6 Scientific Study Tips for Athletic Training Students

So, you want good grades or to pass the athletic training BOC exam? You already know the basics — get enough sleep, don’t cram, and so on…

How can you and other athletic training students make sure study sessions are effective? To help you ace your exams and get good grades, here are 6 study tips backed by science.

Study Tip #1: Pre-test yourself

Do you have trouble absorbing information? Before you start, quiz yourself. It’s been shown that pre-testing before studying helps you retain information. Additionally, getting answers wrong can help you remember the right answers better in the long run.

Even guessing an answer helps cement the information once you get it. There’s also the hypercorrection effect. Duke University researchers found that the more confident you are in an incorrect answer, the stronger you remember the right answer.

Here are some tips for using this study method:

• Take a practice test before you begin studying.
• Leave yourself questions and prompts when you’re taking notes. When you study, try guessing the answers to the questions you wrote before diving into your notes.

Study Tip #2: Use the Cornell note-taking method