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Step 1
Make a realistic commitment to study and create a good time table for your self
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Step 2
Divide the learning into short periods of time followed by a little rest after each study lesson
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Step 3
Read by understanding instead of cramming because it may affect you during exam
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Step 4
First look at the beginning and end of a chapter or notes and come back to the middle
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Step 5
Carefully go over the entire chapter or notes and come back to the middle again
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Step 6
Outline the important points and pass through them for atleast two times in order to understand them properly
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Step 7
Since learning is enhanced when you are relaxed,take time before you start studying by stretching, walking, playing or whatever helps you to relax.This will keep your brain fresh
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Step 8
Study in a confortable place with good environment and make enough survey about the topic so as to see how the paths relate to the whole before you start
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Step 9
If the assighnment requires a text book for reference,try to get it in time.Review the introduction,table of contents, summaries and chapter previews and then start a serious studying
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Step 10
In order to sustain your concetration, take notes,self test, ask questions and meet students who knows better than you for the serious discussions
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Step 11
In order to strengthen your memory of material, ask your self how it relates to prior learning.In this way you may seek association and connection with the information you have already committed to memory
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Step 12
Write your notes in your own words for easy understanding in times of revising
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Step 13
Slow down when you come across material that is difficult.Istead re-read it, move on and return to it later to see if it makes more sense
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Step 14
Review the main concepts for atleast every 10 to 15 minutes.Then again after one day, and again after a week.This process will help you to record information as a long term memory
