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IMPROVING YOUR CONCENTRATION:..............................................................................................................46
Reducing distracters:...................................................................................................................................
46
Keeping motivated:
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46
Strengthening your concentration:...........................................................................................................
47
CHAPTER 6
STUDY TOOLS.......................................................................................................................
50
YOUR TOOLBOX
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Hand Tools:....................................................................................................................................................
51
Power tools:...................................................................................................................................................
56
Personal tools:
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67
Developing your skills & tools:.................................................................................................................
71
Keeping your tools sharp:...........................................................................................................................
72
CHAPTER 7
STRESS AND ACADEMIC ANXIETY................................................................................
73
INTRODUCTION TO STRESS
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What is stress?
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73
The effects of stress have only been recently studied:
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74
What can you do about stress?...................................................................................................................
74
Accounting for your own stress:.................................................................................................................
75
PREVENTING AND REDUCING STRESS
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Methods to reduce stress:............................................................................................................................
76
Reducing your personality type stress:.....................................................................................................
76
Reducing stress from smoking:...................................................................................................................
79
Reducing stress associated with drug and alcohol abuse:...................................................................
80
Reducing stress associated with improper eating and exercising:.....................................................
81
Exercise:
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81
Diet and regular meals:...............................................................................................................................
81
General techniques for students to reduce stress:
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83
Other forms of relaxation:
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84
CHAPTER 8
GOALS & MOTIVATION
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86
Why is motivation important?
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87
Becoming motivated.....................................................................................................................................
87
Elements of motivation.................................................................................................................................
87
Finding your motivation
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88
Setting goals for life
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88
Setting study goals
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91
Using to-do lists
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92
Motivating your study goals.......................................................................................................................
93
Maintaining motivation
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94
Now is the time to set your goals
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95
CHAPTER 9
MANAGING YOUR TIME
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96
Simple solution to managing your study time.........................................................................................
96
MANAGING YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT.........................................................................................................96
Setting your study goals..............................................................................................................................
97
Making use of study schedules...................................................................................................................
98
Making use of to-do lists
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IMPROVING YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT.......................................................................................................101
Preventing procrastination
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Making use of fractions of time
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Being aware of your study cycles.............................................................................................................102
The divide and conquer philosophy........................................................................................................103
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