| Study Habits and Scholarship | | | | to them. |
| Study implies investigation of mastery of facts, ideas | | | | 13) Study with interest to recall. |
| or procedures which are unknown or partially known | | | | 14) Study carefully charts, graphs and other |
| to the individual. There are many reasons for a | | | | illustrations. |
| person to desire for study. There are some rules of | | | | 15) Prepare a summary and revise. |
| study with efficiency. A person who desires to study | | | | 16) Complete the assigned work without fail. |
| well must know these rules. The result will be more | | | | 17) Analyze the statements of authors and get |
| effective with the guidance of an efficient and | | | | clarified when in doubt. |
| experienced teacher. The analysis of study habits and | | | | Forgetting: |
| the effects show that there are two types of | | | | In spite of the cautions taken keeping in mind the |
| learners. The slower pupils are not able to understand | | | | above mentioned study habit rules, there is a |
| the work, use facts and grasp meanings as in the | | | | setback for the total result due to a brain factor |
| case of more able pupils. | | | | called 'Forgetting'. Memory is the ability to remember |
| Many people are able to develop efficient study | | | | what has been previously learned. Forgetting is just |
| habits without any special formal training. However, | | | | the opposite of memory. It is the mental failure of |
| there are several methods of study habits for | | | | facts and a setback in the ability of reproducing the |
| satisfactory result. One must bear in mind the | | | | experiences of past events. The mind becomes |
| following points in study habits. | | | | weak to recollect or associate facts of past |
| 17 Rules to study well | | | | experience. This is because of the person failing to |
| 1) Have a definite purpose for study. | | | | bring the facts subsequently for use. This may be |
| 2) Have a definite place for study. | | | | due to over loading the brain with facts of |
| 3) Definite plan and time schedule. | | | | experience. |
| 4) Favorable physical conditions. | | | | Learning for a long time without any break or rest, |
| 5) Have rest with spaced study. | | | | not changing the subject of learning and following the |
| 6) Search for the topic sentence of paragraph. | | | | same method of learning without interest. The |
| 7) Use silent recitation method. | | | | subject of study without interest and proper |
| 8) Use the whole method of study. | | | | motivation result in forgetting easily and quickly. |
| 9) Try to read rapidly and carefully. | | | | Forgetting is not always an unwanted thing. It is |
| 10) Take brief notes in an organized way. | | | | needed sometimes to be free from over burden of |
| 11) Evaluate the difficulty of the materials. | | | | thoughts and worries. Indeed, forgetting is a gift for |
| 12) Raise significant questions and try to find answer | | | | human beings. |