Distance learning courses are a great way to boost a career or even change careers, but get ready for studying and testing.
1. Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Sleep resets many of the body’s functions including the brain. Sleep is somewhat of a healing time for the brain–it allows the brain to rest and recharge. If you don’t sleep well, you are doing yourself a disservice since your brain and the rest of your body cannot recharge.
A lack of sleep can also cause numerous health problems. When you sleep well, your brain is able to read, comprehend, retain and retrieve information much easier.
2. Read Through the Material First
Most distance learning courses have a textbook or written materials that you need to read and study. Before you do any studying, read through the material first before you decide to commit it to memory. This will help you remember it better when you go back through the material. When you read through the material first, studying and memorizing become more of a ritual of memory rather than learning new concepts. This will help you remember and retrieve the information better in the future.
3. Summarize Your Information
You might have three chapters to study before a test, and these three chapters could contain hundreds of pages. Memorizing hundreds of pages is nearly impossible, so you must summarize the information and organize it according to priority. You can prioritize information by its difficulty or the likelihood that it will be on your test. The way you summarize and organize your information is your choice, but just make sure it’s organized in a way that makes it easy for you to go back and study.
4. Write Down Important Facts and Phrases
After you’ve read the material and organized it, take notes and write down the most important facts and phrases. This step builds on your reading and organization to solidify the information in your memory again. Some students learn through reading and writing better than listening to information. If you are one of these students, writing information on paper helps with the memorization process.
5. Eat a Healthy Breakfast before Taking a Test
Sleep and food are the brain’s way of fueling itself. The day of a test, have a healthy breakfast after a good night’s sleep. It will help your brain function better, which means that you can retrieve data more easily when you need to — specifically, for tests and exams.
Online courses are much more convenient, but you still need to take the time to learn the material and memorize it for exams. Use these tips for memorization to solidify the material you need to know.
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