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Study Tips?

Macbarbie07

Hey!

I'm going into third year thus I am doing my Junior Cert in June!:eek: I was wondering if anybody who has just finished their JC or has done it in recent years has any studying tips!?

I'm finding it really hard to get motivated! I like learning from bullet points rather then mind maps but I find studying really hard

Please reply any suggestions! Thanks in advance!

- Lauryn

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spring27

mabroorahmed99 wrote: »

Does anyone know when the maths exam papers are coming out.

December sometime

mobydopy

Does anyone know when the maths exam papers are coming out.

spring27

tried examinations.ie, but I don't now what year the question on p.99 is from

positivealf

spring27 wrote: »

does anyone have the 2013 JC higher level irish papers if so would ya please tell me what the question is for p.99
thanks

examinations.ie

spring27

does anyone have the 2013 JC higher level irish papers if so would ya please tell me what the question is for p.99
thanks

Dahecall

positivealf wrote: »

HowManyMiles2Babylon, also how do i think faster and come up with good answers when i have like 5 minutes to write a page?

Done roll of thunder myself so cant really help you unfortunately. If you know two characters themes and maybe a review about it ( why you like/dislike ). If you can write fast enough you can easily take 3 or 4 minutes before starting writing. Also flick through the paper before starting and pick your questions. This allows yourself to be thinking in the background about it. Only way to improve timing is just to keep doing exam Qs while timing yourself. Also make sure not to start fretting about time during exam. I was finished with 20 minutes left and got an A ( one of only 2 in our year ). There's no real trouble with timing in the junior cert. Only exam I stayed in for all of it was tech graph. English was the next latest I left an exam.

positivealf

Gavinmcgirl wrote: »

Which one you doing?

HowManyMiles2Babylon, also how do i think faster and come up with good answers when i have like 5 minutes to write a page?

Dahecall

positivealf wrote: »

Best way to study for English novel questions?

Which one you doing?

positivealf

Gavinmcgirl wrote: »

My school doesn't do religion so don't know there. For history listening in class and doing homework will get you close to full ( if not full ) marks in pics documents short qs and final q. Only question you have to do any study for is people in history really. The questions that come up are very repetitive so you should be aiming for full marks. Even though I said last q was handy enough don't forget it has same marks as people in history question so take your time on it and write plenty. Best way of studying I found was writing out Name at top then work chronologically throughout the life condensing into one line bullet points. Then underline the key points and learn them. If you learn a religious reformer ( Martin Luther ) an explorer ( Columbus ) person involved in Irish war of independence ( Collins ) person involved in earlier revolution ( washington in American) you should be well covered and easily pick up an A

Best way to study for English novel questions?

Dahecall

positivealf wrote: »

Just write down key facts and revise them?

My school doesn't do religion so don't know there. For history listening in class and doing homework will get you close to full ( if not full ) marks in pics documents short qs and final q. Only question you have to do any study for is people in history really. The questions that come up are very repetitive so you should be aiming for full marks. Even though I said last q was handy enough don't forget it has same marks as people in history question so take your time on it and write plenty. Best way of studying I found was writing out Name at top then work chronologically throughout the life condensing into one line bullet points. Then underline the key points and learn them. If you learn a religious reformer ( Martin Luther ) an explorer ( Columbus ) person involved in Irish war of independence ( Collins ) person involved in earlier revolution ( washington in American) you should be well covered and easily pick up an A

Dahecall

positivealf wrote: »

Study for 6 hours on a weekend and I GUARANTEE that you will remember everything u studied for max 5 weeks, do this ever 2nd week for permanent memory.

Bit excessive don't you think. Tbh if you do your homework and listen in class you'll do grand. You should also do some exam papers especially in English. Shows you how repetitive it is. I only really started doing any real studying week before the exams. Worked out fine for me happy enough with my 4 As and 7 Bs even though I was disappointed with some results.

positivealf

IrishLassie26 wrote: »

I know this might be going slightly off topic but just want to ask how ye study religion and history? They are the only subjects I find difficult to study and when I look at religion exam papers I havent a clue.....

Just write down key facts and revise them?

IrishLassie26

I know this might be going slightly off topic but just want to ask how ye study religion and history? They are the only subjects I find difficult to study and when I look at religion exam papers I havent a clue.....

positivealf

Study for 6 hours on a weekend and I GUARANTEE that you will remember everything u studied for max 5 weeks, do this ever 2nd week for permanent memory.

SnakeDrake

Macbarbie07 wrote: »

Thanks! The subjects are do are
-Geography (H)

Learn:
the words from your book e.g. granite/polder.
how to read charts/tables.
how to read maps/weather charts/photographs.

Bluestrike

When studying, never do more than half an hour and after that take a 5 minute break. After 2 hours take about a half hour break, the human brain cant concentrate for more than half an hour and so cant take stuff in after that. I qouldnt say stufy that hard now though, start after Christmas at least because you will get tired and bored of it.
If you have problems with procrastinating, like i did, Physically put anything that you could use eg: phone laptop etc in another room so you will be forced to study and not just do random other things (like i did last year spending all my time on here :P)

orlaxxx

dont start studying until February, you'll just get so sick of it . The Junior Cert is not hard just common sense and listen in class you'll be grand!!! Good Luck

Jijsaw

DublinArnie wrote: »

How was the Gaeltacht?

T'was grand, had a sound house and everybody was decent. After 6 feckin years of going to the Gaeltacht I finally got a ceannaire form, YAY for employment! Left a couple of days early because I had to go to Italy (which I'm still at)

onlinenerd

Do past papers again and again and this will help you as my teacher made us do lots of past papers and I committed myself to do them and I can proudly say they paid me back well especially in History.

onlinenerd

DublinArnie wrote: »

He's right. The outcome of this so called "Junior Cert" doesn't matter and will most likely not affect anything in your life. It's only important if you do not the Leaving Cert, so then you use your Junior Cert as some sort of qualification.

Don't worry little ones!

But that doesnt give you the excuse to slack off.

DublinArnie

Jijsaw wrote: »

A bunch of 2nd years were in my house in the Gaeltacht and I told them the JC was the worst thing I ever did, I told them I went out crying after the majority of my exams :pac:

How was the Gaeltacht?

Jijsaw

positivealf wrote: »

Ah now that I've completed my JC exam I can finally be able to say "It's only junior cert, you'll be grand".

A bunch of 2nd years were in my house in the Gaeltacht and I told them the JC was the worst thing I ever did, I told them I went out crying after the majority of my exams :pac:

dee_mc

Great advice so far, the only other thing I would add is to correct anything you get wrong (or only half right!) in homework, tests etc- if you're unclear on where you lost marks, as Spurious suggests above, ask the teacher to tell you where you went wrong, then rewrite the answer. You can absolutely use your homework as a study aid, if you make sure from the beginning that the question is marked clearly at the beginning etc. A bit of organisation from day 1 of third year will really stand to you once the exams come around

(Oh yea, and the Junior Cert will be in June, not July, but now I'm just being picky!)

DublinArnie

positivealf wrote: »

Ah now that I've completed my JC exam I can finally be able to say "It's only junior cert, you'll be grand".

He's right. The outcome of this so called "Junior Cert" doesn't matter and will most likely not affect anything in your life. It's only important if you do not the Leaving Cert, so then you use your Junior Cert as some sort of qualification.

Don't worry little ones!

positivealf

Ah now that I've completed my JC exam I can finally be able to say "It's only junior cert, you'll be grand".

spurious

Listen properly in class.
Do not leave the classroom not understanding something.
Do your homework as if it was an exam question, but mostly 'listen properly in class'.

Macbarbie07

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Might not be of any use (postgrad perspective) but what I have found really works for me is condense, condense and condense again! I write my notes out as usual, then condense them (mind maps or bullets depending on the substance) and then condense again. I joke with my OH that I am going to sneak one page into every exam, and try to fit all the valuable, relevant info onto that one page. If you know the stuff and then condense it down, technically if you can memorise and therefore "bring" the condensed version with you, you should be able to then open it out at whatever point you need to. Good luck with studies.

thank you

That's a really good idea, I never thought of doing that, I usually use a whole refill pad on notes!:o

OldNotWIse

Might not be of any use (postgrad perspective) but what I have found really works for me is condense, condense and condense again! I write my notes out as usual, then condense them (mind maps or bullets depending on the substance) and then condense again. I joke with my OH that I am going to sneak one page into every exam, and try to fit all the valuable, relevant info onto that one page. If you know the stuff and then condense it down, technically if you can memorise and therefore "bring" the condensed version with you, you should be able to then open it out at whatever point you need to. Good luck with studies.

Macbarbie07

Covertheground wrote: »

Hey im also going into 3rd year. I have noticed what study techniques are good and others not so good.
*_good_*
I use this for every subject and it is effective. Read relevant section in your text book and actively learn this then read your teachers notes if you have them and then close all the books pick a question from past papers on the topic you learned about and answer it like its an exam write as much as you can and then when you are finished read the books again correct your mistakes and do another answer on the topic. This will work as long as you dont cheat and look at the books as you do the answers.

*_ not so good _*

I have noticed that people who use these methods generally do not get as high of results as people who learn the way i mentioned above
Writing notes by coping it from the book i promise you writing notes for 4 hours By coping from the book will not get you As as you are not actively learning

I think the key is to actively learn rather than mindless learning which consists of coping straight from the book

Anyway good luck dont stress too much as thats not good either

Thanks for the advice! Good luck to you too

Covertheground

Hey im also going into 3rd year. I have noticed what study techniques are good and others not so good.
*_good_*
I use this for every subject and it is effective. Read relevant section in your text book and actively learn this then read your teachers notes if you have them and then close all the books pick a question from past papers on the topic you learned about and answer it like its an exam write as much as you can and then when you are finished read the books again correct your mistakes and do another answer on the topic. This will work as long as you dont cheat and look at the books as you do the answers.

*_ not so good _*

I have noticed that people who use these methods generally do not get as high of results as people who learn the way i mentioned above
Writing notes by coping it from the book i promise you writing notes for 4 hours By coping from the book will not get you As as you are not actively learning

I think the key is to actively learn rather than mindless learning which consists of coping straight from the book

Anyway good luck dont stress too much as thats not good either