GOOD STUDY HABITS: A KEY TO ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS

RACQUEL G. MAGSINO Good study habits are essential to achieving educational success of an individual and is considered a guarantee that your study skills will also be strengthened.

Improving your study habits is the way to having a better life because this leads to achieving success in your studies. Good study habits should be developed at an early age to make the study foundation of a child stronger and this will be his/her stronghold to giving high regard to education.

The best opportunity to develop good study habits is in the early stage of a child and parents have a great role in the lives of their children because before other influences they are the key person that influenced and is influencing their children. Parents should encourage children to have a good study habits by giving off their precious time in guiding and teaching their children to all the behaviors and lessons that a child should learn. This way, the success to having a good study habits will be met.

Having the right attitude towards education is another key that could develop good study habits in a child. This right attitude towards studies should be inculcated to them through their parents, environment and all the factors that influenced a child. This may lead to success to studies.

Setting time for everything you do is very important that an individual should keep in mind. There is time for playing, time for eating, time for strolling, etc. and “a time for studying”. By this insight, “setting time for study” facilitates the development of good study habits of an individual. This can also be associated to “discipline” as likewise a key in the development of good study habits. The fact that discipline is being built, developing a good study habit will not be too difficult for an individual.

“Concentration” is absolutely important in developing a good study habits. Children grapple with many issues in their lives, and because of all the competing things for their attention, it is hard to “concentrate” on studying. There are gadgets such as cellular phones, tablets, i-pads, computer games and the like; no constant follow-up with parents, television that eventually catch their attention. They choose these activities over studying and the value of education is being set aside because they give more importance to these activities. Thus, providing a good environment to a child is also a factor that would develop good study habits. Minimizing distractions is a good idea to make good study habits develop and let the child feel the “enjoyment of studying” by knowing his/her interest and give him/her activities that you think he/she enjoys at the same time there is learning for that specific activity.

One more thing, a simple way of doing homework is also one of the best wayto develop good study habits. Being organized and having homework routines are important things in a child to develop good study habits.

As an individual, it is very important that you keep in your heart your dreams to fulfil them in the future as you go on the journey of studying. For parents, it is very important that you have the personal touch in your child as you develop and mold his/ her character. In this ways, good study habits is the key to achieving educational success that will lead to a better future and a better individual as well.

— oOo— The author is Teacher III at Rizal (Concepcion) Elementary School, Lubao North District, Division of Pampanga