Study tips for students

If you have exams coming up, or just need to do some homework, then you really need to put your head down and get to work. However, there are many students who simply do not know how to study effectively. Hopefully these study tips for students should be able to help you, use just a few of these and you will find your productivity increases dramatically.

1. Always have everything you need close by. There’s nothing more distracting from your study session than getting up and having to go get a pen or a class of water. So before you sit down, make sure you have all your notes, stationery, some food, and of course, textbooks.

2. Turn off that cell phone, there is absolutely no reason for it to be on when you are trying to concentrate. If you don’t need to use your computer, make sure it’s turned off too! The same goes for television. In fact, turn off any electrical devices that could end up distracting you.

3. One of the best study tips for students is not to work constantly. Long study sessions are not going to benefit you at all. At some point, your brain will need to rest, since it will not be able to absorb more information. A good schedule to follow is a fifteen-minute break for every hour of study.

4. Make sure you plan your study sessions well. While you may want to focus heavily on a particular element because you don’t understand it, you don’t want to spend all of your study time on it to the detriment of other elements of your course. In short, everything you have seen in class needs to be studied.

5. Always choose a quiet place for your study sessions. If you don’t have a quiet area inside your home, you can always visit the library.

6. Make sure you feel comfortable when you study. I was one of those people who absolutely hated sitting at a desk and would instead lie on my bed with ‘study material’ on the floor. Sure it was a bit unconventional, but the extra comfort I found really enhanced my learning.

7. Constantly challenge yourself while you study. A good technique is to take basic notes and review them constantly to see what you can remember. The more you remember, the more motivated you will be regarding your study sessions.

8. Some people find that they study better and absorb much more information if they talk about it ‘out loud’, so why not form a study group? Though this certainly shouldn’t be a replacement for your individual learning sessions.