Take a look at this lista of study tips and develop más effective and efficient study habits to help tu improve your en general, general grades in school!
Write Down Every Assignment
The most logical place to write down your assignments is in a planner, but tu might prefer to keep a to-do lista in a simple notebook o in your cell phone note pad. It doesn't really matter what tool tu use, but it is absolutely essential to your success to write down every single assignment, due date, test date, and task.
Organize With Color
Devise your own color-coding system to keep your assignments and your thoughts organized. tu may select a single color for each class (like science o history) and use that color for your folder, your highlighters, your sticky notes, and your pens. You'll be surprised to discover how much strong organization skills can change your life!
Establish a Study Zone at Home
Take the time to assess your individual style and your real needs and plan for the perfect study place. After all, if tu can’t concentrate, tu certainly can’t expect to learn very well. Students are different. Some need a completely quiet room free from interruptions when they study, but others actually study better listening to quiet música in the background o taking several breaks. Find a place to study that fits your specific personality and learning style. Then stock your study el espacio with school supplies that will help tu avoid last-minute emergencies.
Time
Try to not spend más than one hora at a time on any one subject. Try not to spend más than 20 to 30 minutos on memorization. Short blocks of time are the best method for studying and retaining information.
Similar subjects... separate times!
Try to study similar subjects at separate times. It is important to separate study periods for similar subjects. This adds variety to specific study times and keeps your brain alert and active.!
Healthy Food!!
Eat some comida to give tu energy to study but avoid consuming excess sugar which will make tu hyper and will make it más difficult to study.
Music!
Listening to relaxing música such as classical o jazz on a low volume can relieve some of the boredom of studying.
Prepare Yourself for Test Days
tu know that it's important to study for test days, right? But there are other things tu should consider in addition to the actual material that the test will cover. What if tu mostrar up for test día and the room is freezing cold? For many students, this would cause enough of a distraction to interrupt concentration. That leads to bad choices and bad answers. Plan ahead for heat o cold por layering your clothing.
Take Fabulous Notes
There are a few tricks to taking fabulous notes that really help when it comes to studying. If you’re visual person, tu should make as many doodles on your paper as tu can. Useful doodles, that is. As soon as tu realize that once topic relates to another, comes before another, is the opposite of another, o has any kind of connection to another—draw a picture that makes sense to you. Sometimes the information will not sink in until and unless tu see it in an image. There are also certain code words to look out for in a lecture that can indicate that your teacher is giving tu the relevance o the context of an event. Learn to recognize key words and phrases that your teacher deems important.
Games, Tv...
When tu put things off a lot, tu end up putting things off until it's too late from time to time. It's that simple. When tu procrastinate, tu take the chance that nothing will go wrong at the last minute--but in the real world, things do go wrong. So how can tu battle the urge to put things off? Start with trying to recognize that a feisty little voice that lives inside every one of us. It tells us it would be más fun to play a game, eat, o watch TV when we know better. Don’t fall for it!!
