Hello Hiveans, Happy Sunday, it's good to be here once again, hope y'all are doing great. It's the 28th day of the #aprilinleo challenge, and the prompt is:
Microlearning, your study techniques, anecdotes from school.
As a young child I loved to read books, like story books and the likes, but studying for academics was never my favorite, I always felt overwhelmed about the whole thing, I know I'm not alone on this table, but you have to do what you have to do, because no one other than yourself can do it (that is study) for you.
During my primary school days, I didn't really feel so overwhelmed about my study pattern as during those periods school work wasn't so demanding. But as I progressed to high school, and then college, there was need to establish a study technique in order to scale through.
There are different study techniques that works for different folks, as the saying goes, different strokes for different folks. Here are some techniques that had worked for me over time, and still does.
Chunking
I didn't even know that this is what it was called until recently, it involves taking a subject and breaking it into smaller chunks, that are easy to understand, what I usually do here is write down what I've read in terms that I understand better, and more like summarise what I have read, so as not to have to read the entire work when next I need to study. This technique really helped me, at first it felt like a lot of work, having to take notes while studying, but after sometime, I think I got the hang of it and it really worked for me.
Practice Testing
This right here was my number one study technique, I remember those days when I would read, and then after finishing a particular topic, I would test myself, ask myself some questions regarding what I had just finished reading to see my comprehension level, I might get some right, and not really get others, the areas where I didn't really get, I would then put in more effort and go through it again until I fully get the grasp of it. So yeah this technique was and still is one of my favorite study technique.
Pomodoro Technique
This technique involves focusing on a subject for at most 25 mins, then taking a 5 mins break before returning back to study. I used this technique while preparing for some exams back then in college, but I didn't really keep track of the time to ensure that it was 25 mins, but I made sure to concentrate on a particular subject for sometime, and thereafter take a little break, it helps build one's concentration span, making it possible to focus on something for sometime.
Apart from these things, another thing I never failed to do especially during tests and examination periods was to make sure I didn't trade my beauty sleep for anything, I made sure I started studying on time, in order not to be stressed during these times and it went a long way in keeping me refreshed and sane.
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I hope you enjoyed this read, until next time, I love y'all🥰