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12 Study Tips
to Achieve your
Goals in 2018
Posted on January 3, 2018 by admin
For many of us, the new year represents the
perfect opportunity to reflect on where we are,
think about where we’d like to go, and make a
plan for how we can get there.
This is particularly true of students that are
looking to make the most of their study
time and get better grades at school.
That’s why we’ve put together a list of
study tips to help you develop a learning
strategy that will allow you to achieve your
study goals in 2018.
12 Study Tips that will
Boost your Results
1. Set Study Goals
There is lots of credible research
suggesting that goal setting can be used as
part of a strategy to help people
successfully effect positive changes in their
lives, so never underestimate the power of
identifying to yourself the things you want
to achieve. Just make sure to ask yourself
some key questions : Am I setting realistic
goals? Will I need to work harder to achieve
those goals? If you’re happy with the goals
you’ve set then you should aim to develop
your study plan for the year ahead with
your goals in mind. Which, as it happens,
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2. Make a Study Plan
Time is precious. Nobody is more aware of
this than the poor student who hasn’t
studied a thing until the night before an
exam. By then, of course, it’s too late. The
key to breaking the cycle of cramming for
tests is to think ahead and create an
effective study plan . Not only will this help
you get organised and make the most of
your time, it’ll also put your mind at ease
and eliminate that nasty feeling you get
when you walk into an exam knowing that
you’re not at all prepared. As the old
saying goes, fail to prepare and be
prepared to fail.
3. Take Regular Study Breaks
None of us are superhuman, so it’s
important to realise that you can’t maintain
an optimum level of concentration without
giving yourself some time to recover from
the work you’ve put in. This can take the
form of a ten-minute walk, a trip to the
gym, having a chat with a friend or simply
fixing yourself a hot drink. If it feels like
procrastination, then rest assured that it’s
not: taking regular short breaks not only
help improve your focus, they can boost
your productivity too.
4. Embrace New Technologies
Studying no longer means jotting things
down with a pen on a scrap of paper. The
old handwritten method still has its place
of course, it’s just that now there are more
options for personalising study that ever
before. Whether it’s through online tools,
social media, blogs, videos or mobile apps,
learning has become more fluid and user-
centred. If you want to try a new learning
technology, GoConqr’s free platform is a
great place to start, even if we do say so
ourselves!
5. Test Yourself
It’s a strange thing, but sometimes simply
entering an exam environment is enough to
make you forget some of the things you’ve
learned. The solution is to mentally prepare
for the pressure of having to remember key
dates, facts, names, formulas and so on.
Testing yourself with regular quizzes is a
great way of doing this. And don’t worry of
you don’t perform brilliantly at first – the
more you practice, the better you’ll become.
Don’t believe us? Then just take a peek at
what the experts have to say .
6. Find a Healthy Balance
Take this opportunity to evaluate yourself
both physically and mentally. Is your
engine running on low? Instead of
complaining “I never get enough sleep” or
“I’m eating too much convenience food”
take control and do something about it!
Make the change and see how it positively
affects your attitude and study routine.
This should motivate you to maintain a
healthy balance in the future.
7. Be Positive
Your attitude has a big impact on the level
of study that you get done and the
effectiveness of your learning process. If
you keep saying that you can’t do it and
won’t commit to the idea of learning,
attempting to study is only likely to become
more difficult. Instead, focus your mind on
positive outcomes and on how you can use
your own individual strengths to achieve
them . When you think positively, the reward
centres in your brain show greater activity,
thereby making you feel less anxious and
more open to new study tips.
8. Collaborate with Study
Partners
At this stage of the school year, you should
know your classmates pretty well. This is a
good point in time to select a couple of
study partners who you know you work well
with and are motivated to achieve good
grades also. Don’t worry if you can’t meet
up too often, you can use online tools such
as GoConqr’s Groups tool to communicate
and share study notes with one another.
9. Turn lessons into stories
Everybody likes to read or listen to a good
story, and with good reason – not only do
stories entertain us, they help us to
understand and memorise key details too.
You can apply this to your studies by
weaving important details or facts into a
story – the more outlandish and ridiculous
you can make it, the better (since you’ll be
more likely to remember a particularly
crazy story).
10. Establish a Study Routine
Your study routine is comprised of more
than planning what to learn and when. One
of the main concerns is your study
environment.
Find a place to study that is quiet and with
few distractions. Alternatively, you could
also try switching it up by sitting in a
different place in your school library every
day and seeing how this works for you.
11. Mark Small Challenges
When you have to face very long and dense
subjects, you can set small challenges to
keep your spirits high; a good way to focus
on the day-to-day and find motivations
while you study. According to scientific
analysis, the more motivated and excited
we are, the better our brain performs.
12. Consult teachers
Any questions you have about the exam,
the best you can do is go to the teacher of
the subject and expose your doubts. Not
only is the person best suited to solve your
questions, but your initiative will be well
received and you’ll show goodattitude by
demonstrating that you’re interested in his
subject.
There really aren’t any hard and fast rules
to play by when it comes to best times for
studying or how long you should work for.
Everybody is different, so the best way to
establish a routine is to try different things
and see what works best for you, then
modify your routine for maximum learning
effectiveness.
This is an update of a blog post that was
published in January 2016.
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