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Information about study skills:
Study skills are strategies and methods of purposeful
learning, usually centering on reading and writing. Effective study skills
are considered essential for students to acquire good grades in school,
and are useful in general to improve learning throughout one's life, in
support of career and other interests.
Many students find it hard to start working or work for
an extended period. If one finds himself avoiding starting work or seemingly
finding ways out of studying then he should try to start studying for
short periods of 10-15 minutes on a regular basis. This, if done properly,
can help ease one into interrupting your normal daily routine enough to
actually get some work done. When one finds that one can sit and concentrate
(which are skills that need to be warmed up by this process as well) for
longer periods then changing to a full study routine is possible.
If one finds that one studies for too long then it can
seem much more of a chore than it really has to be. Even students who
really enjoy their subject can end up resenting the amount of work they
have to do if they fall into ineffective study patterns. If this happens
one may begin to fall into the avoiding-starting-to-study pattern.
A realistic study pattern (although it is better to find your own personal
pattern) is that of a designated 2 hour session with a 5 minute break
every half hour. During the 5 minutes be mindful to get away from the
studying and do something that is both relaxing and different e.g. get
a breath of fresh air or a drink of water. Make sure that you end the
2 hour session whether you have completed what you have been studying
or not and commit to return to that point in the next 2 hour session.
In between sessions try to do something you enjoy or something new and
refreshing. It is sometimes easy to view times of study as mundane but
they can also be times where you try new experiences and be creative.
At first it may seem a little hard to think of things that you don't normally
do and might enjoy and it is different for everyone. Some examples may
include going to the park, watching a DVD, painting a picture, going to
a museum, meeting friends (but preferably not talking about study), learning
a musical instrument, watching a sporting event that you do not normally
attend, reading a novel, playing a new sport, etc. It is important to
attempt to change a revision period to a time where you are choosing to
experience new things as well as choosing to learn new things, which is
a much more positive way to approach studying.
The method that many students who like to add an overt structure to their
learning to keep them on track is the PQRST method. It helps the student
focus on studying and prioritizing the information in a way that relates
directly to how they will be asked to use that information in an exam.
The method can also be modified to suit any particular form of learning
in most subjects. It can also allow more accurate timing of work so instead
of having to decide how much time to attribute to one whole topic you
can decide how long it might take to preview the material and then each
step after that.
