10.14.02
Starting Study
Starting Study
| III. Setting up a study schedule requires that you set aside a reasonable amount of time for your school work. | ||||
| A. Make a temporary
schedule of fixed periods in your week for classes, work, sleep, meals, and study. |
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| 1. If you are aiming at a B
or better, in many classes at Lander University, you need to schedule at least 2 hours of study for 1 hour of
class. At other universities, you might need to schedule more for
classes with time-intensive homework assignments. Many classes require
fewer hours of study per hour of class.. |
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| 2. Your schedule must be
reasonable; after all, you are planning to follow it. At the beginning, plan
a bit less than you
think you can do and later adjust your schedule, if necessary. |
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| B. Every time you begin to
study, make a conscious decision (even write yourself a short contract) on what you will
study and how long you will study. Above all, be reasonable. Your success at this can only
be fulfilled by the history of your successes in the contract. |
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| 1. Once your decision has
been reached, throw yourself into the project enthusiastically. |
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| 2. It is
psychologically important to begin with the idea that
with all the possible alternatives available to you, studying for this time is the one
thing that you want to do most. |
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| a. If you have trouble
about deciding whether to study when something special comes up, flip a coin. By seeing
the outcome of the toss, introspect to your immediate reaction in order to determine what
you really want to do. There is not much point is trying to study when
your mind continues to wander if it is likely you will be reinforcing poor study
habits. |
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| b. End the study period
with a definite statement about what is to be done for your next study period in that
subject. Take a minute and write out: |
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| (1) What ideas are to be reviewed. |
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| (2) What questions still remain to be
answered. |
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| (3) What page you are to start on. |
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