Here are some tips that are based on widely accepted research by neuroscientists and learning experts.

Spaced Repetition : To maximize your learning, study short but often.

Neuroscientists proved that synapses, the million billion connectors in your brain

that make you remember and understand stuff, grow mainly at night when you are asleep.

This means that it is more productive to study regularly, with sleeping breaks in between.

Try it.

Practice something for fifteen minutes every day and you 'll be surprised by your progress within just weeks.

Find Your Own Style : While listening to the history teacher,

Tom scribbles images and Jane finishes one kilo of nuts.

Some enjoy watching videos over reading books, others study with friends,

and some like sitting in silence among a million books.

Everybody is different.

Good Night's Sleep : Sleep and dreams are vital to processing and storing new information.

A Harvard study showed that students who had a good night's sleep,

remembered their study materials 35 % better than those who studied in the morning

to take a test in the evening.

Focus : If you tend to procrastinate, which means that you tend to switch from doing something hard like studying maths, to something easy like browsing the web,

protect yourself from distraction.

One way of doing this is to shut down your mobile phone,

or go to a quiet place like a library.

Pomodoro Technique : Set a timer to 25 minutes when you focus entirely on your studies.

When the timer rings, relax for five minutes.

If you want to continue, just set the timer again.

The small breaks in between are relaxing and motivating to keep going.