How do you improve your study habits as a college student?

Answer 1

Many people feel the hours of study are the most important. However, students can study for hours on end and retain very little. The more appropriate question is, "how can students study more effectively?" Some issues students must consider are as follows.

• Students need to develop good time management skills. They must realize there is a time to be in class, a time for study, time for family, time to socialize, and time to just be alone. The critical issue is recognition that there must be an appropriate balance.
• Students should acquire a vision; A clearly articulate picture of the future they intend to create for them selves. This will promote a passion for what they wish to do. Passion is critical and leads to an intense interest, dedication, and commitment to achieving career goals and objectives.
• The student must choose the best study schedule, a time they feel is comfortable, and in a place where there is little distraction.
• The student must take notes on the subject matter and rehearse them frequently.
• Students should not study hours on end. One should study 30 to 45 minutes then take a short break. Eat a snack, have a cup of coffee, play with the dog, etc., then return to study. This refreshes the mind, and often issues that may have been confusing before, become suddenly clear.
• The student must develop good critical thinking skills, taking everything into consideration particular to the subject matter.
• Students must not be afraid to ask for help when they have a problem understanding the subject matter. They need to do it immediately and not after days have gone by. They should not feel apprehensive to ask a faculty member, a friend, or go to the academic learning center at the school.

Thus, it is not so much a question of hard study, but how to study in smart fashion. The bottom line is that the student must take responsibility and ownership over their study habits.

Answer 2

Being healthy overall will help you be more alert and learn things more easily! Here are some specifics, though:

• Get some sleep! Kids and teenagers need 10-12 hours of sleep every night to be healthiest and most alert. Most modern kids don't get this much, which is why you see so many of them falling asleep at school and doing poorly in their grades.
• Eat right! You have already heard all this so many times that I know you understand the difference between healthy food and unhealthy! Cut out the junk food, fatty and greasy stuff, and "energy drinks" or sugary sodas - all these things make you feel even more tired and sluggish after a few minutes! Eat more fruit and veggies, and drink 8-10 glasses of water every day to flush the toxins out of your body.
• Move it! You need at least 30 minutes of good exercise - if you're not sweating and breathing hard, you're not doing it right! - at least 3-4 times a week, and preferably every day or two. If you're not healthy, your brain is not healthy.
• Avoid drugs and alcohol! I shouldn't even have to write this one down! When you take drugs and drink to excess (that means more than just one drink every few days), your body wants more - your brain is too busy thinking of how to get more drugs to be able to think about passing school.