False Beliefs When Studying for Licensure Exams

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While waiting for your licensure exam applications to be processed, it’s time for you to start studying for the exams. It’s a nerve-wracking thing, especially that the results of your exam is something that could change your life. You don’t want to have to retake it.

Often, in your panic, you would absorb these false beliefs when studying. We’ve listed them down for you so you can identify if you have the wrong mindset in studying and change your ways immediately!

Thinking that being good in a subject is inborn talent

You are not born being good at anything. Although you can have a natural disposition for something, being knowledgeable in a subject matter is the result of hard work. If you think that you’re “bad” at something and that no matter what you do, you will never be good at it, you would tend not to work hard or persevere. You need to believe that intelligence can be developed.

Assuming learning is fast

Some people would call themselves “fast learners”, but to really be able to learn something you would need to go over the subject matter again and again. To resolve this false belief, You need to study more than you actually think you need to.

Thinking that learning is about isolated facts

Memorizing chunks of knowledge can make you feel like you’re learning, but in order to answer questions properly, you would need to have an understanding of how these bits of knowledge are interrelated. This builds your reasoning skills and can help you when you need to remember things in the real world.

Multitasking

Another thing that makes you believe that you’re productive, multitasking has been proved to cause medical errors. If you don’t want to make mistakes in practice, you need to take it out of your studying habits as well. Switching back and forth between tasks means microseconds lost and you could miss important information.

Studying for licensure exams requires your total focus, hard work, and determination. You need to know that learning is about being systematic, synthesizing information, and learning things by heart. IPASS can help you succeed in your journey by assisting you in your international licensure exam applications.