| To bake the perfect cake, you need a perfect | | | | whole book. |
| recipe. Likewise to pass your exams, you need to | | | | I Stands For Ideas: Are your ideas on each topic |
| know the right ingredients to put in your studies. | | | | helping you towards a better understanding of your |
| Have you ever thought about how some students | | | | notes? |
| seem to always be the top of your class and they | | | | You should ask yourself questions as you read your |
| always score the high marks? It is because they | | | | notes. Questions like What, Why, How, When will |
| have the recipe for success. | | | | ensure you grasp the main ideas behind what you |
| Throughout the world, people who succeed in life | | | | are reading. |
| always have a secret recipe that the majority of | | | | P Stands for Principles: Once you set your solid |
| people do not know about. They plan their success | | | | principles for your studies, there will be no way you |
| before hand. They do their homework while others | | | | will fail. Principles always work irrespective of who or |
| sleep away or laze about. Anybody can just get by | | | | how it is being used. The law of gravity states that |
| being average, but it takes you to go the extra mile | | | | once you throw a ball up, it will eventually come |
| to excel. | | | | down and that is a principle in action. Have you got |
| Exams are the one thing that we are all afraid of and | | | | your studying principles? A good study principle you |
| uncomfortable with. I have come to notice that it is | | | | can practice is to set regular study times, let us say |
| mainly because of the lack of the necessary | | | | one hour study time with 20 to 30 minutes breaks. |
| preparation for the exam. Most times there is no | | | | There is no substitute for disciplined learning, make it |
| strategy in place from the onset and this is not | | | | as routine as possible. |
| entirely anybody's fault. I will like to share what I call | | | | S Stands for Strategies: Your strategies should be |
| T.I.P.S with you. | | | | your game plan and passport to your desire grades. |
| T Stands for Techniques: What techniques have you | | | | Depending on your style of learning, you could have |
| put in place towards your exam preparation? | | | | your notes in diagram forms as a visual learner, you |
| Techniques are a series of methods you use to | | | | could also record your notes and have it play back to |
| achieve your desire goals. | | | | you as often as possible as an auditory learner and |
| What studying methods have you? Firstly you need | | | | as a hands-on learner you could design your learning, |
| to have your notes rewritten in a neat file, topic by | | | | so you can touch and feel what you are learning |
| topic on A4 sheets. On these sheets you could have | | | | through experiments, making it as practical as |
| bullet points, mind maps or anything that makes your | | | | possible. |
| notes fun and easy to read. The file will ensure you | | | | Plan your studies and add as much fun as is |
| can quickly revise a topic and likewise easily take a | | | | necessary for your success. |
| couple of sheets out to revise, instead of carrying a | | | | |