Best way to study for HSIE subjects? (1 Viewer)

[MATHmaster]

Hey guys I am having trouble to find the best way to study for HSIE subjects such as Geography and Modern History, which is what I am taking. Can somebody who had success with studying for these subjects and achieving high marks tell me how they studied for them? My studying attempt would be to: type up notes, then 2 weeks before the exam re-write them 2-3 times, memorising quotes (i.e. for an essay), understanding the content and practicing some essays, tailored to several questions. Is there a better way to do this?

 

[D94]

I did 6 of your subjects, so I'm speaking from experience.

You should have notes relating to each dot point of the syllabus. Make and structure notes as if you were answering a question, as opposed to just chucking in everything possible. This should be done now, not 2 weeks before an exam, seriously. Rewriting may help you, rote learning may help you, highlighting may help you...whatever your method, you still need good notes, especially for humanities subjects. And if you have your notes now (best to be a digital copy so you can add to it), you can use them to revise throughout the year so any study time can be used to revise structured notes.

Seriously, if you are genuinely interested in those subjects, any spare time you have, you should do casual reading, not forced reading, as casual reading, IMO, will help you retain information because you're not under stress.

Most importantly, in exams, write what the marker wants to see. They're looking for key information which would be pertinent in successfully answering the question.

 

[krnofdrg]

I did 6 of your subjects, so I'm speaking from experience.

You should have notes relating to each dot point of the syllabus. Make and structure notes as if you were answering a question, as opposed to just chucking in everything possible. This should be done now, not 2 weeks before an exam, seriously. Rewriting may help you, rote learning may help you, highlighting may help you...whatever your method, you still need good notes, especially for humanities subjects. And if you have your notes now (best to be a digital copy so you can add to it), you can use them to revise throughout the year so any study time can be used to revise structured notes.

Seriously, if you are genuinely interested in those subjects, any spare time you have, you should do casual reading, not forced reading, as casual reading, IMO, will help you retain information because you're not under stress.

Most importantly, in exams, write what the marker wants to see. They're looking for key information which would be pertinent in successfully answering the question.

This ^^ Using your spar time for casual reading for subjects such as history is pretty good, i use to do it. I would also read my notes for 30mins each day if possible.