Study tips
You can prepare yourself to succeed in your studies.
Try to develop and appreciate the following habits:
Try to develop and appreciate the following habits:
- Take responsibility for yourself
Recognize that in order to succeed you need to make decisions about your priorities,
your time, and your resources - Center yourself around your values and principles
Don't let friends and acquaintances dictate what you consider important - Put first things first
Follow up on the priorities you have set for yourself, and don't let others, or other interests, distract you from your goals - Discover your key productivity periods and places
Morning, afternoon, or evening?
Find spaces where you can be the most focused and productive.
Prioritize these for your most difficult study challenges - Consider yourself in a win-win situation
When you contribute your best to a class, you, your fellow students,
and even your teacher will benefit.
Your grade can then be one additional check on your performance - First understand others, then attempt to be understood
When you have an issue with an instructor (a questionable grade, an assignment deadline, etc.) put yourself in the instructor's place.
Now ask yourself how you can best make your argument given his/her situation - Look for better solutions to problems
For example, if you don't understand the course material, don't just re-read it.
Try something else! Consult with the professor, a tutor, an academic advisor, a classmate, a study group, or your school's study skills center - Look to continually challenge yourself
Study advice
Be prepared
Planning
Relax
Be prepared
- Go to all revision sessions for your subjects.
- Have up-to-date course notes. If you don't, ask your teachers for the latest versions.
- Practise assessments and examination papers.
- Know what is required for each achievement standard.
Planning
- Set regular routines of study.
- Choose a quiet, airy, well-lit place to study.
- Set study goals
- Daily goals
- Weekly goals
- Long-term goals
- Know your deadlines.
- Make a study timetable
- Do a small amount of study on each subject every night.
Relax
- Have lots of breaks eg break every 50 minutes for 10 minutes.
- Eat healthily, sleep regularly and exercise.
- Reward yourself regularly.
- If stressed, ask for help. Your teachers want you to succeed; ask them!