Studying for Exams: Crash Course Study Skills #7

It turns out that saving all of your studying until after midnight on the night before your big exam is not actually a great way to prepare. Today, Thomas explains some test prep strategies that actually work.

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[haileyhart]

Date of the test: Today.
Time of the test: Half an hour.
Studying Strategy: Watch videos on how to study.

[rahma]

Me 1 week before my finals: *watches this video*
the guy: "so y'all have to plan your studying schedule 3-4 weeks in advan--"
Me: *closes laptop*

[tokaaziz]

Video summary
1.make a schedule including your imp dates.
2.get info about exam and get the past exams.
3.try studying in class.
4.recall/quiz yourself.
5.make flash cards esp douple sided.
6.spend more time practising.
7.ask yourself what u dont understand before asking the prof.
8.make cheat cards.
9.take breaks.

[RottingDragon]

HOW DID YOU KNOW I HAD A MATH ASSIGNMENT DUE TOMORROW AND THAT I'M PLANNING ON PLAYING OVERWATCH INSTEAD?!

[ContinualImprovement]

Never trust stairs as they're usually up to something.

[breadman]

reminds me why i like math and engineering courses better. it's less about memorizing random facts and more about learning techniques and steps to solve problems.

[Pinkchoclatemad]

Why am i watching this a day before my exam

[LifeWithZoeee]

Who else is watching this to procrastinate studying? 🙋😂

[rea]

Talking to a duck would get us smarter? That's why I love this channel.

[athomassen]

Crash Course Gods please save me from procrastination

[kkilinahe]

that opening was an a+ burn at pretty much every popular youtuber lmao

[sky_lerwrites]

i have exams in 4 days, this is probably the earliest ive actually started studying

[elonchan]

AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE WEARING ONE OF HANK GREEN'S SHIRTS MAKES YOU A LOT MORE TRUSTWORTHY...

[chicanaeducada]

I wasn’t expecting Thomas to be in a crash course video. It just shows how much he’s progressed aside from his own channel. Proud of you Tom!!

[argo_]

Woah! I was gonna click this to see someone else's different views on this rather than Thomas in his old video but he's here! You can't escape the master of studying skills.

[choccopudin]

These are good tips! Unfortunelly we don't have a syllabus and the teachers aren't allowed to tell their students how the exam will be. Despite that, the rest are good for my next chem exam :)

[OfficialPrettyLittleLiars]

It really bugs me that they picked someone so attractive to help me study. I need to rewatch the video about focusing

[piturnah]

What did the librarian say to the YouTuber?


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[MrDylan]

Rubber Duck Debugging really works. I do it by explaining talking through my problem with my one coworker who doesn't understand what I'm doing, and it helps. Of course, he does the same with me, but it's honestly a powerful tool.

[JDraper]

This has fast become my favourite current CrashCourse series- even though I'm long since out of school.