Instead of reading and rereading to prepare for exams and finals, try turning terminology and study guides into conversational topics or songs.

Students may feel ridiculous singing about the Cold War or trigonometric functions, but creating a simple song to vocabulary words or telling a story about a historical topic can go a long way.

Telling a story or teaching another student about a topic requires reflection and actual knowledge about a subject rather than memorizing words.

Being able to understand and analyze certain topics is far easier to recall than memorization of a study guide.

Turn terminology and definitions into a song when memorization within a subject is necessary.

Students can often recall the words to a song from their childhood more easily than the vocab quiz they took first quarter.

By turning studying into songs and storytelling, one can gain more benefit and have more fun while doing so.