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December 06, 2006

Study Skills

Sweet, I was finally able to login. I read the link about study skills. It had some interesting suggestions about how to study more effectively. It suggested that when you begin an assignment or a paper, you write down on a piece of paper the time you want to be finished with it. The little bit of pressure with help you work more efficiently. It also said to give yourself less time the more you do this, to increase efficiency. Another interesting point made was that if your mind wanders when you read or if you have difficulty taking in what you are reading, you should stop at the end of each page and slowly count to ten. You should also not read entire lines or phrases at once. Rather, you should read each sentence word by word, to help comprehension. These three are good techniques for me to use because I have trouble making myself actually sit down and do assignments and my mind often wanders when I read, to the point where I read something and have no idea what I just read.

Procrastination

I found that the one on procrastination was helpful to me. I have a really bad problem with waiting till the end of time to do something. Even when i dont have anything to do i just wont start it untill the very last minute. The resource says to have a schedule and i can see how that would be helpful. It also says to study in between classes and after the lecture itself. I already do this but i usually get tired or someone comes to talk to me so i dont get much acomplished.

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