In today’s world, education has been a primary preoccupation in order to have a bright future or a decent job. The need of high academic achievements such as college and university degrees is now a symbol of success in life. In order to get those symbols, high academic performance is required, and to achieve success, studying is very important. Consequently, developing permanent studying habits is crucial. Furthermore, the use of study habits could develop characteristics that are in demand at the workplace, such as organization, self-discipline, motivation, trust, etc. In fact, such traits could be the difference when it comes to differentiate a leader and a follower; as a result, companies prefer to hire people with those traits. In education, students have different study habits/skills, which depend and vary between individuals. Some prefer readings instead of attending class, other favour taking notes, some might choose to listen, but in fact, most students choose to use multiple skills in order to succeed. This study will focus on college student’ study skills and their relationship with their academic performance, as well as some factors that impede using study habits.
Literature Review
In the area of academic performance among college students, some researchers have studied the students’ time distribution to specific skills and the relationship with their grades. Jackson, Weiss, Lundquist and Hooper (2003) concentrated themselves on “cognitive-motivational” stimulators that influenced academic achievement by using a questionnaire, and collecting information about their grades from their university. The questionnaire contained questions on demographic information, student’s level of procrastination (using a scale from ne...
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...60 (48.3%) said that they were seeking for a white-collar employment, 28 out of 60 (46.7%) did not know yet, and three out of 60 (5%) are hoping for a blue-collar work. Returning to academics, we questioned them about parental help in their childhood, which resulted in 51 out of 60 (85%) answering that their parents did helped them during their early days in school, and nine out of 60 (15%) responded that their parents did not helped them. Concerning their actual employment, 40 out of 60 (66.7%) responded that they are currently working, and 20 out of 60 (33.3%) are not working. In that matter, 16 out of 60 (26.7%) worked between 15>20 hours on average per week, ten out of 60 (16.7%) worked between 5>10 hours, five out of 60 (8.3%) worked 20 hours or more, three out of 60 (5%) worked between 0>5 hours, and the rest 20 out of 60 (33.3%) did not work any hours.
parents have blue-collar jobs. Less than a third of the fathers are skilled, while the majority are in
Recent research has shown that even if students work full-time they still need financial aid to pay for tuition and books (Carnevale, Smith, & Melton, 2015). Therefore, students’ will sacrifice studying and class time and still have a great deal of debt when they graduate. Unfortunately, these students do not have any other options. They are working out of necessity. For these students to be successful they would need to have career counseling from the college of university. They would also need financial resources that help students pay for college expenses from the state. Colleges and universities could also create programs to assist with finding a job after college. Low-income students are faced with the problem of working too much which can create a cycle that pushes students further into debt without the benefits of a career that they were trying to
A study completed by Robert M. Klassen, Lindsey L. Krawchuk and Sukaina Rajani found a relationship between low self-efficacy, low self-esteem, lack of motivation and procrastination. According to their results, significantly lower GPAs were recorded among students who procrastinated, had low levels of self-efficacy and self-regulation. “Almost all of the students defined themselves as procrastinators, with 89% of students reporting more than 1hour of procrastination per day (Klassen, K...
One of the most stressful aspects of high school and ultimately college is the ability (or lack thereof) to form good study habits. One may often hear the dramatic tale of a college student staying up all night in order to receive a good grade on his or her test the following morning. This student either completely fails the test, or does really well. These results depend on the students themselves and their ability to study in this manner. In this essay, I will compare and contrast fellow two of the most popular forms of studying—periodic and cramming—in an effort to allow high school students to effectively choose which form may best work for them.
College students have to balance work, family, and college activists and any delaying behavior from within can cause an unbalance. This behavior is called procrastinating and it can lead to problems in many areas of a student’s life. College students are the worst hit by this type of behavior because they have many different activities to focus on instead of studying. These activities can cause students to study when they have time which often is usually too short amount of time. There is a time and place to relax and enjoy life, but if students focus on playing around instead of getting their assignments done, college life will be stressful.
Solomon, L., & Rothblum, E. (1984). Academic procrastination: Frequency and cognitive-behavioral correlates. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 31, 503-509.
When Steinberg was doing his research on high school students he had to use a variety of measurements in order to come to the conclusion that work effects school. “We compared the grades of students who work… with those who work in limited amounts or not at all.” (1). He also looked at how much time
Everyone has daily burdens and responsibilities that they would prefer to avoid rather than begin. For college students that burden becomes anything relating to college academics, from homework assignments, to essays due next week, or projects. However, by delaying the time necessary to complete an assignment or to write a well and comprehensible essay. Students are putting their physical well being at risk.
Heibutzki, Ralph. How Lack of Time Management Affects College Students. Demand Media, 2009. Web. 15 Nov. 2013
Academic success is becoming increasingly important in today’s society because most occupations now require a degree of some kind before a job applicant will even be considered. For that reason, academic performance has a considerable impact on a student’s life and whether or not he or she is able to accomplish future career goals. There are many factors that can influence academic performance of a college student, including student personality traits and life circumstances. Life circumstances are sometimes out of a student’s control, but if a student was able to recognize a quality of his or her personality that was inhibiting academic performance, then he or she could possibly make an effort to
Every now and then we don’t meet our own expectations, whether it was not getting the score you wanted on a test or getting the promotion you wanted at your work. Was it because your IQ wasn’t high enough to reach your expectations or was it because you lacked self-discipline. Contrary to the popular belief that IQ determines academic performance some people have, self-discipline exceeds IQ in predicting academic performance. The purpose of this paper is to define self-discipline, discuss the statement that self-discipline outdoes IQ in predicting academic performance and provide strategies to maximize self-discipline in a tertiary learning environment. First, this paper will define self-discipline. Second, it will discuss the statement Self-discipline outdoes IQ in predicting academic performance. Finally is will provide strategies to maximize self-discipline in a tertiary learning environment
Nowadays there are many people who are going back to study, whether it be improving career possibilities or to change career paths. Therefore, people need to develop different types of study skills to help throughout their learning. In this essay I will be describing a few study skills that could be useful in the path to success during my own studies. I will also be explaining how I will be implementing them into my studies. Also, I will be identify two challenges that I may face during my studies and explaining a few steps that I will use to address them.
The rate of unemployment for the 18 – 31 age groups nearly doubles that of the next age group comprised of their senior cohort. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 63% of the stated young adult age groups were not employed in 2012, with this being the highest percentage in forty years (2012). Most parents have a very strong influence on the course of the career their children choose to follow. Finding employment that will support a household with established debt from college and other growing expenses has proven to be a real challenge.... ...
In academic life, skill and effort are not synonymous; the effort does not guarantee a success, and the ability starts to become more important. This is due to some cognitive ability that allows the student make a mental preparation of the causal implications the management of identities of skill and effort. Such self-perceptions, even though they are complementary, they do not present the same weight for the student; According to the model, perceived how adeptable is the central element. In this sense, in the school context teachers value more effort than the skill. In other words, while a student waiting to be recognized by their ability (which is important for your esteem), the classroom acknowledged their effort. Accordingly, three types
Another important difference in students time management that is mainly affected by the learners motivation in school and at university. The motivation of school students is comes from parents and teachers, who reward or punish students for keeping up their studies. Students are unexpected to plan or do anything besides follow the timetable and study schedule from teachers. When a student moves on to undertake university study at undergraduate level, there is demanded to be more self-motivated and independent learning. Such as plan a learning programme that takes into consideration time available for study. As Marshall and Rowland (1993, 41) shown that, ¡¥if students are studying at a distance in tertiary education are needed to be particularly careful in setting priorities and balance a certain time between work and study, family and social life.