The 9 Best Scientific Study Tips

Texts and social media notifications will bedetrimental to your concentration so try toswitch off for your 30 minute study session

While some studies have shown that classicalmusic can help, a recent study found thatstudying with rhythmic background music canbe detrimental to focus, while studyparticipants who weren't listening to music didmuch better

Research shows that having a specific,organised zone for studying, with all thestudy tools you need in one place, helps toboost results

Similar to setting specific study hours, having astudy zone primes your brain for effectivestudying

Completing practice tests can help identifygaps in your knowledge which you can thenfocus on, while boosting confidence in theareas you know you have covered

Students who were asked to memorise apassage did far better if they were preparing toteach the passage rather than be tested on it

If you can't explain it briefly then you don'tknow it well enough

Set a specific goal which you can achieve ina session, like learning how to balance achemical equation or how to conjugateFrench verbs

Linear note taking can get you to focus onconnections between facts which are potentiallyless useful

Try using a less linear way of learning, likeflashcards or mind mapping

Pulling an all-nighter and missing sleep candamage your memory and reasoning skillsfor up to 4 days afterwards

Set specific hours for studying, training yourbrain to be alert and digest knowledge duringthat period

20 x 30minute sessions over a few weeks arefar more effective than one 10 hour session

Your brain is able to digest the informationbetter, so many skills e.g. swimming or tennis,follow the same format