5) Test Yourself

This one is an old but invaluable method for getting the exam material drilled into your brain. Testing yourself allows for information to be brought back to the surface of our consciousness and we retain it as information that is used frequently. As well as helping us retain information, some studies have proved that testing may also allow us to be more susceptible to newly presented information after the testing. It may not be the most thrilling way to study but it is by far one of the most effective.

Sources: John Dunlosky – improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology, Retrieval practice enhances new learning: the forward effect of testing – Bernhard Pastötter and Karl-Heinz T. Bäuml, Testing Enhances the Transfer of Learning – Shana K. Carpenter