Help =(..............Exam Attack!?
Question: guyss!!! I have 4 exams next week and ive been studying nonstop for a wk now but it seems like im studying but not understandig wat im studying/......:S get it?? uffffffffffff im so exhausted..how can i calm myself down and acutally seriously study
Answers: Try meditation....... I use an mp3 player and program all of the things that i need to study and listen to it at night while i sleep........
my psych teacher told me that we have an attention span of 20min wen it comes to studying, so study for 20min then take a short break and go back to studying, good luck! i'm sure you'll be ok, just dont worry
dont study continuously. you may forget what you have learnt earlier. if you feel uncomfortable meditate for five minutes.
do not biheart the answers. just give it a reading. now you will not understand. secind time with more concentration read the answer. third step write and see what you have learnt. you will find that you have learnt almost everything. all the best!!!!
Take breaks while you are studying, drink plenty of water and get outside the road to watch any sceneries or good views. Just walk around your house. Please avoid watching televisions as it can distract your mind. If possible hear any classical music, that can help your way out.
Just try it out..
.
Don't study too much, sleep sufficiently.
You know when you don't get enough sleep then you get stresses much more.
Also after studying for about 30-40 minutes take a 5 minutes break...
In the morning after you wake up, do some workout... it helps a lot, really! During exams it clears your mind and gives you more energy. Try doing some simple exercises for about 20 minutes. It wll be best if you can do yoga, I'll recommend 'Surya Namaskar'. After your exercise take rest, that will calm your nerves immensely. Just lie down in 'Shav-asan'
And that you are feeling, you have studied but don't remember a thing...!!
Know it buddy that we all feel the same at some point of our exams preparation....
Relax, do exercise, and just study knowing that you'll do very well!
take care
love
I am the Last Leaf
I would suggest studying at a different spot. Have you been normally studying in the same place? If you try studying like outside next to some trees or the grass, you should be able to concentrate with studying!
But, what is this thing called exam fear? What is exam-phobia? What does it mean to feel 'stressed out' or 'psyched up'? Do you have the answers?
Experts say it is possible to overcome these provided you have the answers. Yes, to overcome fear for instance -- it is essential to know the reason or reasons for the fear, and its nature.
All situations of fear cannot be termed as phobia. It'll be incorrect to call all people who get nervous before exams as phobic. Indeed, some people could be afraid to face exams because they have either not prepared well or lack the skill and study habits to face them. In this case, they avoid it as an unpleasant situation because of lack of mastery of the subject. This can be termed as deficient behaviour. THIS IS NOT A PHOBIA. And the treatment lies within every such person (professional training can also help). Efficient and effective study habits is the solution to the problem. Also, a professional trainer -- counsellor -- would correct the improper study habits of the person. He would also recommend and encourage the person to improve memory by working on his ability to recall, recognise and retain what is studied.
Okay, let's look at the other situation. A person has mastery of the subject. He has prepared well for the exams. He has the requisite skill to attempt the exams, and yet he cannot face it. This can be termed as a phobia, because it is an irrational fear of something. Such fear requires professional treatment and corrective measures. If a psychologist diagnoses someone as having a phobia for exams, he would attempt to remove the phobia by certain techniques. Dr K Kumariah, Head of the Department of Psychology at the National Institute of Mental Health And Sciences (NIMHANS), India, talks of techniques which he has successfully used in therapy. They are:
1) Desensitisation,
2) Modelling,
3) Verbal Encouragement,
4) Demonstration techniques and
5) Counselling
Says Dr Kumariah: A person is desensitised towards exams by exposing him to exam situations. While he is made to relax, he is asked to imagine an exam situation. He is made to face this imaginary situation again and again. After repeated sessions, he feels confident to face it in real life.
Then, there is Modelling. According to Dr Kumariah, the person concerned is asked to model the behaviour of the counsellor and learn to relax.
Confidence building through verbal encouragement is another technique. Demonstration is yet another technique. In this, the counsellor demonstrates how to face exams. The last techniques, Counselling, can also help. In this, the counsellor gives guidelines to parents, teachers and other significant people who can influence a phobic person's life.
Thus, not doing well in the exams due to nervousness is one thing, and not being able to face the exam at all is another. One is nonphobic, the other phobic.
This leads to the all-important question: Is anxiety the villain who has to be vanquished? No! says Puneet Vasu, 19, who has had a consistent record of academic excellence. Puneet is a Sophomore at the Centre for American Education, Dubai. He is majoring in Corporate Finance and Retail Banking. I do get hyped up before every exam inspite of the thorough preparation I put in. In fact, I would feel very strange if I were not nervous before an exam. However this stress is just to set the adrenaline pumping. It gets me all eager to max my performance.
Experts support this viewpoint. Says Dr M Gauri Devi, Director and Vice-Chancellor of NIMHANS: Some degree of stress is absolutely necessary. It facilitates learning. Stress, up to a particular point is in fact needed to give us the necessary drive. We do well under stress. It leads to heightened level of perception and absorption.
So, stress brings out the reserves of energy to the surface. But there is always the danger of overdoing it -- experts are quick to add that when stress goes beyond a particular limit, it becomes counterproductive.
Each person has a certain threshold -- the tolerance level of stress. It is good to know this limit and work within in. The smart thing is to make stress work for threshold -- the tolerance level of stress. It is good to know this limit and work within in. the smart thing is to make stress work for you. 'Be casual', is the motto of Siddharth Hariharan, 17, and a Class 11 student of The Modern High School, Dubai. Siddharth, who is also a f-b f+iYoung Timeso columnist, says that the more nervous a person gets, the more are the chances of his messing up the exam paper. For good performance, it is more important to be attentive in class than cramming before the exams, he says. He should know, for, he scored 92.2 percent marks in his Class 10 Board exams.
If making stress work for you is a part of the strategy for success, another is hard work. Once a person mentally programmes himself that hard work is the only secret to success and puts in the amount of effort, anxiety is automatically controlled. Most cases of anxiety can be traced back to lack of hard work and discipline. The two are linked to each other. Without discipline, there cannot be hard work -- simple as that. Just imagine, if a person has any number of distractions to choose from, he will stay unfocused. Then, where does the question of hard work arise?!
Puneet, the Sophomore from the Center for American Education, Dubai, is an example of a person who makes discipline work for him. As exams near, I tend to cut down on outings with friends and using the phone, he says. Simple as that!
So, are you disciplined? Do you, for instance:
* Spend a lot of time doing unimportant things.
* Repeat work unnecessarily.
* Get bored easily.
* Handle too many things at the same time.
* Show an inclination to do work in a helter-skelter manner.
Being aware of these pitfalls can help improve organisational skills. You can start now. You can, for instance, go for a preparation schedule. Yes, draw up a daily and weekly timetable for the next few months. Add approximate dates of exams, assignments, class tests and other important activities to the table. Also, add your own set of deadlines, such as the last date for revising the portions for mathematics, science and so on. Use a set of colour pens to mark the different activities. For instance, you can mark the weeks leading to the exams with red (it's a nice, bright colour!) All this business of colouring actually helps to know how time is available for what and when.
After that, all you need to do is to discipline yourself -- that is, stick to the plan on the timetable, just like good, professional soldiers going for the attack. This is the simple and best way to avoid the flurry of last-minute preparation and the resultant anxiety. And just imagine ... a tick mark against the table marked, 'revision for mathematics', can be a super boost to one's ego. It acts like an instant tonic!!!
Speaking of tonic and egobooster, always remember to encourage yourself. Be kind to your ego. Says Puneet, I encourage myself in my mind by saying 'you are going to do well'.
Puneet is on the right track. Psychologists call what he does, 'autosuggestion'.
A nice set of ego-boosters can be: I understand what's in the book , I understand how to solve this equation . I understand this story well .
If there is one thing which can send a shiver down the spine, it is to realise that you have not understood the basic concepts, be it English, Mathematics or History. No amount of revision will help if the subject matter is not clear. Yes, it is better to get mental cobwebs cleared. Approaching the teacher and asking for clarification before it is too late, is the best way. (Now is only the first week of January, which means it is not too late.) Cramming without having understood what is crammed is one of the reasons for feeling anxious for going 'blank' before exams.
Okay ... now fast forward to the day of the exams. You have planned your revision well. You have stuck to your plan. Your timetable has worked wonderfully well. You have read the texts thoroughly so you can tackle all types of questions. You have made concise notes. You have all the stationary material ready. And yet you feel anxious!!!
The missing ingredient, then, is confidence. Now, confidence is something which a person develops. No one can give it you or take it away; it comes from developing the right attitude -- A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
Dr Alka Kalra, Counsellor at Abu Dhabi Indian School, makes this observation: During exams, there is tension in the environment. But everybody does not experience the same kind of tension. This is because of the attitude. There are people who are calm and composed despite the pressures, while others work themselves up. How a person perceives pressure makes the difference. Everything centres around the right attitude. How you orient yourself towards the problem makes it big or small.
Thus the solution to the problem is within you. Having faith in yourself and your potential is important. Building an armour of self-esteem which no one can break is the first step towards arming yourself against anxiety. If you can approach the exams with the right amount of alertness and confidence, an exam becomes an important landmark to be crossed instead of an insurmountable roadblock.
Go with a positive attitude. Accept the challenge of Exams with a smile!
Take a break every 30mins. You can calm yourself with a short phone conversation with a friend. It will calm your nerves. Run through what you've studied in your head and make sure you understand what you are studying before going on to the next part.
In the future, go for consistant studying instead of last minute cram packing study.
Answers: Try meditation....... I use an mp3 player and program all of the things that i need to study and listen to it at night while i sleep........
my psych teacher told me that we have an attention span of 20min wen it comes to studying, so study for 20min then take a short break and go back to studying, good luck! i'm sure you'll be ok, just dont worry
dont study continuously. you may forget what you have learnt earlier. if you feel uncomfortable meditate for five minutes.
do not biheart the answers. just give it a reading. now you will not understand. secind time with more concentration read the answer. third step write and see what you have learnt. you will find that you have learnt almost everything. all the best!!!!
Take breaks while you are studying, drink plenty of water and get outside the road to watch any sceneries or good views. Just walk around your house. Please avoid watching televisions as it can distract your mind. If possible hear any classical music, that can help your way out.
Just try it out..
.
Don't study too much, sleep sufficiently.
You know when you don't get enough sleep then you get stresses much more.
Also after studying for about 30-40 minutes take a 5 minutes break...
In the morning after you wake up, do some workout... it helps a lot, really! During exams it clears your mind and gives you more energy. Try doing some simple exercises for about 20 minutes. It wll be best if you can do yoga, I'll recommend 'Surya Namaskar'. After your exercise take rest, that will calm your nerves immensely. Just lie down in 'Shav-asan'
And that you are feeling, you have studied but don't remember a thing...!!
Know it buddy that we all feel the same at some point of our exams preparation....
Relax, do exercise, and just study knowing that you'll do very well!
take care
love
I am the Last Leaf
I would suggest studying at a different spot. Have you been normally studying in the same place? If you try studying like outside next to some trees or the grass, you should be able to concentrate with studying!
But, what is this thing called exam fear? What is exam-phobia? What does it mean to feel 'stressed out' or 'psyched up'? Do you have the answers?
Experts say it is possible to overcome these provided you have the answers. Yes, to overcome fear for instance -- it is essential to know the reason or reasons for the fear, and its nature.
All situations of fear cannot be termed as phobia. It'll be incorrect to call all people who get nervous before exams as phobic. Indeed, some people could be afraid to face exams because they have either not prepared well or lack the skill and study habits to face them. In this case, they avoid it as an unpleasant situation because of lack of mastery of the subject. This can be termed as deficient behaviour. THIS IS NOT A PHOBIA. And the treatment lies within every such person (professional training can also help). Efficient and effective study habits is the solution to the problem. Also, a professional trainer -- counsellor -- would correct the improper study habits of the person. He would also recommend and encourage the person to improve memory by working on his ability to recall, recognise and retain what is studied.
Okay, let's look at the other situation. A person has mastery of the subject. He has prepared well for the exams. He has the requisite skill to attempt the exams, and yet he cannot face it. This can be termed as a phobia, because it is an irrational fear of something. Such fear requires professional treatment and corrective measures. If a psychologist diagnoses someone as having a phobia for exams, he would attempt to remove the phobia by certain techniques. Dr K Kumariah, Head of the Department of Psychology at the National Institute of Mental Health And Sciences (NIMHANS), India, talks of techniques which he has successfully used in therapy. They are:
1) Desensitisation,
2) Modelling,
3) Verbal Encouragement,
4) Demonstration techniques and
5) Counselling
Says Dr Kumariah: A person is desensitised towards exams by exposing him to exam situations. While he is made to relax, he is asked to imagine an exam situation. He is made to face this imaginary situation again and again. After repeated sessions, he feels confident to face it in real life.
Then, there is Modelling. According to Dr Kumariah, the person concerned is asked to model the behaviour of the counsellor and learn to relax.
Confidence building through verbal encouragement is another technique. Demonstration is yet another technique. In this, the counsellor demonstrates how to face exams. The last techniques, Counselling, can also help. In this, the counsellor gives guidelines to parents, teachers and other significant people who can influence a phobic person's life.
Thus, not doing well in the exams due to nervousness is one thing, and not being able to face the exam at all is another. One is nonphobic, the other phobic.
This leads to the all-important question: Is anxiety the villain who has to be vanquished? No! says Puneet Vasu, 19, who has had a consistent record of academic excellence. Puneet is a Sophomore at the Centre for American Education, Dubai. He is majoring in Corporate Finance and Retail Banking. I do get hyped up before every exam inspite of the thorough preparation I put in. In fact, I would feel very strange if I were not nervous before an exam. However this stress is just to set the adrenaline pumping. It gets me all eager to max my performance.
Experts support this viewpoint. Says Dr M Gauri Devi, Director and Vice-Chancellor of NIMHANS: Some degree of stress is absolutely necessary. It facilitates learning. Stress, up to a particular point is in fact needed to give us the necessary drive. We do well under stress. It leads to heightened level of perception and absorption.
So, stress brings out the reserves of energy to the surface. But there is always the danger of overdoing it -- experts are quick to add that when stress goes beyond a particular limit, it becomes counterproductive.
Each person has a certain threshold -- the tolerance level of stress. It is good to know this limit and work within in. The smart thing is to make stress work for threshold -- the tolerance level of stress. It is good to know this limit and work within in. the smart thing is to make stress work for you. 'Be casual', is the motto of Siddharth Hariharan, 17, and a Class 11 student of The Modern High School, Dubai. Siddharth, who is also a f-b f+iYoung Timeso columnist, says that the more nervous a person gets, the more are the chances of his messing up the exam paper. For good performance, it is more important to be attentive in class than cramming before the exams, he says. He should know, for, he scored 92.2 percent marks in his Class 10 Board exams.
If making stress work for you is a part of the strategy for success, another is hard work. Once a person mentally programmes himself that hard work is the only secret to success and puts in the amount of effort, anxiety is automatically controlled. Most cases of anxiety can be traced back to lack of hard work and discipline. The two are linked to each other. Without discipline, there cannot be hard work -- simple as that. Just imagine, if a person has any number of distractions to choose from, he will stay unfocused. Then, where does the question of hard work arise?!
Puneet, the Sophomore from the Center for American Education, Dubai, is an example of a person who makes discipline work for him. As exams near, I tend to cut down on outings with friends and using the phone, he says. Simple as that!
So, are you disciplined? Do you, for instance:
* Spend a lot of time doing unimportant things.
* Repeat work unnecessarily.
* Get bored easily.
* Handle too many things at the same time.
* Show an inclination to do work in a helter-skelter manner.
Being aware of these pitfalls can help improve organisational skills. You can start now. You can, for instance, go for a preparation schedule. Yes, draw up a daily and weekly timetable for the next few months. Add approximate dates of exams, assignments, class tests and other important activities to the table. Also, add your own set of deadlines, such as the last date for revising the portions for mathematics, science and so on. Use a set of colour pens to mark the different activities. For instance, you can mark the weeks leading to the exams with red (it's a nice, bright colour!) All this business of colouring actually helps to know how time is available for what and when.
After that, all you need to do is to discipline yourself -- that is, stick to the plan on the timetable, just like good, professional soldiers going for the attack. This is the simple and best way to avoid the flurry of last-minute preparation and the resultant anxiety. And just imagine ... a tick mark against the table marked, 'revision for mathematics', can be a super boost to one's ego. It acts like an instant tonic!!!
Speaking of tonic and egobooster, always remember to encourage yourself. Be kind to your ego. Says Puneet, I encourage myself in my mind by saying 'you are going to do well'.
Puneet is on the right track. Psychologists call what he does, 'autosuggestion'.
A nice set of ego-boosters can be: I understand what's in the book , I understand how to solve this equation . I understand this story well .
If there is one thing which can send a shiver down the spine, it is to realise that you have not understood the basic concepts, be it English, Mathematics or History. No amount of revision will help if the subject matter is not clear. Yes, it is better to get mental cobwebs cleared. Approaching the teacher and asking for clarification before it is too late, is the best way. (Now is only the first week of January, which means it is not too late.) Cramming without having understood what is crammed is one of the reasons for feeling anxious for going 'blank' before exams.
Okay ... now fast forward to the day of the exams. You have planned your revision well. You have stuck to your plan. Your timetable has worked wonderfully well. You have read the texts thoroughly so you can tackle all types of questions. You have made concise notes. You have all the stationary material ready. And yet you feel anxious!!!
The missing ingredient, then, is confidence. Now, confidence is something which a person develops. No one can give it you or take it away; it comes from developing the right attitude -- A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
Dr Alka Kalra, Counsellor at Abu Dhabi Indian School, makes this observation: During exams, there is tension in the environment. But everybody does not experience the same kind of tension. This is because of the attitude. There are people who are calm and composed despite the pressures, while others work themselves up. How a person perceives pressure makes the difference. Everything centres around the right attitude. How you orient yourself towards the problem makes it big or small.
Thus the solution to the problem is within you. Having faith in yourself and your potential is important. Building an armour of self-esteem which no one can break is the first step towards arming yourself against anxiety. If you can approach the exams with the right amount of alertness and confidence, an exam becomes an important landmark to be crossed instead of an insurmountable roadblock.
Go with a positive attitude. Accept the challenge of Exams with a smile!
Take a break every 30mins. You can calm yourself with a short phone conversation with a friend. It will calm your nerves. Run through what you've studied in your head and make sure you understand what you are studying before going on to the next part.
In the future, go for consistant studying instead of last minute cram packing study.
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