Successful Student
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9. … Don’t cram for exams. Successful Students know that divided
periods of study are more effective than cram sessions, and they practice it.
If there is one
thing that study skills specialist agree on, it is that distributed study is
better than massed, late-night, last ditch efforts known as cramming. You’ll
learn more, remember more, and earn a higher grade by studying in four, one
hour-a-night sessions for Friday’s exam than studying for four hours-a-night
sessions for Friday’s exam that studying for four hours straight on Thursday night.
Short, concentrated preparatory efforts are more efficient and rewarding than
wasteful, inattentive, last moment marathons. Yet, so many students fail to
learn this lesson and end up repeating it over and over again until it becomes a
wasteful habit. Not too clever, huh?
When you cram,
you ate taking the shortcut, and shortcuts never produce any real worthwhile
results .Also expecting to make high score the next day is like planting
watermelon seeds and expecting to harvest and eat fresh watermelon the next
day. Plus cramming for a test or project doesn’t help you academically, so why
even do it. Plan ahead, prepare ahead. Give yourself plenty of days and weeks
to prepare for upcoming accountability opportunities.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!
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