Online Study Tools to Get You Through Exams

By Karolyn Castaldo on May 6, 2012

If you’re like me, you never really figured out studying. Sure, you can read your notes a thousand times over, have your friends quiz you or sleep with your textbook under your pillow, but those aren’t the most effective ways to get the knowledge you need for your midterms and finals. As an English major, I don’t often have actual exams, usually just essay tests or final papers. However, this year, I’ve had to take Biology as a common curriculum class and the studying has been the hardest part for me. The tests didn’t ask me to argue a side for the role of DNA in the body and to give examples defending my claim, it asked for concrete facts, plain and not so simple. So, today, while I study for my second Biology exam of the quarter, I’ve compiled a list of the best study tools I’ve found for learning concrete facts for big exams.

Studyblue

Studyblue is an online flashcard generator with lots of other cool features.  Not only can you upload pictures to the flashcards if you need to study diagrams, or if you simply just learn better visually, but you can make your flashcards into multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false quizzes, or simply just print out a review sheet. This site tracks the progress you make on your studying based on how many questions you get right and wrong on your cards and quizzes. You can login to Studyblue through Facebook and share your flashcards with your friends and classmates as well. The best part about Studyblue is that you can download an app to your smartphone and study your flashcards on the go. There is also the option to set a reminder to get back to studying if you decide to take a break that sends a message to your email or phone. Other websites similar to Studyblue are Quizlet and Study Stack

WebspirationPRO

On WebspirationPRO, you can generate a study guide. If you professor holds a review session, take notes and then use that information to make a study guide that’s useful to you. Sometimes, teachers will give you a study guide with questions, but the layout just doesn’t fit your learning style. Adjust it so that it helps you learn the material. This is also a great tool for visual learners because it does not just make the study guide in the form of a list, as can be seen below.

Photo from WebspirationPRO.com

For more topic-specific study sites, MakeUseOfUs, has a great article on “Ten Online Learning Tools” for students. There, you will find sites ranging from Math help to Literature, and even Biology! My advice is just to pick a study method that works best for you. With finals especially, you know the format of the test and the style of questions that the professor gives. Use that to your advantage when you are studying and know the material in the way that you can understand it and best utilize it on the test. Good luck!

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