Create a Study Space for High School Girls
Every successful student needs a neat and organized place to study. A study space is needed to get good grades. Make it express your individuality and it will help save you time. Getting organized is key and it means more successful studying.
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Steps
- Consider yourself and your study habits. Use your knowledge of yourself to determine where you should study.
- Make sure your space fits your needs. Choose a quiet area with few distractions. You will need:
- A desk with ample working space and preferably several drawers.
- A good desk lamp.
- Shelving or magazine racks to organize papers.
- A desk organiser.
- A bulletin board, chalkboard or dry-erase board to write to-do lists and goals.
- Equip your desk with everything you need. Make sure you have:
- Stationery supplies: pen, pencil, eraser, sharpener, stapler, hole punch, highlighter, sticky notes, paper clips.
- A calendar to record goals, achievements and to plan ahead.
- A clock to keep track of the time and a stopwatch to perform timed tests.
- Bring your study materials. Textbooks, blank paper, reference books .etc should all be to hand. It is also useful to keep a dictionary, thesaurus and calculator close by.
Tips
- Don't put things near your study place that will distract you.
- Keep your study area organized and tidy.
- Section your bedroom. Use one area to study and other areas to relax and socialize. This will help you to focus.
- Listen to music, but not music with words. If you know the words, you will be distracted with singing. Listen to instrumental music or classical.
- You may want to listen to soft music while you study. Classical music has been found to be an effective study aid. But make sure you won't get distracted!
- Another good tip is to put your study area somewhere separated from people or other things that would distract you so annoy you.
- When organising have the different subjects in different places.
Warnings
- Remove distractions such as phones, internet, loud music, TVs.
