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Exams. There's a word to make you sweat.

The real problem, according to education expert Nick Whitehead of Oxford Learning , is that “students try to recall information they have learned and filed incorrectly. Rather than being passive learners, students must become active processors of questioning, summarizing and integrating information.” Whitehead offers the following four steps to assist students with their studying:

1. Study Notes – Try to spend 10 minutes per subject each night looking at your notes.
2. Don’t Memorize Your Notes – But just make sure you understand what they mean.
3. Keep Track – Know when your assignments, tests and homework are due so you are not surprised.
4. Know Yourself – What things distract you? Noise? Movement? People? When you discover what distracts you, change your environment.

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