The Do’s and don’t of studying Study Skills The Do’s and don’t of studying

Learner Types Studying works differently for different people so it is always important to know how you work best, before you plunge into your work. Although everyone works differently, all learners usually fall into three categories. To find out what type of leaner you are just answer this question: Someone gives you a phone number, but you have no way to write it down, so how do you remember it? You repeat it out loud. You “write” it with your finger. You picture it. You may be an auditory learner, if so you… Remember stories best if you hear them and can follow spoken instructions better than written ones. To help you study, you should try… Reading and repeating important facts and steps out loud. Learning from lectures and videos. Discussing concepts with others. You may be a kinesthetic learner, if so you… Enjoy hands-on learning; you may be good at puzzles and mazes and possibly putting together things without instructions. To help you study, you should try… Memorizing or testing yourself while walking or exercising. Using computers or any hands on devices to learn. Role-playing and practicing what you know. You may be a visual learner, if so you… Learn best from reading and picture things in your head to remember them. To help you study, you should try… Watching the teacher and taking notes to stay focused. Drawing charts, diagrams, and tables. Organizing, rewriting, highlighting and colour coding notes.

When and Where to study. Same as how we learn best, the places and times we study are unique. So, in order to find out when and where you study best, just answer these questions. What time of the day is your mind the most fresh and active? Whatever your answer is, that’s probably when you should study. 2. Does your mind work the best when you do the hardest tasks first and go down from there or does it function better when working your way up to the hard tasks? Your answer is probably the order in which you should do your work. 3. What motivates you to keep going? Whatever it is you should use that to keep yourself going. 4. Do you study best with others or alone? Whichever it is you should do that as other may distract you if you work best alone and you won’t work as well if you are better with people than without.

How to find information Finding information is most of the time the toughest part of studying so doing so is key. There are many different ways to find information and different methods of interpreting that information so here’s how to go about it. Internet research: The internet has simultaneously made research super easy and extremely complex in it of that finding an answer is as easy as a couple of clicks of a mouse and taps of a key board but it is always hard to find out if what the internet says is true. There are some questions you can ask to find out if the information is reliable and here they are: 1. Who put up the website? Do they have good credentials? 2. Why was the website made? What ideas does it express? 3. When was the info posted? Is it current? 4. How well classified and documented is it? Library research: Your school or public library is a great place to do research as the books there are usually a lot easier to verify and a lot easier to find with the categorization system and the librarians themselves can be very helpful.

Procrastination: The death of time Procrastination is just a big fancy word for the cause of the big hectic break down before the night of a test or big due date. It’s when we put something of until the last minute, the definition is literally: The act of delaying or postponing something. Procrastination is an enemy to everyone who wishes to do well in pretty much anything, so it is very necessary to avoid it at all costs, so here are some ways to do that. 1. Set a personal due date. This means setting a time in which you must be done which is before the actual due date. 2. Ask your family and/or friend to remind you to do the work. Make sure you ask someone who cares about what you get in school so that they’ll actually do it. So don’t ask a friend who doesn’t care about school and then blame them for not reminding you. 3. Don’t use a computer or other electronic device if you don’t have to. Although there are many things that you can do to waste time off technology, it is much easier to do so on the internet.