is this related to technology discussion?
Is it not? Can this thread be moved to the relevant board, then?
Preferrably /sci/, not Sup Forums.
Fine, but did you use Spaced Repetition? Cornell notes? Meditation?
Spaced repetition is god-tier, just keep at it and even the stupidest, most mundane information becomes perma-saved in your head.
How about learning something that can be applied instead of trivia.
Inb4 you have to remember retardedly complex formulas just because.
not OP but does anyone have an opinion on study drugs? I was thinking about getting some to help cram for certification. I'm hoping to bat a few out as quick as possible
This is a solved question, and has been for some time, go to your classes, form a study group with your peers, review immediately, a day later, three days later, one week later, and one month later, then review in similar spacing before it's required in, say, an exam
The biggest time waster has always and will always be leisure, and in study time it's learning things that aren't examined, however this focus on what's examined doesn't produce well rounded and capable individuals, and goes somewhat against the point of attending a university
Fuck off with your drugs shit, just eat, exercise, and sleep properly
Caffeine will let you go a bit longer for a time but this is not sustainable in the long term, focus on improving your health
Hrt has been working well for me. It's hard to find guys that are willing to "donate" though...
I open one of those study with me videos on youtube with white noises in the background and for some reason I keep me concentrated on what i'm doing. youtu.be
This is strangely satisfying.
Not him but there's a great thread on /out/ about nature recordings too
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Not good and will probably not work for you. Caffeine and L theanine is reported to work well incombination. Don't cram.
>STEM related
Can't help you there, but I finished law school by basically writing the important paragraphs and articles together with a short descriptions on several whiteboards in my bedroom and just left them there for a week or two.
That freed me to focus on learning prodecdure and the other, less memory focused stuff. Because while we were (of course) allowed to reference law codices during exams, people that actually had to look up shit, never finished on time or, if the did, made shit arguments due to haste.
Go to class, take notes do all your homework and the day before your test study for it. that is the bare minimum that you have to do in order to pass. you could pull off a B average doing this.
biggest time wasters are dependent on the person. for a week try writing down every single thing you are doing along with start-end times. then analyze it and see just how much time you are truly wasting.
but like another user already said. studying is solved just choose a method that works for you and stick with it. i never fell for the study group meme. the members either wanted to socialize, were too stupid to offer me anything, or were too smart and i just slowed them down. but it was mostly socializing that was causing problems. i usually just holed up in my room or a library for hours on end and knocked out practice problems. remember discipline is way more important than intelligence
Even STEM subjects contain trivia-tier information that is useful, e.g. what epimorphism means in mathematics, or how the == operator behaves when it is used to compare two objects or when you use it compare something against Double.NaN in Java.
Spaced repetition is also just a way of getting the most out of your study time. You can learn proofs by proving them without using your notes, and you can use spaced repetition to practice the ones you have more trouble with more often.
>This is a solved question
>doesn't mention retrieval practice
Ikr, also I noticed it's very effective for me because watching someone studying in front of me keeps me motivated for studying. I usually procrastinate a lot and waste hours without doing something productive but these type of videos motivate me to study.
Never study. Use stackoverflow.
Stop browsing Sup Forums
Read every page of the textbook, pay attention to figures, vocabulary, and anything in bullet points or lists
Take hand written notes
Study at least a week before the exam at least 20 minutes per day reviewing
If you wait until the day of the test to study its already too late
1. Learn and practice on your free time.
2. Use classes as a place to get help regarding 1 instead of a place where you learn stuff from scratch.
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Seconded. My memory isn't the best but with spaced repetition once in it sticks pretty well even weeks later.
Here's another answer I agree with. It's literally called STUDY for a reason. You have to examine the material forensically until it goes in.
Also read the textbook chapter prior to class
The best thing you can do is make an isolated space where you can concentrate. i.e. A place you wont be tempted to waste time doing bullshit online.
stop playing video gayms
Honestly, I just go to my room and do exercises from previous years. If I start procrastinating, I take a short break, and come back.
nice, I'm gonna actually try it right now
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