Successful
student
9
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 effort known as cramming. You’ll
learn more, remember more and earn a higher grade by studying in four, one
hour-a-night session for Friday’s exam than studying for four hours straight on
Thursday night. Short, concentrated preparatory efforts are more effective and
rewarding than wasteful, inattentive, last moment marathons. Yet, so many
students fall to learn this session and end up repeating it all over again
until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too clever, hah?
When you cram, you
are taking a short cut, and short cuts never produce any real worthwhile
results. Also, when you take shortcuts, you fell rather rotten knowing that you
could have done better but didn’t. Shortcut cut you short. You can’t plant
watermelons seeds and harvest fresh watermelons the next day. It takes time.
Cramming for a test or project and expecting to make high scores the next day
is like planning watermelon seeds and expecting them to harvest 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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