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It’s your life, your time, and your future. Study skills are tools that can serve you well in college, work, and other work situations.

Study skills are important, because the perception that they might be unprepared affects student performance negatively.  Studies have demonstrated the need to develop study skills for a successful outcome. Students’ eagerness to acquire study skills may dissipate quickly, demanding a strong commitment from schools, administrators, teachers, parents, and students to make instruction in study skills as  effective as possible.

Study skills are demonstrated by

•    Learning to listen

•    exam preparation

•    how to take lecture and text notes

•    time utilization

•    concentration and remembering

•    analysis of information

•    overall approaches to study

•    study techniques and specific subjects and

•    the writing of themes and course papers.

This is even more clear when successful business people need to study in order to advance in their chosen career.  They may find it difficult to ask for help and their studying may be somewhat ineffective.  Study skills are an essential component of all education and training programmes.  They can be used with a wide range of learners, and will develop their skills and confidence in both traditional and online learning.

Study skills are learned,  just like anything else (eg. playing an instrument or sport, speaking a foreign language, etc.) but before you can even begin, you must set the stage for effective studying.  Studying longer does not necessarily mean studying better.  The conditions in which you study matter more than you might think. If a piano has several broken keys, will playing it in that condition make you a better pianist? The condition of the piano has much to do with your ability to learn and improve.  Likewise, the conditions in which you study have much to do with your academic success.

Students who possess the ability to regulate their study process often experience increased interest in their learning, increased feelings of competency, and increased optimism about their ability to be successful.