Media Tafreshi's Rhetoric Blog #1

Cramming vs Scheduled studying University of Iowa Media Tafreshi Cramming vs. Scheduled studying Abstract Students nowadays are spending less time actually studying and more time cramming for classes. Research that has been done over many years that shows that scheduled studying is much more effective than cramming before an exam or a test. However, this research may be different and outdated as to what it would have been like if it was done today. In this report, students at the University of Iowa were surveyed to see what type of studying they do for themselves in their own classes and what fits best. The survey also shows what different types of studying can do to grades and progress overall. Introduction What is the best way to study for the best grade and how? That’s a question that can have so many answers to it. There are different ways to study for school exams and tests. The two b...

Introduction What is the best way to study for the best grade and how? That’s a question that can have so many answers to it. There are different ways to study for school exams and tests. The two biggest known ways to prepare for exams or tests are cramming and studying. Both have been done quite a lot by many students over time, but which one works best and why? Cramming often happens when students procrastinate and put off studying until the last possible minute they can. For people who have a set time and schedule to study, they have much less stress before the test, they can retain information long term much easier, and they can study for less time for an overall long period. This may be simple for some, but for others it is hard since there needs to be a lot of time set aside for organization of planning what times and when to study. For cramming, there are also some benefits of this method. For example, the less time spent studying, people can spend it doing what they want to ...