First, I am going to give you a bit of background information on my schooling life first. I have always been a fairly good student even in high my marks usually ranged from 80%-90% at least, I graduated with honors and a french immersion diploma which is something that I am very proud of. Going into my first year of university my marks were a little lower than I was used to at first so that kind of pushed me to do better and find some better study habits that would help me improve. I am now a distance education student studying to get my bachelor of arts degree so that I can become an early years teacher. For me to become an early years teacher is so important because those are the years where learning is so important and that is when children can develop such a passion for learning, at least that's how I was.
So being a distance student I am now basically in charge of teaching myself. I get the work online and go through it and do the assignments on my own. It is a bit more of a responsibility but I quite enjoy it so here are my tips for either distance education ( I know this has become much more popular ) and just for studying in general!
TIPS& TRICKS!
1. For those of you who do distance education, this one is for you! GET DRESSED AND READY FOR YOUR DAY! I have found that I am much more productive when I get ready for the day rather than staying in my pj's all day! You don't need to get all fancy but changing my clothes always helps me. I usually put on a pair of yoga pants and a tee or something along those lines so that I feel like I am a bit more ready for my day and I feel like I can be productive!
2. DON'T TRY AND DO YOUR WORK FROM YOUR BED! This is also one of the other biggest things that I find helps me! Not doing school work in bed, when I stay in bed and try to do school work it never goes too productively so rather sit at a desk or a kitchen table where you feel you can probably be more productive and you probably will be!
3. COLOR CODING! This is a big one for me! Having different colors for everything in my notebooks helps me to stay interested in taking notes. The different colors can also help you keep organized. For example, I usually write the title of the chapter or unit in one color, the main topic of what the unit is talking about in another color and I use another color for the sub topics.
4. TAKE NOTES! I know assigned reading in textbooks can get very boring, very fast even if you are interested in it. So for myself the way that works best for me is to take notes while I am reading my textbooks, this may take a little bit longer but it will help you stay focused because you are doing more than just reading page after page in your textbook! Writing things go will probably also help you learn and retain the information that you are reading as well! This is probably my favorite tip I have! It has helped me so much!
5. ASK FOR HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT! I know that we don't want to ask for help sometimes because we don't want to be ridiculed for it but in all honesty asking for help can make the world of a difference. If you don't want to ask your prof or teacher a question in front of the class, go talk to them after class or if you can't do so after class, email them and ask your question or arrange a time to meet. I know this sounds so obvious but sometimes people forget that it is okay to ask for help and that is what your profs and teachers are there for.
I hope that my tips may help some of you who read this! I hope that everyone has a fantastic school year!
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