0Are you a student looking to build good study habits? Is your daily routine not as effective as it could be?
Maybe it’s time to follow a new study schedule that will help you better retain material, manage your time and even help you improve your concentration and focus.
Here are 11 habits you can use to enhance your learning style, develop a good study routine and start achieving your goals:
Good Study Habit #1: Know Your Dominant Learning Style.
It’s important to know that there are many different styles of learning and each person will retain information better in different ways. Check out this link to see what we mean.
- As you can see, visual learners learn best when pictures, images, and spatial understanding is used.
- Auditory learners prefer using music, sounds or both.
- Kinesthetic learners prefer a more physical style of learning through using the body, sense of touch and hands.
- Logical learners desire to use reasoning, logic and systems.
- Verbal learners will prefer using words in writing and speech.
- Social learners will prefer to learn with other people or in groups.
- Solitary learners are able to learn best alone.
Once you have figured out which style of learning works best for you, it will help you determine how to study, where to study, when to study and other important factors like what study aids you should use and be aware of, and knowing what things may distract you while you are trying to study.
Good Study Habit #2: Create and Write Down Realistic Study Goals
Furthermore, if your goal is too big to achieve, then you might be setting yourself up for failure and this will also not help motivate you to study and accomplish your goals.
Once you know your learning style, do a self-assessment of your current study habits and your current grades. Here are some questions to ask yourself that will help you create realistic goals and come up with a a plan for good study habits.
- When do you usually study and for how long?
- Do you find that it is effective?
- Are you happy with your grades?
- What subjects do you need to focus on or are having difficulty with?
- What grades do you need to have in order to pass?
- What are your personal commitments and priorities?
