How do you make a good time table for studying?

Answer 1

A time table is just a way of showing what you need to do when - you can make one any way you like, but here is one way to do it.

Making The Time Table
Take an ordinary sheet of paper and draw a line across the top, quite close to the top edge of the paper - you're going to write some column headings here later. Down the left side of the sheet, write the times of day that you have free to study, leaving room in between each line so that you can write something in the columns - you can either write just hours, or you can write hour plus half hour if you wish. For example, you could start with 8:00 am and either write 8:00 on one line and 9:00 on the next; or you could write 8:00 on one line and 8:30 on the next and then move to 9:00 and 9:30. Keep going until you have your whole day listed down the left side of the page.

Now, draw columns up and down the sheet for each day of the week - yes, you're going to study on the weekends, too! If you don't like the way your final sheet looks, or if you have not given yourself enough room to write assignments in the columns, just start over on a clean sheet - this is your study sheet, so make it look the way you want!

It's also a good idea to save the original sheet and make a lot of copies from that sheet instead of making a new study table each week, but if you find making the table easy, then you can just make a new one each time.

Filling In Your Time Table

Now that you have a table showing time of day for each day of the week, you can start filling it in. You can use highlighter pens to block off times that you will not be studying - you won't be doing work if you are in school, for example, except during a study hall class.

Fill in any activities that you know you need to do - clubs, family outings, sports, whatever you already have planned ahead needs to be written down so you won't plan something else in that time spot.

Now, look at your assignment notebook and see if there are any big projects that are going to need more time - big exams, reports, science projects - anything that is going to need more than one or two days to finish needs to have some extra time on the time table. Decide if you want to work on that project every day for a certain amount of time, or if you want to devote one day on the weekend to do the whole thing - however you want to divide up the time will be fine, because you're the one in control!

After you've planned for the big projects, look to see what is due when. If you have a pop quiz on Wednesday, block out time on Tuesday afternoon to read over your notes and textbook to prepare. If you need to read a chapter or book by Friday, plan how long you need to read that much and block out the time over the week, either all on one afternoon or a little each day. If you have one class that assigns homework every day, then pick a block of time and write "Maths Homework" or (whatever class it is) in each column.

The key to making a good time table is to be organized - click on the related questions for more ideas!

Answer 2

Set up a reward plan. For every 20-30 minutes of study, give yourself 10 minutes of reward time (on the computer, texting, talking, playing ... whatever a good reward might be). Keep repeating this cycle (20 then 10, 20 then 10, ...) and you will find that studying goes quite a bit smoother.

Also, don't put off your studying until too late at night, or until the last moment before a quiz or test.

Answer 2:

The above answer is a very good one. I just want to add a couple of things that worked for me.

You might also try setting up a schedule where you start studying at around the same time every afternoon or evening if your schedule allows you to. If you are watching TV, on the phone, etc. when your appointed study time comes around, turn off the TV, no matter what you are watching, get off of the phone (politely, of course) and start studying. Our bodies work better if they are on a schedule.

Avoid procrastinating as much as possible. Procrastinating will make life much tougher than it needs to be and you end up finding yourself scrambling to get a paper done at the last minute or you are cramming 30 minutes before your test or quiz.

Another thing you might try if you like being able to check things off as you do them, is to make a list of the things you need to accomplish for the day or for a certain period of time (for instance, homework assignments.) This allows you to check things off as you do them and for a lot of people that sense of accomplishment is encouraging and they stick with the list until they get done and can finally check off that one last thing.

Also, get plenty of rest. Trying to study on 4,5 or 6 hours of sleep the night before is difficult. And remembering what you have studied diminishes as the amount of rest the night before you study decreases.

Answer 3

Managing Time for Studying

• Prioritize your life. If you have other activities (like sports or after-school clubs) or if you have children, you'll need to carve out specific times to study.Treat studying as if it were a job - set a time to work and go do it!
• Get rid of the distractions! Turn off the television. Cut the music down so that it won't distract you. Close up the IM, chats, internet pages (unless you are actually working on a homework help website), and phone texting! Lose the iPod or whatever you have in those earphones. The object of studying is to focus on the work, not try to do ten things at once.
  
• Enlist others to help you. Friends and family can read questions and check your answer in the textbook; study groups can make learning more fun. Talking your answers out loud will help you identify what you don't know... and reinforce what you do know.
• Set specific times to REALLY study, even if only 15-30 minutes each time.
• Set small goals. Instead of "I'll read this whole chapter" instead your goal might be "I'll read 10 pages now, and 10 pages before bedtime."
• Give yourself rewards. "I'll study hard for 1 hour, then eat my snack... or watch TV for 30 minutes."
• Keep your schedule as much as possible--NO cheating. If you set aside 1 hour, do the hour.
• ONLY do studies during that time-- no TV, phone calls, painting your nails, etc.
• Remind yourself that you will not be in school for "forever." The hard work will end. Aim for your highest productivity now.
• Review WHY you are studying. Name 3 reasons why you WANT to study, even if it's to keep your parents off your back.
• Make sure to review old test questions you got wrong, if possible.
• Study your hardest subject FIRST. Get it out of the way first. You'll enjoy the rest of the time more, plus you'll have tackled the worst already.
• Add variety to your studies however you can.
• Take notes on index cards- it helps you remember key points from your reading.
• Review your index cards before class or tests.

Students should always view studies as positives, something that will benefit YOU. It's not just to pass a test. Good study habits, and studying for short periods, boosts your learning.

Answer 4

First take into consideration that, for entrance tests, you will get time later i.e. after board exams. So focus only on Board exams.

Few tips:

1) Don't spend time on unnecessary tings, DO TIME AUDIT.

2) Take review of your progress yet.

3) Study the exam patterns before engaging for last month prep.

4) Give time for relaxing your mind.

5) Keep buffer time in case you require extra time than you expected for a subject

Distribute 70% time, of you can give to study, equally for all subjects.

Keep 10% time buffer.

Remaining 20% give to daily revision.