Comments on: Major examinations week; do you bum or do you cram?

By: tovel

tovel — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:38:28 +0000

I try to work ahead as much as possible It's great feeling when you've done the work and you're going confident.

If I have time constraints then I'll resort to cramming but I find this limits my exam performance as things that I would normally remember is hard to recall during the actual exam.

By: jhay

jhay — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:37:45 +0000

@ MI: Well, I cram too. I've been famous for it since highschool. Especially during the time I was the head-scriptwriter for the theater club. I'd write the scripts hours before the start of rehearsals though the assignment was given to me weeks before!

I had some drafts, but my finest work comes out when I'm under pressure so the drafts get scrapped altogether.

It's a bit different now in college, I still cram but not that much.

@ Karlo.PinoyBlogero: Yup, on top of that people's learning styles not only differ, they too evolve over time. As for me, I'm somehow in the middle of cramming and working ahead of time.

@ chuck norris dude: That's how I do it nowadays. Especially with all my extra-curricular and social involvements I have. Though I still cram, I've learned the value of working ahead of time and building on from there.

I thank multi-tasking for this!

By: chuck norris dude

chuck norris dude — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:03:17 +0000

My strategy consists on starting as early as possible, because when I'm short on time I tend to learn less. Kinda feel it's not worth to learn couple of days before if I didn't already finished most of my job.

By: Karlo.PinoyBlogero

Karlo.PinoyBlogero — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:47:53 +0000

I agree with Mi. People really do have different learning styles. ^_^ As for me, I cram. Haha.

By: Mi

Mi — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:46:18 +0000

I cram. But then, that’s my learning style. Some people have different learning styles. Some take their time, some just work better under time pressure (because they’re running out of time). I can’t work until it’s like less than 24 hours before due time. Same goes with doing papers and projects and what not. It’s not like I TRY to bum around to avoid doing work. It just doesn’t work for me not cramming.