StudyIn works to help students succeed, and we know Canadian university students are now in the Winter Exam season. We have compiled our top 5 study tips to help you do your best and rock your exams!
1. Plan your study time
- Write down your study schedule ahead of time
- Schedule breaks-give your mind a breather, maybe go for a walk
- Schedule time to eat -your brain needs food!
- Set little goals to feel accomplished and avoid getting overwhelmed:
- Eg. read chapters 5-7, summarize
- Complete flow charts for sections 8-13
2. Create a study group
- Zoom is a great, covid-safe way to study with friends
- You may have questions that they have the answers to and vice versa.
- Oral practice through quizzing one another can be super effective for learning
- Invite your classmates, make new friends
- Stay on task though!
3. Eat a healthy meal beforehand studying or writing an exam
- Nutritious food helps your concentration and memory
- Don’t eat too much sugar-instead try energy fuelling carbs: too much sugar could have you crash in the middle of a study sesh or exam
- Try some yummy brain food! Some nutritious options include:
- Fish,
- Nuts
- Seeds
- Yogurt
- Blueberries
4. Get a good sleep the night before your exam or study session
- The night before your exam, go to bed early!
- Sleep is proven to help learning and memory
- A sleep-deprived person cannot focus attention optimally and therefore cannot learn efficiently
- Sleep helps in the consolidation of memory, which is essential for learning new information
5. Use flow charts, diagrams, and visual aids
- Visual aids can be really helpful in memorization
- Try different colors, shapes, and arrows to direct attention toward important information
- Large chunks of text on a page is hard to process, find ways to break it up by various topics
- Highlight information in textbooks
- Colour code ideas or topics
- Use symbols to link ideas or topics together
- Diagrams communicate dense information quickly and clearly
