Your success in school depends on how well you study. As a student, you should study your lessons in the right way in order to learn. Poor study habits result in little learning. Effective study habits help you succeed in your school work. In this article you will learn how to form good study habits.
Study Hints
1. Make a Study Program.
Plan out your day so that you can study at regular hours. You can use your vacant periods in school for studying. You can also study at home early in the morning, before supper, or in the evening before going to bed. At what time are you off from classes? What subjects are good for you to study during those periods? When are you usually free from work at home? A regular schedule for studying will help you get better results.
2. Have a regular place in which to study.
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Select a quite place, a place where it is good to study, where there is little or no noise and where needed materials are within easy reach. In school the best place in which to study is the library. There you have the dictionary and other references. It is quiet in the library. It is a place for reading and studying. In your home it is best to study in a room where you will not be interrupted often. It is not advisable to study in the living room if the other members of the family gather in that place to talk to one another. Neither is it good to study in a room where the radio or television is set on. Studying near the window where you can see people in the street is not desirable either. It has been said that one’s study table should face a blank wall so that he will not see things that will call his attention. If you study in bed, you may soon fall asleep.
Another thing to consider in selecting a place for study is the lighting condition. Reading or writing where the light is dim is bad for the eyes. A strong light is harmful, too.
3. Gather all the materials that you need before you begin studying.
See to it that you have within easy reach such materials as paper, pencil, or fountain pen, textbooks, the dictionary and other references, ruler, compasses, maps, and ink. Placing them within your reach in the room will save you time. It is such a waste of time and effort for a student to stand up from time to time to get a pencil, a fountain pen, a notebook, or a dictionary which he needs while preparing his lessons.
