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Besides their teaching tasks, teachers are also entrusted with the responsibility to assess just how much subject matter material each student has been able to grasp. This is what teachers are trying to achieve by giving you homework. Admittedly, such tasks can often overwhelm you, but you can observe the tips mentioned in the following paragraphs to make it less of a hassle. These tips are as follows:
A Social Media Hiatus Is Recommended
If you have a paper that you need to complete and submit the following day, the very first you need to do is switch off your phone notification. It would be even better if you kept the phone in a drawer or someplace where you are unlikely to see it. Otherwise, the messages from social media apps will distract you from the task at hand. You might find it challenging to start, and if you have somehow managed to do that, to finish. The social media apps and their notifications will only cause interruptions to your thought process. You will experience difficulty in recalling ideas that previously came to your mind. If things are too late to mend, remember you can always seek the assistance of a homework help service. It’s worth missing out on chats with friends for a few hours when it comes to social media use rather than failing a paper and having to do some serious explaining to the teacher.
Make Sure Your Study Spot Is Quiet And Peaceful
It would help you a lot by picking a study spot that makes it easy for you to focus on studying. Try to locate a place where you would be far away from the voice of your mom over the phone or your dad’s excited exclamation while watching a football game. It will prove highly useful to keep yourself away from distractions besides making it easy for you to concentrate on your study topic. The focused study helps to better understand the book you are trying to read or commit to memory important terms that you need to know for the next test.
If your home is too loud or crowded for the moment, you can go to a nearby park or café which will help in changing the surroundings. Sometimes, seeing other people similarly at work in cafes and parks will work to inspire you too. Another excellent study location option open to you is the local library. These tips will help you in creating that perfect quiet and serene study spot:
- Avoid places with bad or foul smells.
- Ensure there is adequate lighting in the place.
- Ensure the temperature is suitable too.
- Make sure it’s not comforting enough to let you doze off but also not uncomfortable enough to prevent you from concentrating.
- It is better not to have clocks in the vicinity as it might make you anxious. If you have another engagement, it is better to set the alarm.
- Better steer clear from studying with others unless you can practice it the way you need to. Otherwise, you are likely to waste lots of time and learn little.
Engage And Listen To Study Related Discussions While Taking Notes
It is a natural tendency for the mind to wander. However, this wavers our focus on the present. During the study, it translates into a lesser absorption of taught materials. There is a remedy to this in greater participation in what is going on in class. It is one of the best study skills that school students can try to cultivate and ultimately master. These tips will help you:
- Asking questions and clarifying doubts by raising your hand
- When a discussion is taking place in your class, try to participate and engage with the same
- Never forget to note down the critical points and the summaries.
While taking notes, one thing that should help you grasp concepts better is to adopt the Cornell note-taking method. It is too long drawn to discuss within this article’s confines, but it is useful. Suppose it is not something you do not feel comfortable doing. In that case, you are free to give other note-taking methods a try, including ones where you take notes by including pictures drawn by you in the notes.
Organize Important Information By Using Highlighters Of Various Colors
If you think highlighting important notes and study material text is all about aesthetics, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Highlighting essential info helps to emphasize the more important points made in study materials and notes. As a study conducted in 2017 at the Kyoto Institute of Technology suggested, it is a scientifically proven fact. The study found that highlighting important text portions enhances learning efficiency. They serve to both make reading faster and facilitate more excellent retention of the materials taught.
The last thing to mention is to make maximum use of free time at school. You might be labeled as a nerd by others, but it’s all about teenage non-conformity, right? Besides, you can spend the time you save on socializing (online?) in the evening when the other cool guys are busy with their homework. The lesser competition will help you to be cooler. 🙂