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Quizlet is a paid study tool. There is a free version, but you can only use it so much. Quizlet has online note cards that you can make. Which from those note cards will make tests that you can do. There is also a learn function, which I use a lot when studying for tests and quizzes.

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A mind map is a study tool where you start with the biggest point, like chapter 5, and from there you can expand. Like the that I made for my intro to stats class.

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Study the Hardest stuff right before you go to bed

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Study the Hardest stuff right before you go to bed

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https://www.chronobiology.com/scientists-say-studying-before-bedtime-is-best/

You should study or do the homework of your hardest class right before you go to bed. You should do things because your brain will continue to think about what you just learned when you are sleeping. Studies show that your brain will also go over learning something a lot faster than when you are awake.

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Looking for the best study strategy for effective recall? Studying before bedtime may be the answer.

College and high school students tend to get less sleep than both working adults and children. While staying up late may be necessary for studying, a sleep deficit can actually harm test scores. A new study has found that both the timing of studying and duration of sleep can have an impact on memory, which may ultimately impact performance and grades.

The Best Time to Study

A chronobiology study from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston used face recall as a test of memory. Half of the participants reviewed the photos before sleeping for eight hours, while the other half reviewed them in the morning. Both groups "studied" for the same amount of time and both took the memory test 12 hours after studying.

It was found that the participants who engaged in studying before bedtime were able to match names to faces at a higher rate and felt more confident about their answers compared to those who studied in the morning. This suggests that people who study before bedtime, regardless of the material they are trying to learn, may have better memory and recall. These findings may help students to study more effectively and learn information with less effort.

Sleep and Memory Consolidation

This is not the first study linking sleep with better memory. Researchers have found repeatedly that sleep is an integral part of recall. Creating a memory occurs in three stages: acquisition, consolidation and recall. Acquisition is when you actually encounter and attempt to learn new information, while consolidation is the neurological process of incorporating the information into a memory. These are both essential for recall, or accessing the information later.

The crucial consolidation step appears to happen when we are sleeping. During this time, our brain creates the neurological connections that enable us to retain the information. Researchers believe that the unique brainwave activity that occurs during sleep is important to consolidation and thus to memory as a whole. This new research suggests that when consolidation happens shortly after acquisition, recall is improved.

The Physiology of Memory

How can sleep improve memory? Why exactly is studying before bedtime the best? When we are awake, our memories are processed in the hippocampus. This area is most active when we are fully awake. However, the cortex of the brain is also critical to memory. When we fall asleep, even for a short time, this area becomes very active. Engaging the cortex while information is still fresh in our heads may encourage the crucial step of consolidation, which supports the idea that studying before bed is indeed best.

The Curious Problem of High School

Understanding sleep and memory can help us to make changes that will benefit public health and raise test scores. If sleep is so important to memory, why do high schools and universities begin classes so early? This is a question many researchers are asking as the evidence against this practice builds up. Young adults and adolescents are often unable to fall asleep until late at night, so having to wake up extra early for class may be hurting both their health and their grades. Several major medical associations have asked schools to make start times later to allow for proper sleep.

The entire biological basis of memory is not entirely known. However, researchers are constantly identifying new ways that we can improve our lives through slight adjustments to sleep and the way we time our days. Knowing the best time to study may mean spending less time studying, and thus leading a richer, fuller life.

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Add content after your titles but before your content here Looking for the best study strategy for effective recall? Studying before bedtime may be the answer. College and high school students tend to get less sleep than both working adults and children.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFLF9c1x8a8

A to-do list is a list of tasks that you need to complete. They help you remember what you need to do and by which date you need to do it. You can use a to-do list for your assignments from your classes so you don’t have to trust your memory on remembering you need to do an assignment when you have four classes.

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How To Make the Best To-Do List For School

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A schedule is used so you can write stuff down about what you have planned/need to do on a specific day. You can use a schedule to write down when assignments are due and then choose a day that you are going to do it in your schedule.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SzBPIzHwSc

Folders and binders are a good way to keep all of your class work safe. They also help keep your assignments in good shape. They are also a good way to keep all of your classwork from different classes separate.

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https://www.med.upenn.edu/csi/the-impact-of-sleep-on-learning-and-memory.html

When you are sleeping, your brain is actively strengthening your memory of what you are learning. This process of your brain strengthening your memory of learning takes about 8 hours to complete, so when you get less than 8 hours, your brain doesn’t fully complete the memory process.

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The Impact of Sleep on Learning and Memory | Chronobiology and Sleep Institute | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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For many students, staying awake all night to study is common practice. According to Medical News Today, around 20 percent of students pull all-nighters at least once a month, and about 35 percent stay up past three in the morning once or more weekly.

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Annotating is where you basically talk to the text. You highlight words, write down big ideas, and ask questions. Annotating is good for two things. The first is when you look back on the text, you don't have to reread everything because you wrote down the big ideas. The other reason is so you don't space out when reading the text.

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https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/regular-exercise-changes-brain-improve-memory-thinking-skills-201404097110

Exercise can mean a lot of things to a lot of different people. To me, it means to get your heart pumping and a little bit of sweat. When you are exercising, your body is increasing molecular targets, which are used to help us improve your memory, which equates to helping us learn.

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There are plenty of good reasons to be physically active. Big ones include reducing the odds of developing heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Maybe you want to lose weight, lower your blood pressure, prevent depression, or just look better. Here's another one, which especially applies to those of us (including me) experiencing the brain fog that comes with age: exercise changes the brain in ways that protect memory and thinking skills.

In a study done at the University of British Columbia, researchers found that regular aerobic exercise, the kind that gets your heart and your sweat glands pumping, appears to boost the size of the hippocampus, the brain area involved in verbal memory and learning. Resistance training, balance and muscle toning exercises did not have the same results.

The finding comes at a critical time. Researchers say one new case of dementia is detected every four seconds globally. They estimate that by the year 2050, more than 115 million people will have dementia worldwide.

Exercise and the brain

Exercise helps memory and thinking through both direct and indirect means. The benefits of exercise come directly from its ability to reduce insulin resistance, reduce inflammation, and stimulate the release of growth factors-chemicals in the brain that affect the health of brain cells, the growth of new blood vessels in the brain, and even the abundance and survival of new brain cells.

Indirectly, exercise improves mood and sleep, and reduces stress and anxiety. Problems in these areas frequently cause or contribute to cognitive impairment.

Many studies have suggested that the parts of the brain that control thinking and memory (the prefrontal cortex and medial temporal cortex) have greater volume in people who exercise versus people who don't. "Even more exciting is the finding that engaging in a program of regular exercise of moderate intensity over six months or a year is associated with an increase in the volume of selected brain regions," says Dr. Scott McGinnis, a neurologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an instructor in neurology at Harvard Medical School.

Put it to the test

So what should you do? Start exercising! We don't know exactly which exercise is best. Almost all of the research has looked at walking, including the latest study. "It's likely that other forms of aerobic exercise that get your heart pumping might yield similar benefits," says Dr. McGinnis.

How much exercise is required to improve memory? These study participants walked briskly for one hour, twice a week. That's 120 minutes of moderate intensity exercise a week. Standard recommendations advise half an hour of moderate physical activity most days of the week, or 150 minutes a week. If that seems daunting, start with a few minutes a day, and increase the amount you exercise by five or 10 minutes every week until you reach your goal.

If you don't want to walk, consider other moderate-intensity exercises, such as swimming, stair climbing, tennis, squash, or dancing. Don't forget that household activities can count as well, such as intense floor mopping, raking leaves, or anything that gets your heart pumping so much that you break out in a light sweat.

Don't have the discipline to do it on your own? Try any or all of these ideas:

Join a class or work out with a friend who'll hold you accountable.

Track your progress, which encourages you to reach a goal.

If you're able, hire a personal trainer. (Paying an expert is good motivation.)

Whatever exercise and motivators you choose, commit to establishing exercise as a habit, almost like taking a prescription medication. After all, they say that exercise is medicine, and that can go on the top of anyone's list of reasons to work out.

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Regular exercise changes the brain to improve memory, thinking skills - Harvard Health

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When you are in college, it’s very easy to eat junk food. But junk food isn’t good for your body. It will make you put on weight. It will also disrupt your sleep. So you need to make sure that when you are in college, you are eating healthily. This means you should eat your fruits and vegetables with some kind of protein. Yes, it’s ok to eat junk food every once in a while.

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First off, you should be drinking until you are 21 years old, and you really shouldn’t be drinking until you are 25 because that when your brain is fully developed. But let's say that you are 21 years old and have started to drink often. When you drink alcohol, it affects your brain's learning when you sleep. It does make you fall asleep faster, but don’t get as good sleep as you would get if you didn’t drink.

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https://schoolhabits.com/what-to-do-with-old-papers-school-toss-keep/

Keep all of your old tests and homework that you have gotten back from your teacher with a grade. It's a lot easier when you are studying for tests and finals to look back at it and redo some of the problems that your teacher has already graded. So you don't have to worry about, "Am I doing this right?

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What do to with old papers from school, Part 1: Toss or keep? - SchoolHabits

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Wondering what to do with old papers from school? Should you keep them or toss them? Or keep just certain ones? Here are some tips to tame the paper.

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This is a rule that you should use while studying and doing homework. You should study or do homework for 50 minutes. Then you should take a break and do some kind of exercise for at least 10 minutes and then study for another 50 minutes and so on and so forth.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1_mWV6hHHA

When you study for a test the day before and you try to cram as much information in. You affect your long-term memory of the info by creating stress and anxiety about the test. When you start to study two weeks before a test, it gives your brain a test to move the info into your long-term memory.

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Have a goal of why you are in college and why our classes are important to you. Mine was to be able to start flying. It has helped me when I just don't feel like doing homework or studying to get it done so that I can reach my goal.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC7IRT_UzSA

When you are studying for a test or doing homework, put your phone away from you where you can't hear or see it. I get a ton more homework done just by putting it on my bed. When you hear your phone, you are going to think, Who just texted me?

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Why you SHOULDN’T have your phone near you while studying #gcse #alevels #studywithme

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1eD2ZEoMFM

When you have a fixed mind, you don't think that you can grow. You think you are the best at something, or you can't do it at all, and most of the time you aren't the best. When you have a fixed mindset, you have the belief that you can't do something, yep, and that you can always get better at something that you are already good at.

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Why is a growth mindset more valuable than a fixed mindset?

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When you are struggling with a subject and you don't know where to go. Ask for help I didn't ask for help the first six weeks for my Earth Science class and struggled. As I asked the teacher for help, it was an easy class.

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https://www.nmc.edu/student-services/advising-center/online-orientation/page2.html

Talk to your advisor. My roommate this year didn't talk to our advisor for aviation, and he didn't make the program for this fall. Your advisor will tell you what you need to do get your degree/certification

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Student Services : Academic & Career Advising Center : Northwestern Michigan College

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Schedule Your Orientation Advising Appointment

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When you are staying in the dorm, you're not going to have everything that you had at your house. You need to make a list of everything that you are going to need and then buy it for your dorm.