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UNDERSTAND THE CONTENT
ensure that you thoroughly understand the content of the subject you are studying. You will not be able to answer certain exam questions if you do not have a clear understanding of the concepts.
• ask someone to explain it to you. Don’t be shy to approach a classmate or your lecturer if there is something you are unsure of.
• Try to explain the concept/content to a friend and see if you can concisely explain exactly what it is about.
• You will understand it better if you can make connections between different aspects of the subject.
TEST YOURSELF
Make sure to constantly test yourself on the work you are studying. Try to remember what you have studied by saying the information aloud to yourself. Do this before you move on to the next section in order to help cement the information in your long-term memory.
WORK OUT PROBLEMS
In some subjects, such as Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics, engineering and accounting, it is not enough to go through the material by reading, summarising and trying to recall information. In these subjects you have to practise solving problems. You will have problems from your assignments, test papers and from your textbook that you can work out again. If there are worked-out problems in the material you are studying, don’t just read through them and assume that you understand how to solve the problem. Read through the solution once to see if you understand each step, then cover the solution with a piece of paper and try to solve the problem yourself. You will be surprised how often you get stuck, even though you have just read through the solution. Make sure that you are constantly testing yourself by solving problems for each topic in a particular subject. Practising solving problems is crucial to prepare yourself thoroughly for the exams in such subjects.
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