Organising for Study Success
A little organisation goes a long way! Read on to discover how creating a study environment that suits YOUR needs, setting goals and prioritising tasks can all help make your life as a student much easier!
Creating a Study Environment
- Create a Study Environment. This About.com site provides some practical tips.
- Create a Study Space
- Creating a Good Study Environment by the University of Alabama, talks about how your personal learning style can influence what type of environment will be most conducive to study.
- How to Make a Study Space by WikiHow talks about ensuring your study environment suits YOUR needs.
- Virginia Tech's Study Environment Analysis and the Study Environment Analysis from the University of Northern Colorado helps you determine the best place for you to study.
How to be a Successful Student - setting goals and 10 Tips
The following tips were found at the school site of Mount Annan High, and were prepared by the NSW Department of Education. They can also be found here and here.
Organising your Time
While the links below will give you more ideas on how to manage your time, if you do nothing else, "Get yourself a diary and USE it!" Once more, in case you missed it, "You NEED to use a diary if you want to keep on top of everything you have and want to do!"
It doesn't matter what format or medium you use to track your to-do's, but listing them and ticking them off when complete, is the most straightforward way of avoiding the stress that comes with tasks piling up on you, with no time left to complete them properly. Student paper diaries can always be purchased very cheaply at local newsagents, but if you find you use your phone or computer more, there are software options for those too. Whatever means you use should be determined by what is most convenient for you to use regularly.
It doesn't matter what format or medium you use to track your to-do's, but listing them and ticking them off when complete, is the most straightforward way of avoiding the stress that comes with tasks piling up on you, with no time left to complete them properly. Student paper diaries can always be purchased very cheaply at local newsagents, but if you find you use your phone or computer more, there are software options for those too. Whatever means you use should be determined by what is most convenient for you to use regularly.
- How Good is Your Time Management - this site has an interactive quiz that helps you identify better ways to manage your use of time.
- Where does your time go? Using an Activity Log - this site explains the importance of first looking at how you spend your time, in order to work out how to more effectively use it.
- Planning a Study Timetable and the accompanying Weekly Planner blank were both produced by the NSW Department of Education and Training. The 'Planning a Study Timetable' is written from a student's perspective, while the 'Weekly Planner' can be printed out to plan your own timetable.
- How to Effectively Manage Your Time
- Time Management Tips
- View the following slideshow by Lawrence Fine for more tips.
Effective Time Management Strategies
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