Effective Study Breaks-How to study effectively

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Channel: MooMooMath and Science · 2017 · Education

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Taking study breaks can be as important as the actual time you study. Learn how to make your study breaks fun and very effective.
Learn to maximize your study breaks.
In today's study challenge you will maximize your study break by timing your study time and using mini goals in order to help you focus.
Many people use the Pomodoro technique when studying. This study method encourages you to set a timer for 25 minutes, and then study until the alarm sounds. Next, take a break and then repeat until your homework is complete.
This allows you to focus during your study time and helps you maximize your study time.

Tiny Steps Study Challenge

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Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIvQwnNjd-U
Welcome to the 15 Day Tiny Steps Study Challenge. The goal is to learn the 5 pillars of school success with daily tiny study habits. The 5 pillars are school organization, workspace,  time management, study aids, and test preparation. By the end of the challenge, you will work on each of these areas.

Day 1 Three things you must do with your school agenda everyday-Tiny Steps Study Challenge-Day 1 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_al1aOuh6g0
Today we will focus on setting up your school and agenda and how to use your school planner to improve your grades.

Day 2 A simple system for turning in your homework
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jfWLP_PdSs
Day 2 introduced the homework folder. This simple tool helps organize your homework in order to help you never have a zero for a homework grade.

Day 3 Memory Aids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3qKKCzzTag
Day 3 introduced two memory techniques that you can use to memorize anything at school.
The two memory aids are the body stations and Journey method.

Day 4 Goals 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN8n1hqebSw
Today we set two simple goals. One goal was a study goal and the second was a school goal. Goals are important because they provide focus.

Day 5 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSIJapBomCo
Today’s study challenge focused on distractions while you study. Specifically, today’s study challenge focused on trying to identify distractions while you study.

Day 6
Organizing your notebook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6shptgXg2c
In today’s study challenge the focus is organizing and cleaning out your notebook.

Day 7
Learn to be proactive at school
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJtvofnFLWM
Becoming proactive means you plan ahead and anticipate future events. Being proactive can lower stress and increase your effectiveness.

Day 8 Creating Mind Maps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY4sUQzXJ1g
Mind maps are a great way to condense your notes and create a visual picture of your notes which can help study them more easily for a test.

Day 9 Learn to work smarter not harder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FciHDd7FPbo
In today’s challenge you will focus on working smarter not harder. However, how do you work smarter not harder? You can use the acronym SAT which reminds you to survey what you are currently doing, then adjust in order to create improve what you are currently doing, and finally test what you are doing in order to see if you are improving.

Day 10 Making an outline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZXZeREHGbY
In today’s challenge we talked about converting notes and sections of your textbook into an outline. Creating an outline forces you to make connections between topics and once completed gives you a product that is easy to study for a test.

Day 11 Memorize with stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJz4rCYz6tE
Increase your effectiveness will you study by memorizing using stories. Take what you need to memorize and convert this into a story. It is fun and very effective.

Day 12 Increase your study Effectiveness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFgiAlNZ9n4
Increase your study effectiveness by looking over this list of 45 study tips and picking just one new study tip to start working on tomorrow.
Study Challenge Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLurjkZV1ykGYRS5GT_no-anPRN64lUJLS

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