Identifying Study Skills that You Will Adopt to be Successful in your Studies

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This essay will discuss two important study skills such as time management and motivation skills. It will then further explain ways to adopt these skills and how to implement them in order to be successful in studies. This essay will also address procrastination and stress management as two challenges, and explain ways to overcome these issues. The key to acquiring good time management skills is setting our priorities in order such as the importance of studying your first priority. An example of this skill is taking time out of our busy scheduled life as students to spend time on reviewing assignments, and thoroughly reading through and understanding the study material. It is imperative to structure your time efficiently in order to be a successful learner. The first method that can be used to find out how your using your time is drawing up a time management wheel, writing down how you use your time in a twenty four hour day, then drawing up another wheel of how you would like to use your time, compare the two and keep the time management wheel you want to follow in a ring binder, diary or folder. “Remember, a new habit takes twenty one days of repetitiion to form” (Lengefeld, 2009.pp 21), so follow the wheel chart and see if it works. The second Method is writing down assignment due dates on a calendar, dairy or cell phone wherever it stays as constant reminders for important deadlines, this is an effective way to keep on top of assignments so that you can learn to prioritize your tasks within your day effectively. Motivation can definitely fluctuate during student life. Staying motivated is the first and most crucial study skill students can develop during the gruelling periods of assignment deadlines. The first way to enforc... ... middle of paper ... ...(4th ed., pp. 19-25). Rochester,NY: AXZO Press. Pg 20. Cottrell, S. (2003). The Study skills handbook (2nd ed., pp. 90-95). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillian. History Retrieved March 18,2014, from: http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/how-to-eat-right-to-reduce-stress Physicians Committee for responsible Medicine -INTERNET ARTICLE History Retrieved March 18, 2014, from: http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/stress-management/in-depth/exercise-and-stress/art-20044469?footprints=mine Exercise and Stress: Get moving to manage stress -By Mayo Clinic Staff INTERNET ARTICLE Jul. 21, 2012 11 ways to stop procrastination JUNE 3 BY CELESTINE CHUA INTERNET- INTERNET ARTICLE History Retrieved March 18, 2014, from: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/11-practical-ways-to-stop-procrastination.html Article –procrastination environment for studying.

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