Study Skills for Successful Students pptx

[...]... problems expressed by students Motivating yourself is fully your Study skills for successful students 4 responsibility (not the job for your teaching staff, your parents or friends) The above suggestions may help Try them If you make a success of today, then you have already greased the gears for a successful tomorrow The essence is to try and try There is absolutely no substitute for experience Concentration... may be able to help with information and suggestions 26 Study skills for successful students Sleep Most students feel that their sleep time is constantly under assault For many, as the study load increases, sleep time decreases But of course there is a limit to how much we can cut into our sleep time How much sleep do you need to function both comfortably and competently? The answer depends upon you... afford television time, then seriously consider moving the set to the least comfortable place in the house (the garage?) or, better yet, sell the set, give it away, or ceremoniously put a brick through it (turn the power off first!) 22 Study skills for successful students Time-robbing visitors When people come to visit, even if it's just crouching by your desk in the library where you're trying to study, ... two are often closely related The daily To Do list For most students, your course will entail too much work and your days will offer too little time Your options to cope with this dilemma seem to be: make your days longer; lighten your study load; or, become more efficient The last option seems to be the preferred one 16 Study skills for successful students Increasing your efficiency is really a function... 6 Study skills for successful students appealing option to this hard work is very likely to break our concentration The solution to this potential pitfall is to know your personal vulnerabilities and then take preventive action Find a location where you will be least likely to be distracted Think about noise, visual interference, even aromas Many students think that the library is an ideal place for. .. of work These last-ditch efforts are too late for most students However, there are always tales of exceptional efforts made during the early morning hours by extraordinary students who win high marks These are tales and they are not always supported by hard facts You might have already guessed the message — you need considerable time and lots of effort to prepare thoroughly for your exams Two nights... rhymes or sayings constructed from words starting with the first letters of the terms you want to remember Most medical students will know this memory aid for the cranial nerves: On Old Olympus' Towering Top, A Fat-Assed Garbageman Viewed Some Hops The rhyme 12 Study skills for successful students is easily remembered and it prompts the doctors to be able to recall the names of the nerves beginning with... will not only generate greater concentration skills, but it will also carry you through a surprising amount of work All of the best intentions to concentrate can be destroyed by distractions Get up early, before any potential distractors have woken up Get to your study place and get to work For more normal times of study, do what you can to control your study environment and then exercise firm personal... then talk with a counsellor An objective view from outside will help • Plan each day and write down your tasks to be accomplished in a diary Tick the tasks as you accomplish them 8 Study skills for successful students • For an additional prompt, give a list of your goals to a close friend and meet several times a week to discuss the progress you are making • If perfectionism is a problem, try to adopt... such a system? The semester plan Having started by organising your days, you will realise how important it is to look ahead several weeks to plan for the larger projects The best approach to take is to construct a semester plan 18 Study skills for successful students Cut a Manila folder in half along the seam and holding it horizontally, rule one page in the following manner You will be drawing columns . one word: skills. Study skills to be more exact. They are the essential tools of trade for upper secondary and tertiary students. But, don't most students already have these skills by. the most frequent problems expressed by students. Motivating yourself is fully your Study skills for successful students 4 responsibility (not the job for your teaching staff, your parents. of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Orr, Fred. Study skills for successful students. ISBN 1 86373 118 0. 1. Study, Method of I. Title 371.302812 Typeset in 10/11 pt