While in school as a child you are
always taught what to study, but never how to study. Learning good study habits
are just as important as the materials you are learning. Here at Kumon we
understand the importance of good study habits and teach children from preschool
through the high school years. Below, we have listed some great tips and tricks
to help develop good study habits. Developing good study habits mean you use
your time well. Time is the most valuable resource you have; but it's easy to
waste. Improving your time management means you can decrease the time it takes
to do your work and still
increase the quality of what you produce.
Ask
questions. Of all the good study habits you can develop, this one is
key. Just ask. If you don’t
tend to do this, remember: success is defined by the number of uncomfortable
conversations you’re willing to have.
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Become organized. Arrange your space, stuff,
time and technology so they help, rather than hurt you.
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Lower your resistance. What is one of the
biggest time wasting ‘enemies’ you face? You! Part of you knows you should
study, but another part of you wants to have some fun now.
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Manage your time-wasters. Wasting
time online often leaves you feeling bad
afterwards. The worst thing to do to stop is to try and stop! Give yourself
permission to waste time. Look at your
goal. One simple but highly effective habit is to constantly remind
yourself what you’re studying for.
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Do the worst first.
Each day, break off a bit of your hardest task.
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Isolate yourself. Turn your communications off
when you study. Even better, put them out of site.
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Finish wanting more. We all crave completion on
anything, so leave yourself ‘high and dry’. If you stop working at a natural
break, it’s nice and neat, but harder to start up again.
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Sell it to yourself.
Thoughts become things or, to put it another way, we do what we think about.
What helps you complete your work?
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