One of the best ways to reduce study time is to eliminate your question marks on the spot.
Here are four ways you can do this:
- Ask questions during class.
- If number (1) makes you feel uncomfortable, talk to your professor briefly after class.
- Get answers from your classmates (especially the A students).
- Come prepared to exam review sessions, where the most common problem isn’t too many questions, but too few.
We’ve all heard the advice: if you’re confused, it’s almost certain others are too. But it’s true. It’s always true, no matter how you feel in the moment.
Don’t worry about looking dumb. Worry about being dumb. Ask questions! Otherwise, when you finally get around to studying, you’ll have unanswered questions, and you can’t always ask your textbook for the answers.