You may already know what studying tips are, but do you really use them while you are studying? You know that they exist, but are they any help to you? Whether you find this lame and cliche, or just skip over this article, I will highlight some of the most useful studying habits and tips for this upcoming school year.
As students are starting the new school year, it is beneficial for students to have a good work ethic and learn ways to study productively. For studying, there are several examples of how students can create good studying habits. For example, students should put away all their distractions. They should leave their devices outside of their working environment because many students spend time on their phones instead of working on their homework, getting distracted by text messages and social media. I have been using this tip for several years, and I found that I do not think about my phone when I am studying.
Also, students should have an orderly sleep schedule. Benedict Carey, a science reporter from the New York Times, states, “‘Sleep is the finisher on learning … The brain is ready to process and categorize and solidify what you’ve been studying. Once you get tired, your brain is saying it’s had enough.’” This is a tip that I use when studying. I review the information that I need the next day and sleep with that information in my brain. I also review the same information the next morning to test my knowledge from the day before. Using this tip, I found that I remember more information and score a better grade for my school assignments or tests.
However, working in an ideal environment and sleeping well are not the only study tips to study better and more efficiently. The most important study tip is to avoid procrastination. From time to time, students do procrastinate, but it is very hard to prevent procrastination once you start it. If given an analogy, procrastination can be compared to lying. Once you start lying, it is extremely hard to not lie the next time. Once you start procrastinating, it is extremely hard to not procrastinate the next time. For example, when procrastinating, students end up cramming before the due date and try to “‘[hold] that information in [their] head for a limited amount of time.’” Studying in this way, the learner’s brain realizes that the information is not important. Thus, after the due date approaches, the brain forgets the information will have to be relearned if reproaching the topic again. To overcome this problem, students should create a schedule, such as planing when to work on their assignments and what days those assignments should be completed. Personally, creating a schedule does not help me; instead, I create a list of assignments and try to complete the most of what I can do on that day.
The studying habits that Carey mentions are great examples of studying well. I also have provided some examples, yet I still procrastinate and become lazy. All in all, students like myself should apply those studying habits to their own studying style and enjoy their school year without any distractions and stress.
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