TIP 1: Read your text book out loud
- Sharpens your focus
- Results in greater reading comprehension
- Improves listening and reading skills
- You are more likely to remember the information
TIP 2: Transform your notes into charts, graphs and tables
- It makes the data more presentable and easy to understand
- Great for comparison
- Summarize large amount of information
TIP 3: Review new information on the same day you learned it
- Review early and often
- Will help store it in your long term memory
TIP 4: Never just memorize inform you need to understand it
- Don’t brain dump!
- Understanding is the key to success
- NCLEX style questions are not knowledge based, they require analysis
TIP 5: Look at the learning objectives
- Base your notes on learning objectives
- Make a study guide with that information on those topics because this is the information the teacher wants you to know
TIP 6: Set tiny goals
- You build self-confidence
- You manage time effectively
- You see progress (motivation)
- Less likely to procrastinate
- Achievable