Boring Studying

[PolishSmash]

Totally off topic lol but how do you guys study something hella boring? (Computer Science) It's memorizing terms like: website- A collection of related web pages usually designed and controlled by the same person, or company. 3rd Year Air Traffic Control (ATC) Major

 

[-ShadowPhoenix-]

lol i dont think this goes in melee discussion...

 

[PolishSmash]

lol i dont think this goes in melee discussion...

XD lol Hey I wanna see what the fellow smashers think haha

 

[-ShadowPhoenix-]

just letting you know its probably gonna get closed

 

[PolishSmash]

just letting you know its probably gonna get closed

Yea oh well haha I hate this stupid subject, especially when I have smashboards and youtube in my face lol Its so hard to get away from

 

[Soloist]

If you're just memorizing terms, write them out on index cards (term on front, definition on back of course) and test yourself. That was the easiest way for me to absorb any sort of vocabulary.

 

[PolishSmash]

If you're just memorizing terms, write them out on index cards (term on front, definition on back of course) and test yourself. That was the easiest way for me to absorb any sort of vocabulary.

Crap, I don't have index cards or scissors to make them but that's a good idea...

 

[SharkAttack]

Nomadic devices help with me. Not sure how that's going to help with computer science courses though.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I memorize almost anything I hear.

I can't memorize while reading. Reading just blurs together, and even if I DO finish reading, I instantly forget everything I read

 

[NTA]

Lol I study in between my sessions of getting distracted. If it's for a test I usually go over it a few times until I know it word for word xD

 

[SuperBowser]

I work for exams, otherwise I'm a horrifically unmotivated person. I just read stuff over and over. If I get stuck I make someone smarter than me explain it. :D

Once you understand the ground terms and have a basic grasp of a subject, it's comparatively easy to expand your learning. The most difficult part is building the initial knowledge base so you can actually follow what a subject is about.

 

[theeboredone]

I tend to mult-task when it comes to memorizing. For example, you mention the word "website" you have to memorize. I'll look at the definition, say it a few times in my head...make sure I can remember the gist of it after 10 seconds. Then I'll go and say...post here. Then I go back to the word and see if I can recall it. Rinse and repeat.

 

[Luigitoilet]

Nomadic devices help with me. Not sure how that's going to help with computer science courses though.

Hahaha. I think you mean "mnemonic devices"

 

[Acryte]

lol at that mew avatar, pokemon snap is legit.

 

[PolishSmash]

lol Thanks for the tips

 

[NTA]

Studied for the quiz for at least an hour yesterday and still failed the quiz. I studied the wrong chapter -_-

Life's a ***** :/

 

[ThePrime]

Whenever I have to memorize long lists of things I try and eat/chew on something that has a strong/distinct taste/smell. I use gum for example. Why?

It's because of how the physiology of your brain works. It's something about smell that directly goes toward your hypocampus (which is concerned about memory). So you basically use the sensation of smell to associate those memorized words. If someone can back me up on this that would be tight lol.

I do it all the time, especially for memory based subjects like pysch or ochem.

So on the quiz or test, I chew gum and that smell literally accesses my memory bank faster. All other sensory inputs have to go through another part of your brain before it hits that hypocampus, but not smell, that **** is directly connected.

And I get good grades and I'm sure it's been working at least on some small level.

Or maybe gum is like my placebo?

Either way, give it a shot.

 

[Mrs. Bahamut]

Yeah, if it is pure memorization, note cards are the way to go.

But if you are trying to remember a concept, a concept map is amazing. There are a lot of free concept map programs but I usually just draw it out because writing things down for me allows for better memorization. I've seen a bunch of the med students use white boards for quick maps and then they can erase them because you don't really need to keep the maps most of the time.

Good luck! Computer science is much better than writing a financial analysis over a major hospital. That's what I'm working on right now...

 

[#HBC | Dancer]

On of the best ways of studying is to break up your study time across several days. By learning things in smaller chunks across longer periods of time, your more likely to retain the information, and you're less likely to get bored/stressed that way.

Remember this: It's better to study an hour a day for seven days than it is to study 10 hours the day before the test.

 

[Teran]

Plain memorisation of lots of crap is perhaps the only part of my academic life where I fall flat on my face.

It's ironic because my ability to retain information is amazing, but if I feel that it's in any way irrelevant or pointless, it's a complete struggle.

I can't help but I'm just here to tell you I KNOW YOUR PAIN.

Man I hated that about school, people who did nothing but memorise things without context would always get high grades too. Dumb people with high grades annoyed me because it gives them the impression they are intelligent. :/

 

[SuperBowser]

Rote memorisation is an obscenely time-inefficient strategy though. Anybody dedicated enough to learn that way can have the grades they get. I'd never put in so many hours.

I blame exams for rewarding rote learning. Too many people think they're experts in subjects because they can throw around a few fancy terms. Even when they know nothing about what they speak of.

 

[Jim Morrison]

Read it out loud to myself. That's how I do it the easy way.