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Concentration Tips

Concentration Tips. Create A Positive Environment. Find a place to study and keep it for study only. Tool-up the environment with all study needs Noise level and the visual environment to acceptable levels Avoid relaxing while working; create a work atmosphere . Concentration Do’s.

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Concentration Tips

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  1. Concentration Tips

  2. Create A Positive Environment • Find a place to study and keep it for study only. • Tool-up the environment with all study needs • Noise level and the visual environment to acceptable levels • Avoid relaxing while working; create a work atmosphere

  3. Concentration Do’s • Good lighting • Ventilation • A comfortable chair, but not too comfortable • A desk large enough to spread out your materials

  4. Concentration Don’ts • A distracting view of other activities that you want to be involved in  • A telephone • A loud stereo • A 27-inch HDTV • A roommate or friend who wants to talk a lot • A refrigerator stocked with scrumptious goodies

  5. Staying Focused • When distracters are present, become intensely involved • Keep a pad of paper handy to jot down extraneous thoughts that cross your mind while studying, get them out of your mind and on to paper • Set study goals before you begin each period of study (number of pages, problems) • Design adequate rewards after specified goals are attained

  6. Staying Focused (Cont) • Break-up the content of study by mixing up subjects and building in variety and interest and removing boredom • Make the most of rest periods-do something different • Don't try to mix work and play • Start with short study periods and build to longer periods only as fast as you maintain concentration

  7. Staying Focused (Cont) • If necessary, make a calendar of events to clear your mind of distractions • Realize that you won't lose friends, respect, or a "good time" just because you're studying • The length of your study period by the amount of material you have decided to cover, not by the clock. (Often the clock is one of the most serious distracters.)

  8. Concentration Activity • To test your ability to concentrate: Sit and relax. Close your eyes and clear your mind of ALL thought. Breath slowly and deeply and count each breath, at the end of each exhale. Hold it totally BLANK, apart from the counting, for as long as you can. See how long you can hold it like this. Be honest with yourself, every time a thought intrudes start counting from the beginning again. • You are doing well if can do this for longer than ten breaths. Ten breaths is, however, not long enough. Keep trying to get better! • The many distractions you experience during this are what you must battle against in order to achieve academic success

  9. Conclusion • Developing good concentration skills are vital to being successful • Everyone is not the same; Figure out what works for you • Remember to learn from your mistakes

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