Do you have any particular learning method?

[Supreme American]

I wish I did. I have a big test tomorrow and the information comes in through one ear and comes out the other. It makes sense, but my brain shuts it out since it seems irrelevant to it.

I would suggest part of that is disinterest in the material.

[silver_surfer]

I have different strategies for different subjects like for math I understand the theorem and concept and then practice solving problems related to it. Same with phy and chem. For biology just a read through the chapters was enough for understanding. I find history and geography always. Well its all depend on how you manage time. Even though I believe in last minute study I still manage to score good in exams because of good grasping power and memory.

[Svipdag]

I have developed a method of study which I have recommended to my students for over 30 years.
Printed material: Read it 3 times, the first to note what parts you do NOT understand. Second, re-read working on each point of confusion or incomprehension, using additional sources, asking questions of the teacher, etc. untll each point of confusion is clarified. Finally, re-read all of it to fit the new information and understanding into the context of the whole.

Lectures: Don't just hear, THINK ! Try to understand the point of the lecture. What is he driving at ? What are the implications of what he has said ? Most lectures contain much redundancy and repetition; what is this being used to emphasise ? You cannot take down every word which the lecturer says. You're not supposed to. You're supposed to get the point and express it in a form which you can understand.

Your notes will, necessarily be brief, hardly more than mnemonic devices to remind you of what the lecturer said and what you understood it to mean.Such notes don't keep well. As soon as possible, write them out in as much detail as you need to study
from them. Add whatever you feel will be useful to understanding them. While the material is still fresh in your mind, WRITE IT OUT !

This is a lot of work. HOWEVER, those of my students who used it, for the most part, found it very effective, as did I when I was a graduate student.

[Prisoner Of Ice]

Read your whole texbook before the first class even starts. Then you have some idea what's going on during classes.

[blklady2013]

I like interacting with the concept in as many different ways as possible. I'll need to see symbols that help me visualize it. I'll need to hear someone talk about it. I'd like to speak to someone else about it to summarize the concept in my own words. I'll need to write it down. Walk away from it for a bit, and then find a practical application for it. Also teaching someone else is a great way to flesh out the little details you're fuzzy about, because as you recall what the concept is about for someone else's benefit, it'll force you to get a deeper understanding of the details you hadn't mastered previously...

[Svipdag]

Read your whole texbook before the first class even starts. Then you have some idea what's going on during classes.

A very good idea, IF you have time. In many courses, the textbook, unless it was used last year, isn't available early enough.

[gregorius]

I just close myself from the outworld for a couple of days and learn nonstop, No fancy faggish tricks or whatever just spartan methode

[Svipdag]

I just close myself from the outworld for a couple of days and learn nonstop, No fancy faggish tricks or whatever just spartan methode

There's nothing faggish about studying systematically. If you can't make sense out of your lecture notes, you've wasted your time taking them.If you stop and work it out each time you hit a snag, you're wasting time; the answer to your problem might be on the next page. Try, at least, to get an idea of what the whole thing is about before concentrating on particular points.Be sure to read whatever it may be, text, notes, whatever, one last time both to be sure you haven't missed anything, and to tie all the loose ends together.