Hi! Welcome to another episode of the smart student podcast.  I am your host Dr. Ehoneah Obed and in today’s episode, I’m going to talk to you about one particular question that I keep being asked almost all the time.



A number of students have asked me this question.  Which study method would be best for me? That is to say, they asked me to recommend a way of study for them that would make them excellent students.



 In this particular episode, I’m going to walk you through how to settle on a study method or a way of study that is going to turn you into a smart student. 



With the study methods,  there are a lot of ways that individuals can use to study to achieve excellence in their academics. 



However, I have put these study methods into two main categories and we are going to discuss those two main categories. These two categories that I have put them in I referred to as the active methods and the positive methods. 



That is to say that when it comes to studying, there are active methods that you apply to study.  Active methods mean that you apply yourself. 



You need to be equally engaged when you are studying okay you have to focus on what you are studying and you have to plug a certain period of time to invest into studying that will become an active method of studying. 



The passive method will refer to as, when you have time or you are doing something else but you can equally be learning at the same time. 



Passive methods unlike active methods do not necessarily need too much of your focus.  I am therefore going to break down these two categories of study methods that I have mentioned so that you appreciate them and know how to use them. 



When it comes to studying methods the problem that a lot of you have and I think I should make clear here before we even talk about the various study methods is that, one in school mostly you have less time to study. So that is your problem or that is the first problem that almost every student has, less time to study. 



Then secondly, it is about your ability to even remember the things that you study. So there are a lot of things that you need to study and you have to be able to recall all these plenty things that you are studying. 



Hence anytime that you are studying you want to make sure that you have made good use of the time that you have.



 So the little time that you have you should be able to learn as much as possible and the lot that you learn within that short period of time that you have you should be able to remember as much as possible. 



How then do you achieve these two things?  How do you spend the little time that you have learning a lot of things and being able to remember all these things especially for the sake of your exams? so that when you write your exams you’ll be able to come out with flying colours. 



Now let’s take active learning.  Most of you or I would say that most students are actually aware of the active study methods. 



When we talk about the active study methods that most students use is just sitting down and reading your books.



So  a lot of you are used to it.  When you go to class you are taught something and you come back home. The only thing you have to do is to sit on your book and read it.



As  you know this is time involving, which means that it is an active method of studying because you need to plug a certain time for yourself and sit over it.