use the SQ3R method for studying chapters in books or txtbooks….

S- survey look at pics, rd captions rd subtitles and titles

Q- Question ask what do I need to know? What am I studying? look at the review questions at the end

3R- read the chapter

R-recite important facts

R-review the chapter

these 2 work best because they really help me

2. Eat healthily

3. Comfortable position

4. Rote Learning (Repeat what you have learned)

5. Mnemonics (Or however there spelt, like ROY G BIV)

6. Good sleep (This includes good sleep pattern!)

7. Water (Not necessarily 8 pints, just as much as you want)

8. Regular breaks (But not too long or you will stray!)

9. Exercise between revision (Oxygen to body & brain)

10. Caffeine is good, but only for waking you up in morning!

To improve your reading skills, try keeping a diary and using the PSQ5R method (find a purpose, skimming through the text before hand, set questions and find answers and read selectively, recite, record, reflect and review) see

www.yugzone.ru/speed_reading/speedreading/r025.html

For me, for subjects like History and biology, I try to make a mental movie of what i read. I try to twist it so that it becomes funny and i visualise it with vibrant colours. This makes the subject more interesting and easier to remember. It takes a rerun of about 5 times like, once you read it, 10 mins after you read it, a day after, a week after then a month after for it to stick. I also find that if you teach someone else, it tends to stick better too.

For maths, listen to Mozart before you work out questions