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When determining your study cycles, keep in mind this recent survey
of University students in Utah. ‘It found that students who habitually go
to bed late and sleep late the next day have lower grade point
averages than students with ‘early to bed, early to rise’ sleeping
habits.
Another study
from the Journal of American College Health (2000; 49)
found that from the 184 students surveyed at Brigham Young University
in Provo, the students who slept in the most tended to also have
lowest grades. The study found that for every hour over the average
the student slept in on weekdays, there was an association of a .13
point drop on the GPA.
The divide and conquer philosophy
Once you have scheduled your academic year and are now aware
of all the work that is in front of you. The task at hand may seem
daunting if you look at it all in one piece.
It is important to note that with any large task, whether it is a 50 page
essays or 9 months of study preparation, that each of these tasks can
be broken down into smaller, much more manageable pieces. Large
tasks should be been as many very smaller tasks.
The key to turning your studying into a manageable task is to look and
deal with it in small chunks. This approach is also known as chunking.
When ever you feel that the size of the work is too big, consider
chunking it into smaller manageable pieces.
Dealing with delays and setbacks
No student semester is complete without some sort of disaster. It could
be as trivial as misplacing a student card before the test or something
more serious such as an illness, disease, or a death in the family.
These events that take place during the academic year put additional
stress on the student and can mean missing a class or even missing
exams.
Although many of these setbacks could have been prevented if dealt
with before hand, it is the nature of things that you won’t find out
about until it is too late. During these times, it is extra important to keep
and manage your time as effectively as you can. It is proper time
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