Learning Tips and Study Habits

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• anything you learn makes you smarter!
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• science labs teach you how to do science - which is a useful way of getting information!

1. Get Organized. Before you start on anything, you need to have a system. Have one Homework Notebook where you write down all your assignments - this way, you don't have to hunt around and wonder what your homework was. Also, have one of those calendars with big squares so you can write down all the stuff that is due on each day - keep this in the family room so that everyone can see what they have to do that day. Set a specific time every day for doing schoolwork - even if you don't have homework, use the time to study your textbook or notes.
2. Listen to the directions that your teacher gives you. They should explain your homework.
3. Cut out the distractions! Turn off the phone, music, internet -- yes, the internet! -- and TV. The only thing you should have "on" is your homework assignment.
4. Pay attention to your work, if you fool around it will take longer. The more you practice, the faster you will be able to do it. With practice and by knowing short cut methods maths can be done really fast.
5. Focus on just one problem at a time. Make sure you use any notes or papers your teacher may have provided to ensure proper work.
6. Go on the internet and look up facts.
7. Get a tutor
8. Just get off wikipedia and do it.

For math, you can use a calculator to save the time of working on paper. Of course, if you are asked to show your work, just copy your problem and answer on paper.

Small print: but if your parents catch you doing this, you are in serious trouble.

• Do your homework as soon as you get home from school and/or at school breaks and dinners
• Do your homework before you do anything else that you want to do
• Ask your teachers for an extended deadline and explain the situation.

I find that the best way to get your homework done well is to:

1) Relax. Stressing out will make your work sloppy and you will not get it done fast.

2) Turn on some soft music like Classical. It will soothe you and will help you work better.

3) Fill a glass with cool drinking water. If you are hydrated you will feel refreshed and ready to work.

4) Make sure you have everything you need at hand. If you have things like a sharpened pencil, researching books (if its that sort of project) and any supplies you might need, you will find it much easier to get your work done- and quickly.

5) Get rid of any distractions. Doing things like turning off the TV, putting everything away, and making sure you don't have anything else you would need to do (like using the washroom, for example) will help to have an undisturbed, easy-going work session.

If you can do all that, you will be finishing your homework fast yet efficiently.

OR: Get off of the internet and just do it.

OR: Get off of the internet and just do it.
There is no way you can do your homework fast unless you do it diligently. But you could try out some of this methods.

Method 1:

Find out the if is there any things that distract you which lead you unto doing your homework slow. If there is, find a solution to stop your problem.

Example:

Problem: The area you are studying at is too noisy.

Solution: Move to a quieter area to do your homework.

Method 2:

Try listing the homework you have down on a piece of paper. Then, write the amount of time you think you can take to finish your homework. Set it as your target and try reaching it. The next time you used this method again, shortened the amount of time you took the previous time you try using this method. This may help you to do it much more faster.

Method 3:

Make a timetable. You may include your bathing time, playing time, but most importantly, you must remember to include your HOMEWORK TIME.

First of all, listen to what your teacher is explaining and look at the board, notes, or your books for reference. If you have a subject you struggle with, ask someone older than you what's confusing you. If that doesn't help, let's say your stuck on number 3 on math. JUST GOOGLE IT! Google will give you tons of answers. To get the fastest way, when you get home try and if it is too stressing... just watch some tv or text your friends. When you get things off your mind, try again.

Study partners can help each other in several ways:

• quiz each other and help each other remember the correct answers while studying
• tutor each other in weak areas
• keep each other from slacking off and not studying
• help each other come up with ideas for doing better

Aside from this, study partners can be your go-to for cases in which you miss a class or can't remember a assignment or test date.

Here are some big responsibilities:

• Get enough sleep and get to school on time every day
• Have all of your needed materials when you get to class
• Focus on the lesson and be alert so you can learn more
• Be respectful in class to your teacher and other students
• Do your assignments on time
• Plan ahead and study for tests so you don't try to do it all in one night
• Ask for help if you need it!

Multimedia significantly enhances learning, for several reasons.

First of all, a blend of animation and video can enable educators to construct explanations that go beyond the conventional white board diagram in a classroom. These explanations can be watched again and again by students due to the typical delivery mechanisms for multimedia learning: DVD-ROM or broadband connection from a website.

For younger learners, multimedia is particularly helpful - it stimulates interest in a subject and through this higher level of concentration, helps children to achieve higher scores without a sense of hard work. For some subjects, such as language learning, this multimedia approach is particularly suitable. Situations can be rendered much more clearly than in language text book: sound and animation make nuances clearer, and the presentation can benefit from touches such as humour that can help keep students interested. Some companies, such as Pumkin Online English, have developed very high level multimedia systems for teaching kids English accordingly.

Here are some things that distract people:

• physical - things going on around you:

1. cellphones, IM, texting - anything that tempts you to talk instead of working
2. having the computer on - unless you're actually doing the work and not just having the internet on in the background, switch it off. Studies show that just having the internet THERE distracts you!
3. having people talk in the background -- this includes TV
4. having loud music or music with words -- any sort of talking makes you try to understand what's being said, and that's distracting

• mental - thinking about everything else except working. When you find yourself thinking about other things, just think "STOP" and go back to work
• environmental - being too hot or cold, having an uncomfortable chair,etc

you get distracted because a chemical in your brain that making you focus deactivates

The same way you outline your notes:

• Make general headings for the main topics, such as multiplication or animals
• Beneath each general heading, make several sub-headings for each specific type of problem or homework sheet you have
• If you have even more specific work, you can have sub-headings underneath your sub-headings, too!

You can!

Just remember, "help" doesn't mean we'll do the work for you - the idea of homework is for you to practice, practice, practice until you understand how to do the work yourself. However, if you ask a question, somebody will usually try to answer it.

Also, THIS is a great website with tons of links to homework help websites.