STUDY TECHNIQUES

Do you know how to organize and regulate the study time. Do you know how to squeeze everything from that time you spend reading the several books. This section contains some valuable hints about the “how and why’ of studying . Learn the hints and use them; you’ll be pleasantly surprised with your upgraded study efficiency.

A DEFINITE TIEM:

Set a specific time in your daily schedule which shall be known and observed as you official study period. Also set a minimum and a realistic maximum amount of time to be spent in study. Deeply observe these limits.

You can never truthfully say that the teacher did not make a specific assignment for next class, so there is not much to study. If there is no assignment for the following class meeting use your study time for a good review. Then you won’t have to cram for your next big test.

You cannot afford to allow non- study activities to take any party of your study period. Tell your friends not to call or come by for a visit during your study hours. Don’t receive telephone; leave instructions that you are not home.

How much time will you need? You’ll be able o determine this shortly after your short courses. Of course, the total time you will need will be determined by the number and type of courses and your own study efficiency. However, the college catalogues mention the fact that one semester’s credit hour should require two hours of preparation weekly. This means that a three hour course should get six hours of outside study each week.

A DEFINITE PLACE:

Where should you study? Any place- a desk in you room, a kitchen table where you can be reasonably comfortable and away from the mainstream of activity in your home office or dormitory Get away from the television set, children and home mates.

It is important that the spot you select be one which you normally do not use except for study if it’s the table where you play cards, it’s very easy to think about the last game there rather than what you’re trying to study.

STUDY PROPS:

You use specific items for a bath soap, towels etc as a matter of fact, if you don’t use the right things, your bath won’t be a good one same is true for study.

Use a desk or table of adequate size and height. And this is most important thing clear it of everything except the actual books or materials you require to study properly that one particular subject you are working on . you Can’t concentrate very will on writing them for English class if you have in front of you a math book with 20 problems awaiting for you, and half a dozen other tasks and assignments. Work and worry only about what you have inform of your at the moment. The other subjects can be taken care of easier after your complete one assignment more satisfactorily because you are giving it your full attention. Sit in a straight chair, not one which is too comfortable – unless you plan to snooze.