3 study tips that I have found helpful

If you want something you read to stick in your memory, please read sections of it and write down as much of it as you can remember immediately after. If you keep doing this for each section, you are likely to remember more than if you had just read the material a few times. Even writing down just the relevant points immediately after reading wouldn’t help as much.

If you can’t concentrate when you are trying to read, the best medicine is to take 5 deep breaths. You should start by exhaling fully – count to 10 slowly – and then inhale deeply and exhale fully counting to 10 slowly. Do this 5 times and you will be ready to read and absorb anything in your memory.

Whatever you are trying to learn, please always try to apply it to a real life situation, whether it be math or physics or chemistry or business studies. That way you will understand the concept and will not forget what you learned that easily.

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