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How to Take on College Studying

How to Take on College Studying (Part 2)

Choose Where to Study :Where you should study depends on two factors: the environment in which you are best able to concentrate and the type of work you are planning to do.

  The best places to study have a good light, a comfortable temperature and enough desk space—usually your dorm room, your apartment or the library.

  For completing problem sets or brainstorming possible test questions, you may want to study with a group or at least in a setting where fellow students are available for discussion.

  When you are reading a book chapters or working on a research paper, you are probably better off in a less social environment. 

Improve Your Study Habits

Here are simple steps you can take to help you get a handle on studying: 

Have a routine for where and when you study.

Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for each study sessions.
Do things that are harder or require more intense thought at your most productive time of day. 
Take breaks if you need them so you don't waste time looking at material and not absorbing it. 
Get to know students whom you respect and can study with or contact to ask questions.
Keep up with workload and seek help when you need it.
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Successful Students 5-6

Successful Students 5-6

5. Don’t sit in the back of the room. Successful students minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning. Students want the best available for their entertainment dollars, but willingly seek the worst seat for their educational dollars. Students who sit in the back cannot possibly be their professor’s teammate (see no. 4). Why do they expose themselves to the temptations of initiative classroom experiences and distractions of all people between them and their instructors? Of course, we know they choose the back of the classroom because they seek invisibility or anonymity, both of which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are trying not to be part of the class, why, then, are you wasting your time? Push your hot buttons is there something else you should be doing with your time?

6. Take good notes. Successful students take notes that are understandable and organized, and often review them. Why put something into your notes you don’t understand? Ask the questions now that are necessary to make of your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps you learn later and the less time it will take because you won’t have to include some deciphering time, also. The whole purpose of taking notes is to use them often. The more you use them, the more they improve.

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