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Studying Advice.?

  • 20-06-2011 12:31pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 49


    What is the best ways to study but also easy to stick to?:)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭paulmclaughlin


    You're asking this now?


  • Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭galwayman17..


    the exams are nearly over? better late than never i suppose exampapers at this stage and revision books. what subject have you left?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 Niamh2389


    im not doing the leaving cert its a online course but finishing it in July and then exams. i have 5 subjects,.

    i thought i would get better advice in this section..

    :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭paulmclaughlin


    Exam papers and more exam papers I guess, if you have exam papers for your course.


  • Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭galwayman17..


    Niamh2389 wrote: »
    im not doing the leaving cert its a online course but finishing it in July and then exams. i have 5 subjects,.

    i thought i would get better advice in this section..

    :)

    i'd say exam papers all the way! but things your finding tricky to rememeber just draw a diagram of it and it should stick!:D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Aoifums


    You need to find how you study. Maybe drawing diagrams works for you, or it could be reading aloud or writing out notes. It's different for everyone. Back up your study with exams questions or sample questions if you don't have any exam questions.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭LilMissCiara


    Niamh2389 wrote: »
    im not doing the leaving cert its a online course but finishing it in July and then exams. i have 5 subjects,.

    i thought i would get better advice in this section..

    :)

    What's the online course in?


  • Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭galwayman17..


    What's the online course in?

    THE NOSEYNESS OF SOME PEOPLE!.....i second that question!:D:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭Wonderstruck


    Well, what I do is write a past question (or part of a question, whatever fits :confused:) on a flashcard, then draw a mindmap or something to remind me off each of the points of the q on the back, then proceed to memorise it. It's hander than notes cos I can carry around a few of them at a time. I also find it easier to remember something I phrased myself.

    [Okay, I'll admit I don't do this often but it's worked very well for me before :pac:]

    Alternatively just teach someone how to do the question who knows nothing about the subject. Helps it stick in your head, particularly if you find it hard to remember which definitions mean this or that. Keeps it clear in your head, though my mum hates learning it most of the time!


  • Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭electrictrad


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭LilMissCiara


    Constant testing. . .works wonder. . .look at, try and recall, for definitions ect, rote learning is key . . .repeat them over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again until you can sing them . . . . .

    Stick to the polls.


  • Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭electrictrad


    Stick to the polls.

    Stop following me. . .:(:(:(:(;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭LilMissCiara


    Stop following me. . .:(:(:(:(;)

    Stop posting pointless posts..! :P Hard to not notice ya like..!


  • Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭electrictrad


    Stop posting pointless posts..! :P Hard to not notice ya like..!

    Ditto . . . .:p:p:p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭LilMissCiara


    Ditto . . . .:p:p:p

    Stop trying to be me..! :P


  • Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭electrictrad


    Stop trying to be me..! :P

    Not my intention, believe me. . .didnt realise the :P face was copyrighted. . . . ;) . . .should set up a poll for this, really. . .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭LilMissCiara


    Not my intention, believe me. . .didnt realise the :P face was copyrighted. . . . ;) . . .should set up a poll for this, really. . .

    Eugggh... Typical man....





























































































    :P


  • Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭galwayman17..


    Eugggh... Typical man....





























































































    :P

    typical man? TYPICAL WOMAN!! starting fights for no reason with a man! as my daddy used to say "women, ya cant live with them and..... ya cant live with them!"

    this really isnt helping the woman looking for advice!
    @niamh have you tried using mindmaps that fit on a single page but can give you info for 6 pages? it worked for me in english?


  • Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭electrictrad


    typical man? TYPICAL WOMAN!! starting fights for no reason with a man! as my daddy used to say "women, ya cant live with them and..... ya cant live with them!"

    At the risk of starting a war we can't win. . .seconded. . .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭paulmclaughlin


    Stop hijacking the thread guys!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 49 Niamh2389


    its a childcare course. i wont be fully qualified when i finish but helps me get to were i wanna be.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭LilMissCiara


    Niamh2389 wrote: »
    its a childcare course. i wont be fully qualified when i finish but helps me get to were i wanna be.

    What type of modules and stuff do you do? Like is it mainly fact base learning or is it more case studies and stuff?

    What it is will dictate the best way to study it.


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