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Studying hacks
JasonJ | Jan 15 2007
I wonder if someone can help me. Does anyone have any good studying hacks? I have two IT self-study certifications that I need to study for and pass within the next three months and need some help. I've dedicated a lot of time and effort into techniques such as MindMapping - even paid the money and bought the software. I find that I need to go away and learn this before I could even start learning the subject material that I need to. This sets me back even more. I don't have a problem devoting the time if its really worth it. Before I spend even more time learning Mindmapping I wondered if I could be looking at some other more useful, quicker to learn techniques. Or even just some reassurance that I'm following the right path. TIA Jason 6 Comments
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 I've not really sat down...Submitted by dwmatteson on January 16, 2007 - 7:17am.
JasonJ;7727 wrote:
I've not really sat down and studied something like this since leaving school and so looked around at ways to improve my studying skills. This is when I discovered MindMapping. Do you have any experience of it? I've dabbled with MindMapping, but never really took the plunge for studying. I like its potential, but I haven't explored it as fully as I feel like I should. Quote:
I agree aboout your comments on booking the date. The problem I have is that I can't always dedicate a fixed amount of time per week and therefore scheduling the exam date proves difficult. Due to other commitments its difficult for me to plan too far ahead. Maybe this is simply procrastination :D It's hard to find the time, but using "downtime" is a very effective way of handling this. When I was studying for certifications (and college courses, for that matter) I found it very helpful to take notes as I read through sections. For anything that I had to read more than once or twice to "grok", I made up flash cards. I carried those with me everywhere I went so that I could study when I had a spare minute or two. (For variety, I also tried using a flash card program on my PDA, but there was a qualitative difference in using the PDA versus a physical notecard.) You'd still have to dedicate the up-front time to reading, but reviewing will likely take far less time in the end as you break it up into micro-chunks. Quote:
It sounds like you're using a good strategy, generating mindmaps by section. Is there any reasonable way that you can connect those section-based mindmaps using a "meta-mindmap" of sorts? In other words, is there a way that you can create a mindmap that connects the sections in meaningful ways? I don't know the material you're studying, so I don't really know whether or not this might be useful. It sounds you have your work cut out for you! It'll be a rewarding challenge no matter what. Don » POSTED IN:
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