Successful
Students
9
9 . . . . don’t cram for exams.
Successful students know that divided periods of study are more effective than
cram session’s, and they practice it.
If there is one thing that study
skills specialist agree on, it is that distributed study is better than massed,
last-night, last-ditch efforts known as cramming. You’ll learn more, remember more, and earn a
higher grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night sessions for Friday’s exam
than studying for four hours straight on Thursday night. Short, concentrated preparatory
efforts are more efficient and rewarding than wasteful, inattentive, last
moment marathons. Yet, so many students fail to learn this lesson and end up
repeating it over and over again until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too
clever, huh?
When you cram you are taking the
shortcut, and shortcuts never produce any real worthwhile results. Also, when
you take shortcuts, you feel rather rotten knowing that you could have done
better but didn't Shortcuts cut you short. You can’t plant watermelon seed and
harvest fresh watermelons the next day. It takes time. Cramming for a test or
project and expecting to make a high score the next day is like planting
watermelon seeds and expecting to harvest and eat fresh watermelon 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 to
prepare for upcoming accountability opportunities.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!
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