Most of my studying requires deep concentration while READING. Taking in every word. I find it hard to do this sometimes. Not because I'm tired of reading, but because I think about HOW to concentrate when I'm supposed to be understanding the information... You know what I mean? I read, but in my mind I am asking myself 'Am i concentrating'..?..
I dont know if anyone else has experienced this. I just would like to be more skilled when it comes to reading, and to train myself to be able to handle LARGE pieces of text without losing concentration.
2007-01-01 04:11:59 · 5 answers · asked by TheOne 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
First thing is to find a good place to read. You will need a comfortable place to sit and great lighting, natural or lamps. If your place has a lot of background noise, try playing some soft classical music in the background to help drown things out.
Second, take care of your body's necessities. =) Make sure you aren't hungry, use the bathroom, grab your shower, grab a nice cool glass of water. Try to anticipate all the things that will come to mind and be used as an excuse to leave that book.
Third, cut off the outside world. Turn off your cell, turn the ringer off your land line, turn the answering machine volume down. Let the family know of your reading goals and shut the door.
Fourth, a final tune up for the body. Stretch. Take a few clearing breaths. Tell yourself that you will accomplish your reading goal. Get settled in and get reading.
If you start to doze or need to move, take a drink of water and do a few calisthenics to get the blood pumping again. Then, get right back to your reading.
Some people find that a certain time of day is best for them so try adjusting when you do your bulk reading. Just after breakfast is best for me with evening being a close second. Afternoon leaves me thinking of everything I need to accomplish before the end of the day, so too many distractions then. Eventually you will find the best time for you.
As with any skill, practice makes perfect. Keep working at it and eventually your reading focus will see big improvements.
Good reading to you =)
2007-01-01 04:32:18 · answer #1 · answered by marenka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That independent observer inside your head is distracting, isn't it?
The thing about concentrating, like many other mental activities, requires you just do it, and not observe yourself doing it. And in order to do that, you go ahead and maximize all the conditions -- a quiet, private place, good lighting, no distractions -- and then think about what it is you need to learn. Get goal-oriented: there is an exam coming up? You need to understand this part in order to do a project which is due soon? This will most likely be essential to the part you need to do next?
When I was in law school, and the deep concentration I needed was obvious, I made notes while I read. The name of the case, the date and the venue. Now what it was about as far as the participants were concerned, and also what it was about as far as the appellate court was concerned, and the writer of the textbook.
What is each paragraph trying to tell you? Get that essence down in your notes. You will become sufficiently involved in the note-taking and outlining process that the Watcher in Your Head will get drowned out. If not, just shout at him, "Shut up, I'm trying to concentrate!" LOL
2007-01-01 04:20:01 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not listen to music; ask someone to hold your phone and any other devices for you while you are studying. Find a quiet place with good lighting. It should be located away from a computer and should, preferably, not be in your bedroom, where you no doubt have a lot of distracting items. If you need a computer to study, have someone check on you now and then to make sure that studying is all you are doing.
2016-05-23 03:07:32 · answer #3 · answered by Patricia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best method of studying is actually to study for the format of an exam, for example if an exam is based on definitions dont reread the definitions rewrite the definitions to memorize them, in fact the way your brain remembers the best is in the way you correctly studied for the test, not just rereading; take it for example you reread something over and over, in fact you in that manner are studying for an oral exam, not a written. It's a proven sensory motor input that the brain needs to study. In other words you really arent learning, nor are you really 'studying' in the end your wasting your time
2007-01-01 04:20:55 · answer #4 · answered by bill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by staying away from the computer
2007-01-01 04:15:22 · answer #5 · answered by icepack2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋