DISCLAIMER: I know that different types of studying is varied by different subjects. This time, I am basing it on Biology.
Make sure what to study:
You have to be exactly sure of what to study on: often in the IB you would do a test on a chapter, but ask your teacher which subtopics the test will touch upon, so you don't study unnecessarily things. (Nothing is unnecessary in the IB 😀)
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| Example of showing awareness of the topics |
(i) Chronologically go through the topics
Now that you know, what you have to study, you will finally start studying. BE AWARE that some topics will of course be easier than others, and you might feel like prioritizing topics that you might find harder to understand. This is an acceptable act an, and excuse, for wanting to studying more efficiently especially due to time constraints. HOWEVER, I would advise you to determine this yourself, as people work and understand differently.
(ii) Analyze or categorize the sections
In Biology tests, you will often have to both draw and write. Divide the work to whatever you have to draw (Transmembrane phospholipid bilayer) and whatever you have to write (membrane structure). For me, it's best that the last thing I do is drawing for all the subtopics. This is because I feel like drawing is actually not the hardest part, but you decide :-)
STUDY, STUDY AND STUDY
Time to study! Don't hurry through the topics! Make sure you understand them! You could help yourself understand better by writing in hand than on a computer. This is not scientifically proven, but I have done this for past few tests, and I do feel like this has worked incredibly! Look in the book, on the internet, and also go on a YouTube streak to search for Biology videos. While you're there, you can go and check out my YT-channel w/ videos about the topics in Bio, that I am doing with a friend. BioTaughtByIBGirls 😉
Nail it or fail it?
I just came up with that sentence. Nail it, or fail it. Haha. Anyway, what I am trying to say is that, after all that studying and hard work, you have nothing to fear, just go and take that test. No, but, seriously, I understand that you get nervous, we all do at some point, but if you fail it, we can only say that we have studied and tried our best (and DO NOT LOSE HOPE: DON'T - LET IT BE YOUR MOTIVATOR. WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU, THAT YOU DID BAD, YOU GON' TELL THEM THAT YOU WILL DO BETTER!!🔥), and if we nail it, then HURRAY WOOHOO SO HAPPY CONGRATULATIONS, THE WORK FINALLY PAID OFF.
