{"id":673,"date":"2016-02-09T08:55:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T13:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety\/?p=673"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:51:03","slug":"ten-tips-for-study-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/ten-tips-for-study-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Tips to Help You Succeed!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feeling overwhelmed with homework?\u00a0We’re here to help! Check out our ten study tips below and get ready to ace those\u00a0next\u00a0exams.<\/p>\n

1. Find a study group. Meeting with (studious) classmates will not only help you prepare for that next test, it’ll boost your morale and make studying way more fun.<\/p>\n

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Need a space to study? The Allstate Library can offer you private study rooms, as well as a technology center featuring twelve brand-new computers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2. Choose a\u00a0quiet\u00a0place to study. If you need to get out of the house and away from distractions, the Allstate Library has two private study rooms, plenty of comfy chairs, and 12 brand-new Dell computers. Check it out!<\/p>\n

3. Don\u2019t cram. It can be tempting to postpone studying until the night before, but it won’t get you good results.\u00a0If you study more gradually, it\u00a0will actually help you remember the material better. In an article<\/a> for The New York Times<\/em>, journalist Benedict Carey explains, \u201cAn hour of study tonight, an hour on the weekend, another session a week from now: such so-called spacing improves later recall, without requiring students to put in more overall study effort or pay more attention, dozens of studies have found.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. Sometimes it feels impossible to find time to study. One solution is to break up study time into small increments throughout your day. The Berkeley Student Learning Center suggests you turn wait time<\/em> into study time<\/em>: \u201cFive minutes waiting time for the bus, 20 minutes waiting for the dentist, 10 minutes between classes — waiting time adds up fast. Have short study tasks ready to do during these times. For example, carry 3X5 cards with equations, formulas, or definitions and pull them out anywhere.\u201d (For more great tips, check out the entire article.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5. Try listening to music. Classical music may help you feel less anxious and focus on the materials, studies find.<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Use online resources. As an SPC student, you have access to many online articles and videos through our library catalogue. Here are some of the most helpful databases that focus on public safety and criminal justice. Click on the links below to check them out.\u00a0To sign into the library databases, your borrow ID is your student ID number and your PIN is the last four digits of your social security number<\/em><\/p>\n