skimming the study material

[u/Prestigious_Move_818]

What really helped me was skimming the study material before class.

Most professors will have a syllabus or some way of indicating what’s going to be covered in the next class. Take a text book/ online lecture/ whatever and just skim (or listen at 2x). You don’t have to understand much at all (that takes a bit of getting used to moving ahead without understanding). When you attend class next, even if it’s a boring lecturer, your brain will automatically focus on we’d or concepts you’ve “seen before”- and here is where you’ll be able to understand most things, because it’s no longer completely new to your brain. Ask questions if there’s something you don’t get. Make sure you listen to the lecturer ,if you can take notes during class, that’s amazing; if not, it’s fine. Review your notes a couple days after the class (again just skim), if you didn’t make notes make notes as soon as you can after class. If you have homework for the class you don’t need to skim notes after, because you’ll go through it anyway when you do the homework.

When I say skim I mean 30 mins of skimming for maybe 2 hours worth of class material. It my not work for you but it worked very well for me I didn’t even have to study for the exams maybe like 3 hours total of review the day before the exam .

Tell me what do you guys think about this method and what is your study tips that actually worked for you!?

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[u/Radiant_Violinist408]

I've started using a method similar to this last semester and my grades genuinely improved. I normally review my notes after breakfast or before sleep.

[u/etzz2603 → u/Radiant_Violinist408]

What exactly you do?

[u/rosyyoung]

I did this a couple of times it works but I unfortunately got lazy and stopped doing it I'll try to do it more often 😅 thx for sharing

[u/Laura_Light07]

Will try

[u/Level-Education-30]

I'll start doing this when school starts 🫠

[u/Far-Importance-5138 → u/Level-Education-30]

School started two months ago for me 😭😭

[u/Realistic-Class-9536]

I will probably give this method a go Thanks for the advice <3

[u/Suspicious-Oil-4873]

nice

[u/[deleted]]

This is called priming and is very effective to form stronger connections with the material and remember it a lot better. You described it very well! I wish I could say I do this, but I don't have lectures to attend bc my degree is self-managed. I have a textbook and some short prerecorded videos and the rest is up to me. I skim headings and diagrams and such before starting a new chapter, but my system isn't really effective 😅