Some Study Tips

Some Study Tips

first of all dont memorize
do not read then recite, repeat, repeat ad infinitum
it is useless
we remember things properly only when it is related to something
else  in any certain way

so i suggest reading without any attempt to remember at all, the entire
textbook
of course you must understand what you are reading
the point is to get some kind of 'map' of the subject you are studying
then when you to really study, you can kinda fit in the info into your 'map'
at all times, relate info with other info with other info...
the more 'links' you establish for your infos, the better you will remember
and because you remember infos in relation with each other you actually
use up less memory than those who memorize rote


how to link it???


relate it to other infos
in order to do it you must truly understand what you are learning
another thing is to identify the 'axioms'(to use a mathematical analogy,
it means something that is most fundamental it is used as a basis to
other more advanced stuff) of the topic you are learning
and not only the mechanical means to solutions
for example, with electromagnetism you have (at our level) that the
-magnetic lines of force flows from the north to the south pole of magnets
-and also when current is flowing towards you, the magnetic lines of
force it generates are anticlockwise around the wire



-and also that magnetic lines of force reinforce when in the same
direction(stronger)
-and also nature always tends to equilibrium( a gradient(kecerunan) in a
magnetic field cause the wire to move into the area where the magnetic
lines of force are lessed 'compressed' (close together))
it is not fundamental in physics, it is just fundamental in the topic
you are studying
that means it is fundamental in a sense that it is not DERIVED from
other more basic stuff, and also it is also a basis for other things you
learn in the topic
take our electromagnetism example, in the topic you learn about a live
wire moving when put into a magnetic field
you are also taught 'tangan kiri/kanan Fleming'
this 'tangan kiri/kanan Fleming' is used to solve problems such as the
wire in the magnetic field
this 'tangan kiri/kanan Fleming' is just a TOOL, it is DERIVED from the
fundamentals of the topic which we have outlined earlier
it is an INTERMEDiATE STEP between the FUNDAMENTAL and the PROBLEM
that is used to solve for
you can also work out the direction in which the wire will move by using
the FUNDAMENTALS (this is something like multiplication which is numbers
added together for a specified number of times, fpr example 3 x 3 is the
same as 3 + 3 +3 , that is 3, 3 times, or 3 times 3, that is essentially
what multiplication means)
now when you use a TOOL you are successful if you know how to USE it
you dont have to know how it WORKS
now you see the problem is sometimes, people use the tool so much the
forgot the fundamentals
now you see how important are LINKs dont you
you see somebody who only learns hos to USE the tool remembers the USAGE
of the tool and the FUNDAMENTELs of the topic SEPARATELY
therefore that somebody use more memory storage space and cant remember
them so well like a person who LINKS the stuff together can
GET IT???

good luck for your spm