What is everyone's go to study technique? Does it vary depending on the subject?

Do you make flashcards? Practice questions? Do you write notes? Watch videos? Teach someone? Podcasts? Annotate slides? Use pre-made notes? Mind-maps? Anything else?

At the moment, I like handwriting colourful notes as well as making flashcards online! (mostly just making them and not using them). I only started doing this in uni, before this I mainly just did practice questions. My study technique doesn't vary too much between subjects but with bio/physiology subjects I like drawing out diagrams or flowcharts. I also occasionally use mindmaps for revision before exams!

For me personally, it varies from subject to subject. For math subjects it's mainly completing practice questions as well as attempting to make my own practice questions. For science subjects, it's usually a combination of flash cards and colourful notes. English is mainly notes, practice essays and maybe flash cards for novel studies (as well as annotations ofc)

For Chemistry and Physics, I create flashcards on this website called RemNote, and it had been a life saver. Its got a spaced-repetition feature and tells you when to revise a particular flashcard. Its especially good for memorization. For math, I usually just do practice question after practice question until its drilled in my head. For English, for essay exams specifically, I plan it out. I have a heading, then I write dot points and quotes I will use. Then I just write it all out in one sitting. I listen to what I have written aswell, as this also helps me remember specific points.

For chem and bio, I create my notes through using flashcards or plain pieces of paper (printer paper) that I stick up on my walls. Then I use them for spaced repetition and active recall, as it helps me immerse myself in the content and ensure that I can both understand and explain the content. I also then do lots of practice questions, trying to expose myself to as many types of questions as possible. For further maths, I really just do practice questions to nail the concepts and formulas, as well as update my bound reference regularly (by hand). For english, I like to plan out essays and start collating any good quotes for the topic. My first essay tends to be a slower process, as I like to focus on really nailing the structure and ideas (along with obtaining feedback from my teacher). After that, I like to do them under timed conditions by hand. I also use quizlet to practice my quotes routinely.

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