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If your phone is a big distraction I would recommend turning it off or putting it in another room. That will at least make it harder for it to distract you. I would also recommend you try the Pomodoro Technique. Basically you only study for ~25 minutes at a time and then take a 5 minute break. This really works for me!

Pomodoro technique. Time for 25 minutes of focused activity. Do that as many times as you want but have breaks in between of 5 or 10 minutes (time them!). Don't worry about getting whatever it is done, just focus on the process of doing it.

There's enough procrastination advice out there for people who want to look too.

Oh and try the Learning How to Learn course on Coursera with the companion book: A Mind For Numbers by Barbara Oakely. They're both excellent with so much general advice it's applicable to anyone no matter what they're studying.

I live in the Caribbean and im also a student so I completely understand your struggle. The best suggestion i have is to invest in a standing electric fan you can plug into the wall. They arent very expensive (at least not here) and they are very efficient since you can easily move them around and it blows quite strongly.

If youre looking for something even more affordable then you can look for a small standing desk fan. It’s basically the same thing as the big standing ones except it’ll easily fit on your desk. Something like this is good small standing fan

As far as notes go I recommend you check out Obsidian. It's available on the major operating systems and phones (windows, Mac, iOS, android, Linux, etc).

This is a link to the website: https://obsidian.md/

I have used Obsidian for 2-3 years now and it has never let me down. It is a fantastic application to take notes with.

Have you tried Duolingo? https://www.duolingo.com

I used it for Spanish. It worked great.

For class specific stuff, have you looked into active recall? That's stuff like flashcards where you practice remembering the stuff you need to remember.

You can just keep practicing remembering in different ways until the information starts to stick.

But seriously... Duolingo is super fun. Try that out.

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Brainscape's flashcards use spaced repetition and active recall which are proven to help you learn twice as fast and remember for longer. You can read more about it in our guide: How to study effectively -- https://www.brainscape.com/academy/how-to-study-effectively/

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The key is prep. With the correct preparation, there will be no distractions at all during your study allowing you to focus and concentrate better. Here's the ultimate guide to perfecting your concentration: https://www.brainscape.com/academy/how-to-focus/

You can do this!!

With textbooks you want to learn/memorize for school and exams, active reading will be your best friend!
Think about what you will be reading and what you want to learn from the next few pages before you read them. (Sometimes I like creating a simple questionnaire for myself after I quickly skim a chapter before doing the deep dive and reading it through in its entirety).

This should put you in the best headspace for improving remembering what you've read. Check out this advice on how to read a textbook and remember what you've read
(for more information): https://www.brainscape.com/academy/how-to-read-textbook-remember/

Check this out : https://tinychat.com/room/gottastudy (password : getstudying)

It's an amazing community with people all over the world and from different fields (medical, biology, computer science, law ...) the users either share their desktop screen or put camera on to avoid slacking while study periods. and eventually they can chat and help each other during breaks :)

TickTick works best for me! Although I'm not entirely sure what you mean by making a schedule, you can enter times and due dates for the todo's you make! It's also got a stopwatch function in case you want to time without pomodoros.

https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Premium-Brain-Support-Supplement/dp/B07G7F4L5S/ref=sr_1_13?dchild=1&keywords=mind+nootropic&qid=1596395898&sr=8-13 this is the one I use

if you have an android, you can try out this motivation study bunny app, it's helping out college students from what i've heard, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superbyte.studybunny

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So the book I linked is for A levels and I’m not aware if you’re doing them but I think it applies.

In one of the chapters (page 67) subjects are put into sub categories and each category has a different method of revision. History comes under written prose. The book doesn’t put it under fact recall but I think that’s important too.

I memorise the subject by dividing it into chapters and specific parts. For example, I’ll concentrate on “Liberal social welfare” or “inter-war years”. First, I’ll read through the necessary chapters and really try to absorb the information. Then I’ll read it a second time and pick out specific sentences, phrases, dates or keywords that need to be memorised. After, I’ll close the book and try to write all the information I can in then correct it - if I got anything wrong or missed out any information I’ll read through again then keep closing the book and rewriting until what I write is perfect. I know it’s really long but all the repetitions helps with memorising.

Then again, even if you memorise the facts and years you can still lose marks in the exam if you don’t analyse or evaluate properly, or if you lose track of time and don’t cover enough. Keep that in mind. Reading the specification, past papers and questions, and exemplar answers really help with this.

tldr: read the information and try to rewrite perfectly. Keep reading and rewriting until all the information is completely correct. But make sure you also learn to analyse and evaluate information properly.

Maybe these resources can help you; they surely helped me reshaping the way I study:

• A highly informative site (they recently published a book that I’m enjoying reading): http://www.learningscientists.org

• A book: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Numbers-Science-Flunked-Algebra/dp/039916524X/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=1P7CJD0T9QSAL&keywords=a+mind+for+numbers&qid=1548142584&sprefix=a+mind+for+&sr=8-2