In this note a guide with the 10 most important study habits to take into account to make the most of your study time and thus become a successful student.
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Study schedule
Having a fixed schedule every day or certain days of the week helps a lot. It’s like your mind already knows that certain days at a certain time is study time.
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Write down the study times
Sometimes you start and interrupt yourself, or you are interrupted. The ideal is to write down on a paper how much time was devoted to each day of study. Based on those times and the results we can determine if we should study more or less.
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Study every day
It is better to take the materials every day dedicating a little time in each day than trying to study everything at the last minute.
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Determine priorities
It does not help to dedicate hours of study to subjects that do not have weight in the program
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Meet objectives per day
It is not good to study a certain number of fixed hours every day. There are days in which more will be studied and others less. How to determine it? Making a study plan that includes weeks and days. On each day we can write down how much we should advance with each subject and then meet it during the day.
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Study of books
A textbook has the concepts we study. Beyond that in some subjects there may be different approaches, in general, any book will be a reliable source of consultation. That is why it is so important to study books.
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Summarize the exercise guides
Write down which exercises could be done, and which ones could not. Take statistics of how well we are solving. In Liberated Minds we already saw 10 tips to face an exercise guide.
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Silence when studying
The external noises distracting, music also. The ideal is to study in silence, but we know that sometimes it can be boring. So, the best thing is to have a balance. Those easier subjects can be studied with background music and the most difficult in silence to be able to concentrate better. You can review the article Studying with Music.
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Repeat out loud.
If we have to study some text, a good way to learn it and assimilate it is to repeat it out loud as if we were explaining the concepts to another person.
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Do not stay with doubts.
It is very common that sometimes something is not clear. These issues should be noted in some notes and get clarified before the exams. You can ask questions in class and solve doubts with teachers, with classmates or with books, but you have to solve them before exams or we will not be making 100% effort.
