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Home | Reference & Education | Adult But, older student face other challenges. Ask any adult student and he or she will tell you that it can be difficult to balance the demands of family, career, and education. Even online degree programs, which enable students to work anywhere they wish and set their own work schedules, require timely completion of assignments. And, students who find themselves continually behind are seldom successful. Good time management skills and strong self-discipline, important to all students, are even more necessary to adults facing family, career, and academic demands. Even people who manage their time well and are high-achievers may be unaware of a simple but highly effective tactic which can lead to higher grades. Unfortunately, there is no way to add days or hours to your week, but you can find extra hours, without much trouble, to work on your studies. All you have to do is think about fifteen minute "dead" periods during your week. If you can identify two fifteen minute periods a day during which you can study, you will have added three and a half hours a week to your study time. If you think about it, you'll realize just how much you can get done in fifteen minutes. You can revise your notes, review a difficult concept, reread a complex passage, email a classmate or professor, choose a topic for a paper, etc. No doubt about it; fifteen minutes is enough tme to get something done. And, how hard is it to find a few fifteen minute blocks of time? Get up fifteen minutes earlier. Read while eating lunch or dinner. Bring schoolwork with you whenever you anticipate waiting. Spend an extra fifteen minutes in your office at the end of the day. Read for fifteen minutes before going to sleep. The possibilities are almost without limit. I know a college student who spends between fifteen minutes and a half hour on her schoolwork whenever she returns to her apartment. By the way, she has been on the Dean's List during all of her five college semesters. Everyone can find two additional fifteen minute periods a day to spend on their studies. And, taking advantage of those small blocks of time really can turn a competent student into a high-achiever. Article Source: http://www.articlewheel.com
Career educator Daniel Kane has developed more than a dozen educational websites. Among them are a site on online degrees, and a site on online colleges and universities.
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