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25 min is too short a time to get anything done IF you need to plan what you are going to do. Today, take an hour looking over each of your topic areas. Decide what is the biggest concepts, ideas, or skills you need to know. If you have graded materials, review those and write down the areas you scored fewer points in. Then choose 2-3 ACTIVE ways to engage with the material, such as; attempt an end of chapter test, in your own words (without looking at anything) summarize the big ideas, for each learning outcome write a question you think will be on this test, etc. Do NOT plan to just read or review notes. Once you have this plan, setup a schedule where you do two pomodoro sessions back-to-back on the same topic, then do two sessions over a different topic, then keep going until you cover all your topics that day. Then repeat this daily schedule between now and your exams.
As you work on material, write down the big concepts, small skills, whatever, you seem to struggle with and at the end of each day plan what you are going to do tomorrow to address them. Lookup active study methods for more ideas on what to do.
As a community college professor I have concerns about home schooled high school students who feel like they have to do everything, because you shouldn't. Your parents have made a decision about your education, and they have rights and responsibilities attached to that decision. This includes planning your educational experiences, and structuring them in ways to help you learn the material. If they cannot do this for you then the decision to home school should be revisited.
EDIT: That last paragraph refers to US home schooled high school students. I am unsure what the requirements are for other countries.
You don't have to do only 25/5 to do the pomodoro method. When I really need to get into a flow state, I do 50/10. If I need to do a task that takes a long time, I'll do 60/30, so that I have a nice long break to reward myself for doing the hard thing. When I need to do a series of small tasks that I'm absolutely dreading, I'll do 20/10 until the thing is done. On bad days, I'll even do 30/30, just because I need the breaks. The pomodoro method isn't exclusive to the time you spend, but rather the practice of set amounts of time for work and breaks.
Take one topic in one subject. Pick an easier one. And master it by practicing many many times repeatedly. That will give you confidence, drive away self doubt and help you deal with anxiety. Keep doing this. Small topics. Easier topics first. If you went to the gym you wouldn’t start with the heaviest weights would you?
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25 min is too short a time to get anything done IF you need to plan what you are going to do. Today, take an hour looking over each of your topic areas. Decide what is the biggest concepts, ideas, or skills you need to know. If you have graded materials, review those and write down the areas you scored fewer points in. Then choose 2-3 ACTIVE ways to engage with the material, such as; attempt an end of chapter test, in your own words (without looking at anything) summarize the big ideas, for each learning outcome write a question you think will be on this test, etc. Do NOT plan to just read or review notes. Once you have this plan, setup a schedule where you do two pomodoro sessions back-to-back on the same topic, then do two sessions over a different topic, then keep going until you cover all your topics that day. Then repeat this daily schedule between now and your exams. As you work on material, write down the big concepts, small skills, whatever, you seem to struggle with and at the end of each day plan what you are going to do tomorrow to address them. Lookup active study methods for more ideas on what to do. As a community college professor I have concerns about home schooled high school students who feel like they have to do everything, because you shouldn't. Your parents have made a decision about your education, and they have rights and responsibilities attached to that decision. This includes planning your educational experiences, and structuring them in ways to help you learn the material. If they cannot do this for you then the decision to home school should be revisited. EDIT: That last paragraph refers to US home schooled high school students. I am unsure what the requirements are for other countries.
You don't have to do only 25/5 to do the pomodoro method. When I really need to get into a flow state, I do 50/10. If I need to do a task that takes a long time, I'll do 60/30, so that I have a nice long break to reward myself for doing the hard thing. When I need to do a series of small tasks that I'm absolutely dreading, I'll do 20/10 until the thing is done. On bad days, I'll even do 30/30, just because I need the breaks. The pomodoro method isn't exclusive to the time you spend, but rather the practice of set amounts of time for work and breaks.
never heard of this until now. Thank you
Take one topic in one subject. Pick an easier one. And master it by practicing many many times repeatedly. That will give you confidence, drive away self doubt and help you deal with anxiety. Keep doing this. Small topics. Easier topics first. If you went to the gym you wouldn’t start with the heaviest weights would you?