“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.” –Tony Robbins
"A racing Horse sees in only single direction because the purpose of his life is clear"
There is no argument that taking time to read, learn, and study a subject or theory will lead to a greater understanding of that particular subject. Actively engaging with the material, learning together, and genuinely knowing a subject, students can feel empowered and motivated to do well in the classroom as a group.
Learning is a different experience for each person. Students can hear different perspectives on the subject and therefore understand it from more than a position. This is useful in real-world settings where more than one solution or opinion bolsters creative and analytical thinking.
2- Maintain Personal Responsibilities
Study groups should allow each student to share ideas and thoughts about a particular subject. Depending on the group’s dynamic, students may even give small presentations that can be highly beneficial to the learning process; students who are going to present before their study groups are less likely to forget to do their reading because they do not want to be embarrassed in front of their peers.
Some college students can find themselves to be naturally rebellious toward authority figures. This rebellious attitude can lead them to feel frustrated with academic assignments; however, the added responsibility of studying with a group of peers, and without the influence of an elder figure, can enable these students to feel more apt to participate, thus promoting responsibility, education, and team building.
Besides personal responsibility, study groups can also aid in self-discovery. Perhaps students will realize that they work best in the morning or at night; perhaps they will discover that they are exceptionally good at researching but not summarizing. These insights can help them discover what kind of career will suit them best.
3- Sharpen Problem-Solving Skills
The idea of placing three to five college students in one room to study might not sound promising on the surface because we think about the great potential of disagreements, arguments, and distractions that can occur.
By learning how to adapt to the work and study styles of others, students can sharpen their problem-solving skills. When there are multiple conflicting ideas, theories, and practices in a group, students must decipher which idea is the best; this takes patience, sacrifice, and the skills needed to resolve the issue. Eventually, these skills are developed naturally.
In a positive way, this kind of healthy debate is also good for students. Being challenged to defend your ideas, perspectives, and find solutions that suit others, not just yourself, will be needed in every other area in life as well.
Think about These-
- Assignment deadlines
- Exam periods
- Application deadlines (scholarships, internships, summer programs, grad jobs, etc.)
- Birthdays
- Important occasions (weddings, anniversaries, religious and national holidays)
- Other commitments (part-time jobs, music festivals, sporting events, planned holidays, etc.)
Once you know these important dates, they need to go down in your calendar. If you know it will take up your entire day or maybe even a few, block this time out right away. Otherwise, make a note so you’re aware you may be busy for at least some of the day.
Step Two: Decide how long to dedicate to key dates preparation
Now you know your key events, it’s time to decide how long you need to prepare for them. This will depend on your unique style and level of study, but leave enough time to work on your commitment without having to dedicate all your time to it.
Whether it’s a wedding you’re helping to plan or an exam you’re studying for, it’s tempting to ignore these important events until you have time to drop everything else and focus, but by planning your timetable at the beginning of the year, you can ensure this doesn’t happen.
Once you have a clear timeline of what you need to achieve and how long to spend on this, you can move onto step three.
Step 3 - Balance your free time
So now you know exactly how much time you have, you can work out how much of it you need to spend studying, which areas to prioritize, and schedule some social time for yourself as well.
If you have an intensive course where you’re in class for most of the day, you’ll want to reserve most of your evenings and weekends for non-academic activities.
If, however, you’re pursuing a research degree or only have a few hours of contact time, reserving 70 percent of your free time for studying and 30 percent for relaxing and socializing is a good benchmark.
4 - Making Subject Wise Notes For Effective Study
Exam Preparations are quite stressful! No matter what degree you undertake, you must learn from scratch and cover every single topic from the huge Syllabus to win its qualification.
Is it possible to read everything when the preparation time is short?
Well, that’s not a smart approach! For an effective study, you must filter out the important topics and summarize key points on a notebook to cover the mass amount of information within a short duration.
Note Making Strategy is always better, as you can get everything to learn at a single place and study efficiently with the quick methods
1- Understand Your Learning Style!
Auditory Learning - Auditory learning is a learning style in which a person learns through listening. An auditory learner depends on listening and speaking as a main way of learning
Read/Write Learning- Read + Write Learner. This type of learner is someone who needs to read and/or write down the information to learn it. They do well by using the traditional study method of reading from a textbook and taking notes and prefer to learn through words. These learners tend to enjoy reading and taking lots of notes
In the modern world, children are attached to iPods, smartphones, text messages, Facebook and WhatsApp, etc. From early on, children have developed the habit of checking these sources several times hourly. Those habits break into a child’s concentration during the study, reminding him or her that it is time to check the phone or computer.
Unfortunately, this multitasking gets in the way of acquiring high-quality knowledge. It takes time to shift attention from homework to some other source of information and additional time to shift attention back. Not only does that constant shifting influence the amount of time it takes to get work done, but it also affects the quality of the study itself.
To create a more effective work environment, create a distraction-free zone during work time. Park the portable technology elsewhere in the house.
The habits children create to reach all the way down to the level of where they should look to find the tools and supplies they need to study. That means children’s workspace should be set up so that they do not need to search each day for pencils, erasers, or calculators.
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