How do you rember things for tests.., ever use a recorded message? Options

[Oreo_bro]

Lol i dunno this is something new im trying..i dont know if it works but i want some opinions from you guys.


So im sorta failing spanish...i try and study but i forget a lot of the words..so my friend was like "why not try making a cd and listening to it over and over?".

At first i laughed at him but then i though, well..we listen to music right? and after awhile we memorize the songs, even songs we hate..so..would listening to a recorded message do the same?

So i recorded my voice saying some spanish verbs (over 50 ) and im sorta listwening to them now on my media player, i cant play the cd on a cd player cause the file is in .wma formate (anyone know any voice recording programs that make the file .mp3?).

so anyways i was wondering if it works..has anyone done it? or is it just lame lol.

[*CEP*]

I don't really have trouble remembering stuff that we've gone through for days, but if the things I have to remember came in at the same day as the test, lets say some answers, then I make a song about it. Just like in that one movie.
It's funny how the teacher reacts to my friends and I humming fur elise during a vocab test.

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

[Oreo_bro]

I don't really have trouble remembering stuff that we've gone through for days, but if the things I have to remember came in at the same day as the test, lets say some answers, then I make a song about it. Just like in that one movie.
It's funny how the teacher reacts to my friends and I humming fur elise during a vocab test.

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

im not talented enough to make 50 spanish verbs into a song


btw where do u get/how do u make your avatar

[*CEP*]

btw where do u get/how do u make your avatar

Made it with PS and ImageReady.
It's really easy.

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

[queen]

i have photographic memory ;x

...har i wish.


...i do have pretty good memory though ;o

[expoised]

um. i have good short-term memory. i never study for tests until the morning &/or class before the test. and i usually make A's and B's.

so i never had that problem. hm.

[dreamerOi]

haha i never recorded anything i just study like right before the test and before i sleep and it works cause yea i have bad memeory.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

well i usually study and try to remember it

[*CEP*]

well i usually study and try to remember it

Studying's for losers.
Learn the info the day the teacher gives you the lecture about it. It's so much easier that way...

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

[Oreo_bro]

woa...gone for liek 5 mins and 7 replys lol.


Well i try and study the night before but its harder when she uses them in sentances with words i dont rember from spanish 1 lol

[jambaJUICE]

Studying's for losers.
Learn the info the day the teacher gives you the lecture about it. It's so much easier that way...

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

Shit yeah.

When you pay attention and do ur work[sometimes]... you dont need to study anymore.

Just sleep.

but if you dont.. then say it 6x

[*stephinika*]

yeah my memory can really suck some days and yet other days, its great. its so screwed up. anyways, i haven't done the recording thing but i just repeat it over and over in my brain by reading it and just going over it. and i don't study much...only with stuff i'm not too sure about which is slowly becoming more and more often...

[LiNHy POO]

yehh recording it and letting it play over and over again when you sleep really works! i havent tried it yet but my history teacher said its great.

on major tests and exams i study the nigth before and the day of the test i review everything. it refreshes my memory and it helps better then juss studying the night before.

[POonSKi]

i use index cards for everything, every tests or quizzes.

[*tweeak*]

read or write it again and again. right before the test is best. or it used to be. now...just the amount of concentrated study matters most

[silver-rain]

poised,Oct 25 2004, 1:04 AM]um. i have good short-term memory. i never study for tests until the morning &/or class before the test. and i usually make A's and B's.

so i never had that problem. hm. 

yeah, same here. i usually memorize them the day before the test, and that way, i remember things.

[juliar]

Yeah I don't really study, it just sticks in my brain if i participate in class.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Studying's for losers.
Learn the info the day the teacher gives you the lecture about it. It's so much easier that way...

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

i would but all my teachers do is give hw he never taught us and then teaches it the day its due....

[sammi rules you]

that would probably work. just make sure you know the meanings of the words you're listening to, not just knowing what they sound like.

[southern4life]

HEY i'm not the only one!! it works!! i had to memorize a thing from Romeo n Juliet last year n i listened to the paragraph over n over again on my computer ((all night.. even while i was asleep)) n i knew it the next morning. you cant just hear it though..... you have to really let it soak in your head and try to talk with it.. like you'd sing a song when ur just learning the words.

happy studying!

[Just_Dream]

You know, most of the tests I study for, well I mean if I DO study (rarely), I always forget what I studied anyway. I mean, I have very short term memory and a short attention span. So I have a har dtime even paying attention at all hahha. But anyway, when I really do try to study and do remember, I just say somethng over and over again 30 times. If I had to remember vocabular words for when i was a Freshman, I would say the word and definition 20-30 times. Yea I wasted about an hour doing that, but I remembered it lol. And that was the only homework I had for freshman english class anyway haha. When I say things over and over again the night before, I remember it very well.

[addictedtoxangie]

OMG! i do the same thing. i record my spanish teacher while she's giving us definitions. also i record some of my own just in case i dont understand what she is saying.

[whywasisostupid]

i have selective memory. but sometimes wut i want to remember doesnt stay in. so i dont know.

i just memorize it..mayb the song wil help

[FALLENstar009]

I just read it over and over. And my teacher says sleep on the book and it will help..That did once and thats the weird part about it!

[xscore]

i usually write the words/info. down a few times and read it.

[faithin_felix]

i read it over a million times.

[limabeanzryummy]

a) review it once days before
b) eat eggs (mom says its brain food but whatever.. i got an A on my math test when i ate eggs x] ), but not a lot haha
c) review it the nite before, right before you go to bed, but make sure you understand at least what youre doing
d) review before class :P

[BeyondElite]

I just remember mine by memorizing what we've learned and making it into a song. Once the test comes, I sing it everyday!

[xxhaniotissaxx]

i suffer from short term memory loss .... not literally haha but yea. i dont remember details that happened yesterday, but i remember what happened the day before or two days before. so .. i either have to study two days before the test .. or an hour before the test. day before doesnt work for me cuz the stuff doesnt sink in

[innovation]

three by fives and acronyms.