Effective Study

Effective Study

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Computerized Business Applications

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February 16, 2000

Effective Learning

Effective learning depends upon good study skills, but 'Many students'both traditional and nontraditional'entering college have few, if any, practical study skills.' Good study skills do not simply occur; they must first be learned and then applied consistently. Efficient study strategies include a preset time, a desirable place, and a well-designed plan for study.

A Time for Study

Many of us think we have more to do than we have time to do, and studying gets shortchanged. It is important to prepare a schedule of daily activities that includes time slots for doing the studying you have to do. Within each study slot, write in the specific study activity: for example, 'Read Unit 6 in Modern Writing, answer Question 1-10.' Keep the schedule flexible so that it can be modified if you meet your study goals early'or late.

A Place to Study

Choose the best place to study and use the same time each day. Doing so will help to put you in a study mood when you enter that place. Choose a place that has the fewest distractions: people traffic, conversation, telephone, TV, and outside noises. Usually study is best done alone in the absence of sights and sounds that distract the eye and ear. Force the mind to focus intently on the study task.

A Plan for Study

Research on the effects of specific study skills on student performance suggests