How to Organize Yourself for Study

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Success in education is not just instinctive or based on brain capacity, it equally depends on good study habits and the skills one learns and develops from practice through time. This essay will examine the various different strategies which enable effective study and help students organise themselves better. When you first start to study it is very difficult since it has had no previous relevance to you, no “Shape”, you have to develop some kind of system that suits you otherwise you will continue to find it hard to settle into a routine.

Before you get yourself started you need to create an environment that suits you best for the different stages of study. Make a note of what it is that helps you to learn for example, is there quite, music or background noise? Do you need to be at home, with friends in a group or in the library? Students differ in the skills they use and apply to the different stages of the study process. I find that I study well when I am at home on my own. I like all my books, research and lecture notes around me while I sit on the floor.

The next step is to insure that you have the correct study tools, paper, pen, books, computer etc... Students should be proud of their work, one often worries if their work is good enough or not. You shouldn’t be frightened to make mistakes as you consequently learn from those mistakes. When I first started the Academic Literacy class I was afraid to submit any work through fear of it being wrong, which eventually made me fall behind. I have since learnt that your work can never really be wrong, my lecturer has made me realise that work can always be improved so one should always submit something.

Teachers/Lectures also play an important role in helping ...

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There are many other sites with further useful information to help students get organised. One has to remember to strike a balance between the task in hand and the time available to complete it.

Having good organisation skills gives you confidence and helps you consider and develop attitudes that make learning more interesting and easy. You will also gain an insight into the many ways in which you can study more efficiently. Organised students are often more successful than their contemporaries. Success in education really is rehearsed and as they say practice makes perfect.

Works Cited

Quaco Cloutterbuck (2009) Academic Literacy notes Week 2.

Stella Cottrell Palgrave Study Skills Third Edition.

Andrew NortledgeThe Good Study Guide.

Ron Fry How to Study Sixth Edition.

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