how to deal with exam stress

How to study before exams – last minute preparations

High school exams are every student’s worst nightmare and the fear quotient multiplies if you haven’t started your exam prep early. But there isn’t anything to worry about. Here are a few tips to bring yourself back on the track-

Simplify- The text given in the textbooks is sometimes tough to remember. Try to simplify the text by using simple synonyms rather than the difficult ones. Reproduce sentences in your own easy to remember language and write them under the text so that you can do a quick revision before exams.

Key-wording-  Whenever while reading you come across an important term, highlight it or encircle it with a pencil. This makes it easy to remember and while revision, instead of reading the whole of the topic, you can always focus on learning the key terms.

 

Mind maps- Mind maps are a fun way to arrange all the boring dates and ideas into an organised manner. Moreover they are very easy to remember.  Create mind maps of any topic you read and pin it on your cupboard door. It will help you to memorise the topic whenever you pass by.

Here is an example of a mind map-

MIND MAP-FRUITS

Highlighting- Keep fluorescent highlighters handy. When reading a passage, highlight all the text that is important so that you do not need to read the whole topic again but only read the highlighted part.