What science teaches us about studying for ACCA
What science teaches us about studying
And how you can use it to help you pass :)
A study by the Association of Psychological science backed up all other recent studies - basically telling us what the good tutors know already - the best students practice and recap!
So what techniques are best?
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Testing yourself - particularly using MCQs
This works because it practices recall (what you have to do in the exam) and it also teaches you what you don't know (but thought you did)
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Recaps
Distributed learning as they call it - means you forget less and it stays in your longer term memory
What doesn't work at all well
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Re-reading material
- the brain needs to be engaged and practice what will happen in the exam - re-reading does little of either
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Highlighting text
- this is even worse - as the highlighted areas have no context for the brain to work with
So put those highlighters down and get onto the testing centre - and exam centre
The classroom section does all of this for you plus the recaps too - so see you there
Scientifically yours
aCOWtancy