Successful students
9. … don’t cram for exams. Successful students know that divided
periods of study are more effective than cram sessions, and they practice it.
If there is one thing that study skill specialists agree on, it is
that distributive study is better than massed, late-night, last-ditch efforts
known as cramming. You’ll learn more and remember more and also earn a higher
grade by studying in four, one hour-a-night sessions for Friday’s exam than
studying on Thursday for four hours. Short, concentrated preparatory efforts
are more efficient and rewarding than wasteful, inattentive, last moment
marathons. Yet, so many students fail to learn this lesson and end up repeating
it over and over again until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too clever, huh?
When you cram, you’re taking the short cut, and short cuts never
really produce any real worthwhile results. Also, when you could have done
better but you didn’t. Shortcuts cut you short. You can’t plant watermelon
seeds and then harvest them the next day. It takes time. Cramming for a test or
project and expecting to get a high score the next day is like planting a
watermelon seed and planning to harvest and eat the fresh fruit the next day.
Plus cramming for a test doesn’t help you academically, so why even do it? Plan
ahead, prepare ahead. Give yourself plenty of days and weeks to prepare for
upcoming accountability opportunities.
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