标题: Effective Study hours [打印本页] 作者: suxiaoxiao 时间: 2011-7-11 18:30 标题: Effective Study hours
When i study for say 2 hours, i effectively end up studying only 1.5hours. 30 min are wasted.max i have studied on a single day is 5 hours on a Sunday effective time devoted is closer to 4 maybe 4 hrs 15 min.
does this happen to you.what were/are your effective study hours?作者: ajpheif16 时间: 2011-7-11 18:30
I found out that using earplugs increases my concentration. I now use them everywhere: libraries, etc...作者: johnnyBuz 时间: 2011-7-11 18:30
I can get max 2 hours too. I spend time with family till 9 PM and then study from 9 to 11 PM.
Sometimes when I look at my schweser notes in the morning, I look at a topic and feel like oh , I have yet to study this topic. Only when I turn the pages and see my marking I come to realization that I have already read it :- ( and have no recollection of it; sometimes the previous night itself.
Good thing Dec is still far away or so it seems.作者: btcapital 时间: 2011-7-11 18:30
definitely happened to me...i guess it really depends on one's self discipline...but then again, the concentration time span of people varies for each person...while one can study continuously for a straight two-hour, another can probably study effectively for 1 hour, then probably take 15 mins break before continuing to study for another hour...
as for me, my effective study hours during working days are probably around 2 hours at night (normally around 11 p.m. - 1 a.m.), while during weekends, probably around 5-6 hours max, which are broken down to 2 hours in the morning, 2 hours in the afternoon and 2 hours at night (but it's flexible, depending on my activities during the weekends)...
hope you find your ideal study hours and stick to them...good luck!作者: evolsteevol 时间: 2011-7-11 18:30
I agree with more breaks. If you go full steam for a couple hours, near the end, you read the words but it won't sink in nearly as well as when you are freshly rested.作者: ramdabom 时间: 2011-7-11 18:30
if you pop a bindle burner you could go for like 10 hours haha作者: spartanag07 时间: 2011-7-11 18:30
I find that splitting the study session in different parts helps, as it creates natural breaks.
For example, if I study for 2 hours, then I use the first 15 to 30 mn reviewing past notes, then 1 hour reading and making notes and the rest answering questions and reviewing those I get wrong. It helps reinforce my understanding of key concepts and helps improve my retention levels.
Karine作者: eagles_dare13 时间: 2011-7-11 18:30
For me it is completely random and unpredictable.
Some days I will wake up early, plan on going to the library for five hours, and I would get there and have so little concentration that I would end up having to get up and leave. I would stare at a page and not retain anything.
Other times I will just randomly find myself in a state of extreme concentration and get five hours worth of studying done in two, and I would "write" the concepts to my brain permanently.
It made me mad in that I had no way to control it or predict it. I found that earplugs and not drinking at all for the month before the test hugely helped my concentration though.作者: Beatnik 时间: 2011-7-11 18:30
Hey confused2010,
If those figures are correct I think you are doing exceptionally well. Because the natural working pattern of the human brain is such that: to maximize output you should study in 45 minute sessions with a 5 to 15 minute break after every session. so effectively studying only 3 in 4 hours. You are already doing better than that. This does not apply to attempting the exam as we are not learning anything new there so a continuous 3 hour session is bearable.
