5 Memorization Techniques for Students

Memorizing techniques for students is the state of mind to remember what you studied the time you wanted to remember it. The opposite of this technique is when you cannot remember something (i.e.: an answer for a question), this is when you should know more about these 5 memorization techniques for students.

1. Relax: 

The first technique you should use to remember all what you studied during the exam is to relax your mind and body so that you can breathe in a normal way to help you access your entire mind so that you fetch what you want with the least effort, here are some points to help you relax:

a. Simulate circumstances: there are different circumstances to simulate, like simulating exams time, simulating teachers' questions, simulating lecture hall. By simulating exams time, for instance, you will feel less anxious during exams and more relaxed to be able to access your entire brain and fetch from it what you want to remember.

b. Use the same gadgets: most students get new gadgets (pens, rulers, protractors... Etc.) to solve exams with. Using the same gadgets you were using during your study time-even if your gadgets were old-can help you feel comfortable and relaxed so that you can remember better, also prepare yourself better by getting extra gadgets with you.

c. Imagine the worst case scenario: in this place the worst case is that you don't remember anything to solve a certain question. You should prepare to have other plans to solve your exam, like leaving a space for this question and return to it when you finish solving the rest of the exam. By preparing different options you are ready to memorize in the worst case scenario.

2. Link what you study with images: 

Linking what you study with real images can help both your brain's sides function which can help you to memorize and retrieve what you want in a better way.

3. Link what you don't like with what you like: 

A rule of thumb when you are studying a part that you don't like is to link it with a thing you love so that you mix bitter with honey, the same way doctors produce medicine, to memorize what you don't like using a better way.

4. Use colors: 

Colors link what you study with it, but you must have a meaning for each color like linking the green color with grass and anything related to gardens or linking yellow color with the sun and anything related to space. By doing this, you can memorize what you studied better.

5. Study from different sources: 

All subjects have different sources that you can increase your knowledge from. When you study from them, like knowing more about a subject from Wikipedia, or reading a reference at your library, you can memorize what you studied better.

Bonus tip:

By studying from one source while feeling bored of this source, like studying from the school book only, can make you feel bored and will decrease your concentration to what you are studying. By studying each hour a different subject, you will feel bored less which will help you memorize better.

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How to pass exams? 7 useful tips

Note: This is an article particularly for the students of Accountancy i.e. those who are taking up CA, ICMA, ACCA or any other relevant exam. However, the techniques explained here can be used by candidates for exams other than accountancy as well.

One of our teachers told us: You have whole life to study but only six months to pass this paper. So, concentrate on understanding what examiner wants.

Here are 7 tips to help every student pass exams, based on my personal experience:

1.       No limiting belief please

–          Remove the limiting belief that you can’t pass.

–          If you believe you can pass or you believe you cannot pass, you are right.

-          I have seen students under the impression that examiner is their enemy. Please don’t think so. Pass percentage might be low, but students do pass their exams. So, don’t think that you will be in a failure category ever.

2.       Understand the structure of the paper

–          First of all, understand the structure of the paper – is there any marks allocation for a particular topic?

–          Secondly, if there is marks allocation, is examiner following it? The best thing to do is to review the past five papers.

–          What is the key topic i.e. examiner’s favourite? Is there any article by examiner in the Students’ Accountant or any other relevant student magazine? Study that topic and prepare for it, even if you don’t like it!

3.       Taking notes

–          Prepare for exams by way of ‘notes’ which you can recall quickly at the time of taking exam. This will help in two manner. First, when you write, you are in a better picture of giving your mind instruction through written letters. Secondly, you can revise from your notes instead of opening the book when exam day is near. Here is my strategy for taking notes:

–          Take a paper and turn it in landscape format.

–          Put three columns in landscape form.

–          Once done, take synopsis of a chapter in smaller fonts and the language which you can easily understand.

–          Write bullet points, important concepts and key ideas which you need to remember.

–          These notes should be used at the time when paper is on head and you need to revise a whole subject in two to three hours.

4.       Remembering / memorizing key ideas and formulae

–          One of the key ideas to memorize ideas e.g. formulae, is to write them in small charts and hang it in front of your bed.

–          See those formulae daily before going to bed and rising up.

–          Use different colours and markers.

–          Believe me, in my statistics paper, I was recalling the formulae in the exact colours which I wrote on charts.

5.       Exam practice

–          Practice mock exam – be your own examiner.

–          Take any past paper and solve it as a mock exam.

–          Solve the past paper in the time allocated in exam. Think you are in exam hall and solve the paper accordingly.

–          Check your paper and give yourself marks.

–          See how are you performing in mock exam and be sincere to yourself.

6.       Time your paper

– Here is technique to time your paper: Take total marks and total time. Subtract 10 minutes from the total minutes. Divide the remainder with the marks and you get time per marks

– example: If there are 100 marks for a paper and you have 180 minutes. Subtract 10 minutes. This means you have 170 minutes altogether or 1.7 minutes per mark.

– make sure that you don’t spend more that 1.7 minutes per mark e.g. if a question is of 10 marks, maximum time you should spend should be 17 minutes.

– It happens that students try to focus on one particular question and if they are unable to solve it, they get confused. Don’t panic. Start next question. If student has time, he / she can take up that particular question later on.

– Try to allocate 10 minutes at the end of exam to review the paper thoroughly.

7.       Don’t annoy the examiner

See for spelling errors and writing style. Writing needs to be legible and understandable. As a teacher to many students, I have noticed that spelling errors and the way students write, at times, is not understandable. Examiner has very less time to check the paper. If your paper is examiner friendly, you are going to attract good marks.

All the best for your exams – good luck!

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