How to learn 80 questions in 2 days. How to learn material in one day. Proper organization of the process

The anecdote that a student can learn Chinese overnight became a boyan almost under our great-grandfathers. And although not all students, when preparing for exams, choose the sprint strategy, it is still the image of the poor fellow, squeezing a textbook into his skull on the night before the exam, that dominates the mass perception of the session.

Getting ready overnight is an act of student prowess, an act of bravado. It's like eating a pot of pasta without sauce and oil. The student must be hungry and remember the exam on the eve of it! In fact, of course, student life is not so extreme, but there are enough sprinters at any faculty.

Where do they come from? A significant part of the sprinters are idlers and freeloaders. But there are also many born sprinters-deadline workers who manage to pass exams with excellent marks. Psychologists say that these homo sapiens have a strong impulsive component of temperament. They are spurred on by an adrenaline rush.

By the way, if the sprint strategy for preparing for the exam is already good (with all its many shortcomings), it’s because you don’t need to specifically work on motivation, like or. And so the adrenaline through the roof.

So, how can you optimize your exam preparation process if you are a born (or forced to become) sprinter? How to prepare for the exam in a day? Per day? Or even overnight?

16 Exam Preparation Tips for the Incorrigible Sprinter

Need to sleep! Sounds ridiculous, especially if you're going to sit through textbooks and lectures all night. However, we are absolutely serious. If you remembered the exam not at midnight before it, but a little earlier, prepare for the sprint with a quality rest. After returning from a party, preparing for an exam is much more difficult.

Do not forget also that it is sleep that is our main assistant in fixing information in long-term memory. Surely you have heard about the sign - they say, you need to fall asleep before the exam with a textbook under your pillow. This sign has a powerful psychological basis. Therefore, it is best to prepare for the exam during the day, and sleep at night and consolidate what you have learned.

If you are still preparing for the exam at night, sleep in the morning for 1.5 or 3 hours. This will help activate the processes of "tamping", assimilation of information. Why exactly 1.5 or 3 hours? Because . Wake up easier, better rest.

Not less than important task- do not fall asleep! In preparation. Coffee, dark chocolate are the classics of nightly pre-exam vigils. Interestingly, cappuccino, latte or regular coffee with milk or condensed milk work even better than espresso, as they are stimulated not only by caffeine, but also by a powerful dose of carbohydrates.

Try not to abuse energy drinks, after all, these redbulls are harmful to the body. But if you decide to spur yourself on energy drinks, then don’t drink coffee, just one thing. The same goes for Coca-Cola: by mixing it with coffee, you run the risk of having a heart attack in the hospital, and not at the examiner's appointment. Or or.

Is it worth stimulating the brain with drugs? Is that eleutherococcus, ginseng and safe nootropics ("Glycine", "Piracetam", which are sold in pharmacies without a prescription). But the problem is that these funds need to be taken in courses, the effect will be noticeable after 2-3 weeks. On the Internet, you can find such advice: they say, if you decide to prepare for the exam in 1 day or overnight, gobble up a couple of Glycine tablets. So, if you have never taken this drug before, you should not experiment. You can get the opposite effect:

What to eat during the sprint preparation for the exam? Nuts are the best refueling. A great snack for a student immersed in learning is a sandwich of whole grain bread, honey and nuts. Salmon and avocado sandwiches are good for snacking. Another option is sandwiches with noble cheese (with mold), honey and pear / grapes.

If you are preparing for an exam in the afternoon, be sure to start this day with a healthy energy breakfast (this will start the metabolic processes and make the brain work more efficiently). Lunches and dinner should give energy, but not be dense and greasy: otherwise it will make you sleepy.

Rest! Yes, yes, you need to give yourself a little rest, even if you only have 8 to 12 hours to prepare for the exam. During each hour, set aside 5 to 10 minutes for rest:

Meditation, breathing exercises are excellent methods for relieving stress and increasing concentration.
Stretching and / or a full-fledged physical workout - this will help relieve tension in the muscles, activate blood flow to the brain.
"Resetting the Brain"- five minutes of nothingness (if you are afraid to fall asleep, set an alarm).

Be sure to hide under the "glass cap". Prepare for the exam in a relaxed atmosphere, exclude external stimuli to the maximum. Naturally, cut down all sorts of Skype, ICQ and the like.

What is the best way to study the material in order to prepare for the exam in a day?

And now let's move on to the methods and technologies of ramming into the gray matter all the knowledge that needed to be crammed there during the semester.

What questions to learn first?Tactics will have to be chosen taking into account the circumstances:

If during the semester you have already acquired some knowledge, start learning exam questions about which you already have an idea. This sets the stage for exploring related topics.
The second option is to progressively move strictly according to the logic of the topics being studied. This principle should be followed in cases where each subsequent topic is based on the previous ones.
If you are a follower mnemotechnologies "House" ("Palaces of Mind"), it makes sense to learn tickets one after another, “arranging” information in each new room and hanging a sign with the ticket number on the door (“house” may well be a “hotel”).
It is better to leave the most difficult questions for a snack, be sure to allocate enough time for them, and the easy ones should be learned first.
However, there is an opposite opinion - the difficult one must be taught first, while concentration and energy are at their peak.

Perhaps the choice of tactics is an individual thing ... The main thing is to be consistent, and not rush from ticket to ticket!

Do you suspect that you will not have time to learn all the questions? You should not play roulette, hoping that you will get the right ticket. It is more expedient to do this: ideally (well, or at least more or less) learn the first questions of each ticket. And on the second - walk a little. A brisk start will ensure you the goodwill of the teacher. Even if you “swim” in the second question, the chances of passing the exam for a decent grade are very good.

What to do if you do not have information on some exam tickets? The most important thing is to find out at the very beginning of your sprint race. In this case, there is a chance to find a student lancer who will prepare answers and / or spurs for you in a few hours of nightly vigils. Perhaps the necessary information can be obtained from a classmate who will send it by e-mail. Therefore, start preparing for the exam by reviewing the exam questions and sources of knowledge.

Limit the flow of information on each issue. It will not be possible to thoroughly delve into the topics being studied, therefore it is very important that all the information being studied be relevant, presented briefly and structured. A short answer instead of a textbook chapter is what a sprinter needs, who has only 10 to 30 minutes to study one question. Where can I get these answers to exam questions? Ask high school students for high-quality spurs, order answers to exam tickets from student lancers.

Don't get hung up on individual questions. Do not allow yourself to spend 2-3 hours on one question. Set a timer, it mobilizes.

Your task is understanding, not memorization. Try to understand what you are studying in order to tell in your own words on the exam (and in extreme cases, to speculate). Find logical connections between the studied blocks of information. By the way, the most successful sprinters are erudite and logicians with well-spoken languages, capable of creating a full-fledged answer on a minimal information base.

Reduce the array of information on each issue to a few theses. Structure and simplify! Create an information "concentrate" on the basis of which you will respond. Each thesis is a package with a “concentrate”, pulling the development of thoughts, associations, logical constructions.

It is the theses that make sense to run through your eyes an hour before the exam. It is in the theses that cheat sheets should be prepared.

One of the thesis technologies for preparing for an exam and in general for any speech is three sentence method. Contain in them the most important thing: the problem, main idea, final conclusion.

Use mnemonics to remember precise information (dates, formulas, rules, definitions, etc.). The method of associations and the already mentioned method of "House" ("Halls of the Mind") have proven themselves well.

Arm yourself with a pen. fine motor skills activates the work of the brain, including the processes of memorization. In the process of studying the material, build diagrams, chronological lines, neural maps. All this, by the way, can become the basis for compiling cheat sheets.

When studying the material, focus on your type of memory: visual, auditory or kinetic.

Get ready for the two of you. Speak topics, explain them to each other.(This technology will not allow you to slip away - of course, if the comrades are also set to study; it is better not to start this enterprise with "saboteurs").

By the way, it was with the help of this method that the author of this article prepared “excellently” for the exam in 8 hours, which he remembered about somewhere around midnight. After the birthday. In the campus. With true friends. With a glass of champagne in one hand, a piece of cake in the other, and a textbook on my lap

There is something to remember!

Firstly, force yourself to do something. As you know, before the exam, you want to do anything, just not to prepare for it. Just don't overdo it. At this time, one can recall long-forgotten and postponed cases. Distract under the pretext that it would be time to have a bite. Show yourself as an exemplary son (daughter) and fulfill some parental assignment (go to the market, fix the shelf, sweep the floor). But no more. Done? Secondly, now you have to make an effort. Set a rate - say, one hour or, for example, one ticket. We have sorted out the topic of one ticket - take a breather. Third, if you need to remember some historical date, try to remember what this date means to you personally? Maybe it's mom's or aunt's birthday? Or maybe on this day you did something for the first time or went somewhere? What if this date resembles someone's phone? Fourth, What is the best way to remember material? There are different opinions on this matter. For example, I am categorically against cramming. I consider mnemonics to be the most successful way of remembering. What is this "beast"? The thing is quite complex, including, in particular, memorization by associations. Need to remember the formula? Try to look at it from a different angle and read it like a word. Match each letter in the formula with a word and make a funny sentence that will “get stuck” in your head. I'll tell you a secret: the more indecent the association, the better it is remembered. It is convenient to memorize any definitions, phenomena, events, reducing them to what you already know. Memorize some long definition and compare it with some phenomenon. Moreover, it is important to understand the essence of the definition, and not memorize it. It is rare for teachers to take hostility to your explanation of the definition in your own words instead of a memorized version. On the contrary, if you can retell the definition in your own words, then you understand the material. Fifth, at different people developed different types memory: visual, auditory, motor. People with a developed visual memory will benefit from reading the material. Then the page on which the necessary subject is stated is remembered. For those who have developed motor memory, it is better to prescribe the material (that is, write cheat sheets). If you feel that the process has finally started, you understand the material, you can explain it and are not tired yet, continue!

At sixth, allow yourself to relax in the evening. Take a walk, chat on the phone, read a detective story, visit a friend (girlfriend). But be home before midnight. If you do not get enough sleep during the night, sleeping on the exam is fraught with a retake!

Seventh, Before going to bed, I advise you, if not to teach, then at least to scroll through the material covered. Try, looking at the title, to remember the general content of the question (if you can't, look at the section). Psychologists say that the information received during falling asleep and waking up is best remembered. What not to do First, never go to extremes. If you cover yourself with textbooks, turn off your phone and barricade yourself in your room - I doubt that the effectiveness of such preparation will be high. Secondly, I do not advise you to prepare for the exam with a friend or girlfriend (unless he (she) understands the material better than you ). Such preparation most often turns into a long chatter and a waste of time. Thirdly, even if you wrote cheat sheets, I do not advise you to use them. When such a “burning” paper lies in the pocket, the head does not work well. It is better to write and leave it at home.

The session, as always, crept unnoticed. No one knew that she would come at all, did they? And so there was no time for preparation. Yes, and not before it was at all. There are so many interesting things around!

As a result, circumstances somehow developed in such a way that only three days remained before the exam. Although, this is how to look. For some, this is “only”, but for someone “whole!”. In any case, there is no choice, and therefore the only way out is to use these three days as efficiently as possible.

There are three universal ways that will allow you to perform such a seemingly impossible task. And the first step is to choose the one that is more suitable for you personally. You are an individual, right? Therefore, there is no need to talk about any universality here. Only a personal approach!

1. Why not divide everything by three?

The first method, which we will talk about, is ideal for those students who have an almost phenomenal memory. In the sense that one reading is enough for them to master the material well for the next few days. What else do you need to successfully pass the exam or test?

The point here is simple. We take the entire list of questions, take a serious look at it, and then divide it into three equal parts. For example, if there are only 60 questions, then 20 questions come out for each day. Is that a lot? Well, did you go to lectures? At least occasionally? So, in general terms, you can imagine what is at stake. It remains only to go through the material one more time (especially the one that for some reason passed by) - and, lo and behold, the desired entry in the student's record book was received. Which? It all depends on your diligence in the previous three days.

Here, as you understand, you can not do without repetition. Therefore, we do so. In one day we study all the material. And there is no need to make such big eyes, simultaneously broadcasting about the impossibility of performing such an overwhelming task. After all, it is important for us not only to study everything, but also to have time to repeat at least a couple of times, right? Therefore, we will run all the material three times, using a special approach each time.

So, on the first day, we read only class notes, and also study the training manual (if we have one at all). Here, you only need to fully concentrate on the process, as a result of which there will be a refreshment in the memory of the material covered, and some structured knowledge will also be acquired. That is, you must understand exactly what questions are related to each other and what follows from where. This will allow you not only to use the same knowledge when answering different questions, but also to more consciously approach the development of the material as a whole. It is possible that these efforts alone will be enough to get a "three". But if your ambitions require more, then move on to the next step.

We devote the second day to the fact that we “drive” the same material, but already according to the textbook. Here we are additionally refreshing yesterday’s “reading” in our memory, discovering new details, and therefore we have the right to count on at least a “four-handed” answer. At least in the event that the teacher does not have a “tooth” or other “special views” on you. Here, as you yourself understand, the case is individual, which is extremely difficult to fit into the framework of general laws.

If you expect to get "excellent" (which no one can forbid you either!), Then on the third day you should not play the careless fool either. Before us is a serious question of "polishing" the acquired knowledge. That is, the main work has already been done, but additional intellectual polish and an aura of academic meticulousness may not be enough to get an “excellent” grade. We are talking about small details, the importance of which has not yet been canceled. Agree, it will obviously not be superfluous to find some additional facts and interesting features. In the eyes of the examiner, they will look especially advantageous and professional. And if you are at least partially aware of the favorite questions of the exam taker, then you cannot avoid the “five”.

3. "Two plus one"

The third way to learn material in three days is somewhat of a hybrid. That is, he absorbed the elements of method No. 1 and method No. 2 in approximately equal proportions. In short, the essence of this approach is as follows: two days for study and one for repetition. If we explain it in more detail, the picture is as follows.

We study the required amount of information by dividing it into two approximately equal parts. We study one half on the first day, the second, as you might guess, on the next day. And the third day we spend on briefly repeating everything, filling in possible gaps and finally digesting everything that needs to be known. And, importantly, this option of preparing for exams does not at all seek to “squeeze all the juice out of you”. On the contrary, everything flows somehow harmoniously, harmoniously and confidently.

Well, which of the three ways of preparing for a meeting with the examiner described above do you like the most? Here it is and take it into service. And don't waste your time. There are only three days left. Oh yes, sorry, “whole” three days!

Tomorrow is an exam and you didn't prepare for it because you didn't have time or you put off studying until later? You can prepare for the exam in one day if you are disciplined and attentive. It is better to prepare in advance, for example, a week before the exam, but there are situations when this cannot be done. In this article, we will tell you how to prepare for the exam in one day.

Steps

Environment

Find a suitable place to practice. Nothing and no one should distract you - neither friends, nor any objects in your bedroom. Find a study area where you can focus on the material you are learning.

Study somewhere quiet and peaceful, such as a private room or a library.

Prepare everything you need. Before you begin to study the material, prepare everything you may need, such as textbooks, notes, markers, a computer, a light snack and water.
- Remove everything that will distract you.
Turn off your phone. If you don’t need your smartphone to study, turn it off so that it doesn’t distract you from studying the subject. So you can focus solely on the material being studied.

Consider whether you should study on your own or in a group. Since time is limited, it's probably best to study on your own, but sometimes it's helpful to study the material in a small group to better understand the concepts and terms. If you decide to work in a group, make sure that it consists of people who are as prepared as you are; otherwise, the efficiency of work in the group will not be very high.

Learn to work effectively with a textbook. You will not remember the material if you just read the textbook (especially if your time is limited). Reading the textbook Special attention on summary chapters and key information in bold type.
- Find the questions that are given after each chapter (or at the end of the textbook). Try to answer these questions to test yourself and understand what you should learn.
Create tutorial. It will allow you to better understand the material and quickly review it on the day of the exam. In the study guide, fill in the most important concepts, terms, dates, and formulas and try to state the main concepts in your own words. Self-formulation of concepts and writing them down on paper will allow you to better understand and remember the material.
- If you don't have time to create a study guide, ask a friend or classmate for one. But it will be better if you create your own study guide, as stating and writing down the main concepts will help you remember the information better.
Prepare for the appropriate exam format. If you are pressed for time, be sure to keep the format in mind when preparing for the exam. Ask your teacher about the format of the exam or look at curriculum or ask your classmates.

Lesson plan

Create a lesson plan. Include material that will definitely be on the exam, for example, important dates, certain scientific concepts, mathematical formulas or equations. If you don't know what will be asked on the exam, ask your classmates. To pass the exam successfully, it is important to know what material you need to learn (especially when time is limited).

Create a class schedule. Schedule the whole day leading up to the exam and determine the hours that you will devote to studying the material. Don't forget to make time for sleep.

Create a list of topics to study. Review the textbook, study guide and notes and write down the topics that will be present on the exam.

The situation when three days before the exam you need to learn a large amount of material is familiar to many. We will tell you how to develop memory and assimilate the necessary information within a short period of time. It doesn’t matter if you have to take the exam, GIA or traffic rules.

Proper organization of the process

From how well you plan the process of preparing for the exam, its result directly depends. Therefore, approach this issue systematically:

if during the semester you rarely attended lectures and did not consider it necessary to make up for what was missed, then two or three days to master the material will not be enough. Start preparing for the exam at least a week in advance, then you will have a chance to remember most of what you read;

Set up a ticketing schedule and stick to it. Divide the number of exam questions equally by the number of days left until the test, and learn the daily norm without putting off until tomorrow. Otherwise, on the last day before the exam, you will have a hard time. Agree, there is a difference - to learn 25 or 50 questions a day, because memory ordinary person has its limits;

set aside time intervals for preparation from 7.00 to 12.00 and from 14.00 to 17.00. During these hours, our brain is highly active, and it is able to easily absorb and quickly memorize material. Take a 10 minute break every 40 minutes. Walk around the apartment, warm up, go out into the yard - disperse the blood that has stagnated while sitting and feed the brain with the oxygen it needs so much;

do not be distracted by watching TV, or computer games, or telephone conversations. Do not even think about checking social networks to find out how your friends are doing - postpone communication until the evening when the daily ticket rate is over;

take breaks for breakfast and lunch. Remember: the brain needs food, otherwise its efficiency will decrease significantly, and memory will deteriorate. Although they say that glucose stimulates the brain, do not go to extremes by eating an incredible amount of candy. Better eat a bar of dark chocolate - it has much more benefits;

do not stay up at the computer until late at night. Remember: in the morning the head must be fresh, otherwise all attempts to assimilate the material will go to waste.

You may have to limit communication with friends and stop going to nightclubs for the duration of the session. In our opinion, this is a small price to pay for a good grade in the test book. And you can catch up by hanging out with friends at parties after the exam.

Techniques for quick assimilation of material

Alas, not all of us are endowed with the ability to quickly memorize large amounts of material, and therefore, we think, everyone is interested in how to develop memory. Mnemonics can help with this - a technique that facilitates memorization. Here are a few tips that may come in handy while preparing for the exam.

Do not cram the material, but try to understand, then it will be easier to reproduce what you read. Mechanical memory is ineffective.
Divide large texts into parts and learn gradually. The assimilation of small passages is much easier, because it does not overload the untrained memory.
If you need to memorize several materials, start with a larger one. The same applies to exam questions: while you are not tired yet, learn more complex ones, and leave simple ones “for a snack”.
Learned should be repeated. After reading the topic, make a mental plan for the answer and briefly retell what you have learned. The rule "Repetition is the mother of learning" has not been canceled, only the teaching must be conscious - see point 1.
Retell what you read to your family. When we voice and explain to someone what we previously said mentally, knowledge is systematized and deposited in memory, so it will not be difficult to extract them to the surface during the exam.
Write cheat sheets. Not so much to use them, but to better remember. It has been proven that information that has been read and written down is remembered much better.
Starting to prepare just a day before the test, you greatly reduce your chances of getting a good grade. However, there is still a chance of a successful outcome. Read the material "diagonally" - visual memory will catch the main thing, and during the exam you will be able to fish out the necessary thesis from the back streets of the brain and reveal the topic.

Good luck!

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