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Suggestions for Improving the Use of Your Time
- Study your most difficult subjects during peak performance time.
- Every now and then - maybe once a week - do something enjoyable during your peak performance time.
- Use free hours between classes for preview and review.
- Be sure to schedule some time in your schedule for recreation - both physical and mental. If you don't plan it, it won't happen.
- To avoid learning interference, schedule the study of unlike subjects consecutively. For example, it is better to follow the study of a language with study of a science than to study two languages one right after the other. If you must study two similar subjects on the same night, try to take a break in between.
- Research indicates that after 1 ½ to 2 hours of study most people get a reduced return for their spent energy. After this time, schedule at least a short break (a reward for yourself because you're doing well) and return to take up another subject or course.
- Allow longer periods in your schedule for term papers and projects the week you need to work on these.
- Be sure to plan your final exam review schedule at least 3 weeks ahead. Plan to spend time on intensive review several nights before the exam and to use the night before to go over concepts that are still fuzzy.
- Use periods when you are tired or when your situation is noisy for jobs that do not require much concentration or original organization.
Source:
http://www.ccsn.nevada.edu/retention/time.html
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