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MAKING GOOD STUDY HABITS STICK
By Vicki Nelson
Most college students know what it takes to do well in their classes. Ask them to list important study skills, and they may reel off “spend enough time studying, manage your time, take good notes and review them, don’t procrastinate and then have to cram for exams, get sleep, ask for help, stay focused (i.e., don’t multi-task), prioritize assignments, avoid distractions, take study breaks.”
fffWhat your college student may need
isn’t so much a lesson about appropriate study skills, then, but a conversation about actually using those skills and turning them into study habits.
We’ve all been there. We want to make a change — exercise more, eat healthier, start a meditation practice, read a book a
week — and we are motivated! We start... and then we fail to make the new behavior a habit. It just doesn’t stick.
You can help your student think about skills and habits and make suggestions, but remember that your college parent role is that of consultant. It’s up to them to follow through.
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