ACTIVITY 2

Activities to practice the topic about Students' study habits. ACTIVITY 1

Strategies to improve students' study habits

4. STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ STUDY HABITS

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•  Establish a schedule: They must realize there is a time to be in class, a time for study, time for family, time to socialize, and time to just be alone. The issue is recognition that there must be an appropriate balance between the study and the social life. They should set a daily schedule to study, do homework. The student should choose the best study schedule, a time they feel comfortable. 
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•       Choose a place and avoid distractions: Students will need limited noise, a lot of sunlight, a tidy surface, and comfortable furniture. Find a quiet place to study where you won't be bothered. They should stay away from distractions such as: the computer (unless it is being used for studying), the cell phone, the TV.  If you have family members that distract you, politely ask them to leave so you can continue with your assignments.

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•     Take brakes while studying: They should study 30 to 45 minutes then take a short break, eat a snack, have a cup of coffee, a glass of juice, play with the dog, etc., then return to study. This refreshes the mind, and often some issues that may have been confusing them before, become suddenly clear.

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•            Implement the learning styles: The term learning style refers to the way in which an individual concentrates on, processes, internalizes, and retains new and difficult information. Each student has his/her preference when studying.  Some students may work best alone, in a pair, with several peers, as a team, with an adult, or in multiple ways. 

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•     Sleep enough: Modern students do not sleep enough and that is why they feel tired and bored at the moment of studying. Lack of sleep prevents you from concentrating and reduces your ability to remember what you have learned. So, it is relevant to sleep 8 hours to keep the brain and the body awake.

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•        Study with a friend or partner: Quiz each other, compare notes, and share ideas.

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•     Take notes: record important information (and/or key words), use clear headers to organize information and use pictures/diagrams to demonstrate. Highlight or underline key points in your material. This may help students to study later and have a review.

  

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•       Get help: When you don't know what to do when you have to study for something. Don't give up, go and talk to someone about it. It could be a member of your family, a teacher, a partner. The important is to look for guidance.

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•   Feed: It is crucial to have breakfast every morning. Breakfast is the most important food during the day. And in general, to study without any problem to feed in one of the thing to take into account before doing the assignments. Don't study being hungry.

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The Importance of Improving Study habits

3. THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING STUDY HABITS

Improving the students' study habits is very important because without good study habits, a student cannot succeed, cannot get good grades. Also, it is important to change their bad habits in order to prepare them for the University. On other hand is very important to have a balance between having fun, having quiet time, go out with friends to have social time.

• Agents involved in improving study habits: The agents involved in this change are: Students, Parents, helping with teachers; teachers, whose main objective is to teach to learn; administrators of the education and the society; therefore they should the most interest on changing this fact. Starting with the teachers at the schools and having an accompanying at home. Good study habits depend a lot on parents because they are responsible of many attitudes, values and habits. The role of the school is important too, but not enough. 
  

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Factors that affect study habits

2. FACTORS THAT AFFECT STUDY HABITS

• The environment: If you try to study in a place with a lot of distractions such as:  loud music, cell phones, text messages, chats, social networking websites, computers, video games, TV, difficulties at home, the neighborhood, friends, the weather, or just things going on around you, it probably will  be much harder to study and do a good job.

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• Motivation: It is one of the most vital, your focus, your enthusiasm, your interest in studying. The Lack of motivation in students could be main factor of their bad study habits. Most of them do not study properly because they do not know what they are studying for.

• Technology: This point has good and bad effects. It depends on how students use it. But referring to bad study habits. The technology in general (TV, Video games, Cell phones, tablets, internet, computers, the stereo, etc.) can help to distract student while they are studying or try to do their homework. Instead using the time to do their assignments most of them waste it with those devices. The technology is one of the best distractor at the time of studying.
  

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• The school and teachers: They way teachers encourage learners and help them in their process, the facilities of the school, the materials, and the partners. Maybe, this cannot affect very much. However, it has an influence on the way students study.

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• Lack of sleep: Sleep is usually our last priority, and this can have disastrous consequences. One of those consequences is bad study habits. Having a good sleep schedule may, in fact, be one of the most important things you can do to help yourself in your studies.

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• Lack of Guidance: The study guidance is necessary to help the pupils with specific problems. Some students cannot study properly or learn in a good way because they have not a guide who help them to understand  what they are going to do.

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• Procrastination: Procrastinate is often a reason for not doing homework or study and it consists on putting off or avoiding doing something that you are supposed to do in a determinate period of time. Also excessive procrastination may cause poor performance and bad grades.

Students' Study Habits

1. STUDENTS’ STUDY HABITS

Study habits are the way you usually study, the habits students have formed during their school years. They can be good, or bad ones. Good ones include being organized, keeping good notes, doing the homework, pay attention in class, and working every day. On the other hand, bad study habits include don’t go to classes, not doing the homework, watching TV or playing video games instead of studying, losing your work.  

Students' study habits determine oyur grades. If you study effectively, your grades will improve; if you study poorly, you will get poor grades. Apart from this, good study habits become a prestigious and reliable student; and also increase the self-esteem on the students.

Your study habits are affected by anything around you and anything within your mind. Here there are some factors which affect the students' study habits. These factors are those that do not let student to have a good performance in the school.

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Tabla De Contenido

1. STUDENTS' STUDY HABITS.
2. FACTORS THAT AFFECT STUDENTS' STUDY HABITS.

• The environment
• Motivation
• Technology
• The school and teachers
• Lack of Sleep
• Lack of Guidance
• Procastination.

     3. THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING STUDY HABITS.

• Main agents involved in Improving study habits

     4. STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' STUDY HABITS.

• Establish a schedule
• Choose a place and avoid distraction
• Take brakes while studying
• Implement the learning styles
• Sleep enough
• Study with a partner or a friend
• Take notes
• Get help
• Feed