As the New Year comes along, many of you may be
thinking of changing your studying techniques in order to boost your grades.
This can easily be done by following a study pattern that works for you. For
this blog post, I will be outlining effective ways to help you stay on track of
all your course work and master the ability to retain and understand the course
material.
Create a Schedule
To be on track of all your scheduled readings and
assignments, it is useful to write everything down in a journal or mark
everything on a calendar. You can also choose to add multiple reminders on your
phone so that you don’t miss an important deadline. In my experience, writing
down important dates on sticky notes keeps me on track with everything that I
have to do. Once I am done with a particular task, I take the sticky note down.
The physical act of throwing the note away gives me satisfaction that I have
successfully completed a task on time. You can also check out the Academic
Advising and Career Centre’s Daily Task Planner and Journal tip sheet:
It is a wonderful resource to help manage your time
and get you started on a proper studying schedule.
Environment
It is highly important that you create a studying
environment with minimal distractions. The more distractions around you the
harder it will be to focus on the task that you wish to complete. It is also
very difficult to retain information effectively if you are studying in a place
where there is a lot of noise and devices that can make you drift away. I tend
to switch off any unnecessary devices during the time that I am studying. This
helps me focus entirely on studying rather than wasting my time texting and
constantly checking Facebook. Self-discipline is crucial in motivating yourself
to study and spend the extra time towards increasing your grades.
Class Attendance
As university students, we are swamped with
deadlines and commitments and it becomes very hard to attend each and every
lecture in the course of the semester. However, merely attending a lecture can
drastically increase your performance in the course. Being physically present
and writing notes down helps you retain the information the Professor conveys
in class. I have noticed that writing down short notes in point form helps me
remember what the Professor said at that moment in class. This makes reviewing
the material easier later on. Another important thing to note is that there are
some courses where attendance is considered part of your final mark. In that
case, going to class may help to boost your grade up.
Good Luck for the Winter Semester!
- Ayesha Haq
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