EverydayTried-and-true tip
Focus on the 20 percent of material that yields 80 percent
Before an exam, find the topics with the biggest payoff and study those actively.
- Time
- ⏱ einmalig 30 min, dann laufend
- Difficulty
- ◆ medium
What you need
- Course materials
- Past exams or a topic list
How to do it
- Set the goal of your study session.
- Pick out the most important topics.
- Spend most of your time on those topics and study actively, for example by summarising, explaining or solving problems.
- After the exam, check whether your selection was right.
Variations
- Use past exams to find the topics with the greatest weight.
Sources
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- subjectguides.york.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
approximately 80% of outcomes or results come from about 20% of your inputs or effort
