Effective Study Techniques
These techniques have been compiled by Academy’s pioneer, Mr. Vinay S. Bhagwat, over a period of time as a student and also as a professional. These are tried and tested and have no side effects. We thank all the sources through which these techniques have been adopted and show our gratitude towards them. We are also confident that students of all ages and at all levels will use these techniques and excel in their chosen field and become better citizens of our dear Motherland. There are many more but due to space constraints a few illustrative techniques are given:
Plan and execute your plan:
- Plan for the entire duration on hand, then month, then week and lay down a daily plan. Please remember, unless we know in which direction to go, we will not reach our destination.
- Do not study one subject completely at a time, mix it up with a blend of practical and theory subjects.
- Ideally study practical subjects involving calculation etc. in afternoon i.e. post lunch session.
- Revisions are must i.e. at the end of the day or before you study on the next day you must conduct a review.
- Weekly revision - At least invest half a day for reviewing what was studied during week and analysing in the context of original plan.
- Monthly revision- Same review on monthly basis also.
- Make half hourly slots at the end of which close your eyes and relax your mind for five minutes and revise (mentally) what you did in that half hour. This will effectively keep your concentration level at an optimum point.
Preliminary preparation: How to prepare your body for taking more stress of exams and having greater concentration level?
- Have 1-1.25 litres of water after you get up and brush (we strongly recommend avoiding chilled refrigerator water which creates imbalance in our body).
- Keep yourself fit by having approximately half an hour of exercise daily.
- Take deep breath in rest pauses of 5 minutes after every half an hour of study and gather your concentration when mind tends to run away in different directions.
- Ideally avoid oily food or difficult to digest food especially at night when our digestion system does not function efficiently.
- If possible rest before lunch for fifteen minutes by laying down, closing your eyes, paying attention to all organs from toe to head, one by one.
- Normal sleeping hours are 6-8. Please ensure to have enough of sleep for proper relaxation.
Mind preparation
- Always talk to yourself positively. Please remember “Thoughts become things”.
- Conceive the idea of becoming successful at exams. “What we conceive, we achieve”.
- Visualise yourself achieving complete success on the day of result. The more vivid and clear the visualisation in flesh and blood, the more effective and powerful the thought.
- Talk to your colleagues, parents, friends about the way you are going ahead with your preparations and how you have targeted success at the ensuing exams.
- Encourage your co-students who are appearing for the same exams.
On the day of exams
Dos :
- Have a cool and collected mind.
- Rest our body properly. Our brilliance has to be reflected only through body, so body should not crumble under pressure.
- Have enough of fluids as body tends to dehydrate because of mental pressure.
- Be ready with last minute revision notes and be confident that they are sufficient.
- Take deep breaths (three or four times) if some point is not recollected. Go to next questions and try to complete as much of paper as possible and then address those questions which you could not attempt properly.
Don’ts
- Don’t try to take last minute input which confuses you and reduces your confidence.
- Don’t discuss with your friends before or after exams.
- Don’t eat solid foods within three hours prior to exams.
- It is impossible to go through entire curriculum at the last minute so please be prepared well in advance.
- Don’t work for extra hours creating extra stress.
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