12 Study Tips to Achieve your Goals in 2018
Posted on January 3, 2018 by admin
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For many of us, the new year represents the perfect
opportunity to reflect on where we are, think about where we’d like to go, and
make a plan for how we can get there.
This is particularly true of students that are
looking to make the most of their study time and get better grades at school.
That’s why we’ve put together a list of study tips to help you develop a
learning strategy that will allow you to achieve your study goals in 2018.
12 Study Tips that will Boost your Results
1. Set Study Goals
There is lots of credible research suggesting that
goal setting can be used as part of a strategy to help people successfully
effect positive changes in their lives, so never underestimate the power of
identifying to yourself the things you want to achieve. Just make sure to ask
yourself some key questions: Am I setting realistic goals? Will I need to
work harder to achieve those goals? If you’re happy with the goals you’ve set
then you should aim to develop your study plan for the year ahead with your
goals in mind. Which, as it happens, leads us to Tip #2!
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2. Make a Study Plan
Time is precious. Nobody is more aware of this than
the poor student who hasn’t studied a thing until the night before an exam. By
then, of course, it’s too late. The key to breaking the cycle of cramming for
tests is to think ahead and create an effective study plan. Not
only will this help you get organised and make the most of your time, it’ll
also put your mind at ease and eliminate that nasty feeling you get when you
walk into an exam knowing that you’re not at all prepared. As the old saying
goes, fail to prepare and be prepared to fail.
3. Take Regular Study Breaks
None of us are superhuman, so it’s important to
realise that you can’t maintain an optimum level of concentration without giving
yourself some time to recover from the work you’ve put in. This can take
the form of a ten-minute walk, a trip to the gym, having a chat with a friend
or simply fixing yourself a hot drink. If it feels like procrastination, then
rest assured that it’s not: taking regular short breaks not only help improve
your focus, they can boost your productivity too.
4. Embrace New Technologies
Studying no longer means jotting things down with a
pen on a scrap of paper. The old handwritten method still has its place of
course, it’s just that now there are more options for personalising study that
ever before. Whether it’s through online tools, social media, blogs, videos or
mobile apps, learning has become more fluid and user-centred. If you want to
try a new learning technology, GoConqr’s free platform is a great
place to start, even if we do say so ourselves!
5. Test Yourself
It’s a strange thing, but sometimes simply entering
an exam environment is enough to make you forget some of the things you’ve
learned. The solution is to mentally prepare for the pressure of having to
remember key dates, facts, names, formulas and so on. Testing yourself with
regular quizzes is a great way of doing this. And don’t worry of you don’t
perform brilliantly at first – the more you practice, the better you’ll become.
Don’t believe us? Then just take a peek at what the experts have to say.
6. Find a Healthy Balance
Take this opportunity to evaluate yourself both
physically and mentally. Is your engine running on low? Instead of
complaining “I never get enough sleep” or “I’m eating too much convenience
food” take control and do something about it! Make the change and see
how it positively affects your attitude and study routine. This should motivate
you to maintain a healthy balance in the future.
7. Be Positive
Your attitude has a big impact on the level of
study that you get done and the effectiveness of your learning process. If you
keep saying that you can’t do it and won’t commit to the idea of learning,
attempting to study is only likely to become more difficult. Instead, focus
your mind on positive outcomes and on how you can use your own individual
strengths to achieve them. When you think positively, the reward centres in
your brain show greater activity, thereby making you feel less anxious and more
open to new study tips.
8. Collaborate with Study Partners
At this stage of the school year, you should know
your classmates pretty well. This is a good point in time to select a couple of
study partners who you know you work well with and are motivated to
achieve good grades also. Don’t worry if you can’t meet up too often, you can
use online tools such as GoConqr’s Groups tool to communicate
and share study notes with one another.
9. Turn lessons into stories
Everybody likes to read or listen to a good story,
and with good reason – not only do stories entertain us, they help us to
understand and memorise key details too. You can apply this to your studies by
weaving important details or facts into a story – the more outlandish and
ridiculous you can make it, the better (since you’ll be more likely to
remember a particularly crazy story).
10. Establish a Study Routine
Your study routine is comprised of more than
planning what to learn and when. One of the main concerns is your study
environment.
Find a place to study that is quiet and with few
distractions. Alternatively, you could also try switching it up by sitting in a
different place in your school library every day and seeing how this works for
you.
11. Mark Small Challenges
When you have to face very long and dense subjects,
you can set small challenges to keep your spirits high; a good way to focus
on the day-to-day and find motivations while you study. According to
scientific analysis, the more motivated and excited we are, the better our
brain performs.
12. Consult teachers
Any questions you have about the exam, the best you
can do is go to the teacher of the subject and expose your doubts. Not only is
the person best suited to solve your questions, but your initiative will be
well received and you’ll show good attitude by demonstrating that
you’re interested in his subject.
There really aren’t any hard and fast rules to play
by when it comes to best times for studying or how long you should work for.
Everybody is different, so the best way to establish a routine is to try
different things and see what works best for you, then modify your routine
for maximum learning effectiveness.
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