Comments on: Is Your College Student Investing Enough Time Studying? http://www.collegeparentcentral.com/2010/02/is-your-college-student-investing-enough-time-studying/ Information for the parents of college students Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:32:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://www.collegeparentcentral.com/2010/02/is-your-college-student-investing-enough-time-studying/comment-page-1/#comment-1626 Steve Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:30:03 +0000 http://www.collegeparentcentral.com/?p=964#comment-1626 Sadly, I think the comment above supports rather than contradicts the post's point. However, it does expose an interesting ambiguity around the generic word "study," and perhaps this could be another surprise to students - the purpose of study isn't just to fill our head with facts. Especially not in a rush, just before an exam. (*That* is what "makes students go crazy at college .") Different courses and disciplines require different kinds of study. The type study I might apply to a writing course would certainly be different from the type of study I would apply to a chemistry class. Maybe you can "cram" for a chem final, but writing is more about clarity, technique and expressiveness. It is for this reason that an appropriate investment of time, outside of class time and spread out over the semester, is recommended. Sadly, I think the comment above supports rather than contradicts the post’s point. However, it does expose an interesting ambiguity around the generic word “study,” and perhaps this could be another surprise to students – the purpose of study isn’t just to fill our head with facts. Especially not in a rush, just before an exam. (*That* is what “makes students go crazy at college .”) Different courses and disciplines require different kinds of study. The type study I might apply to a writing course would certainly be different from the type of study I would apply to a chemistry class. Maybe you can “cram” for a chem final, but writing is more about clarity, technique and expressiveness. It is for this reason that an appropriate investment of time, outside of class time and spread out over the semester, is recommended.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.collegeparentcentral.com/2010/02/is-your-college-student-investing-enough-time-studying/comment-page-1/#comment-1624 Nicole Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:05:46 +0000 http://www.collegeparentcentral.com/?p=964#comment-1624 This is the most idotic post I have ever seen. As a current student in college I can tell you for a fact that every major and every student do not nor should they be spending 30 hours a week studying. There are classes that you simply can't study for firstly eg. English. You may need to look over some of the terms but for writting and essays which is mainly what my english final was there was nothing I could study and considering that class was 2 hours long there is no way I could of found 4 hours worth the stuff to study. Also overstudying stresses people out and makes them forget stuff that they already know. I have had many of test that were I studied for 3 hours and forget everything, including things I knew before I started studying. I finished my freshman year of college with a 3.5 gpa, higher than it was in high school, while studying way less than I did in high school. This is what makes students go crazy at college is people who are not college students thinking they know best and telling you if you don't pratically kill yourself studying and doing school work you will fail and that is simply not the truth. This is the most idotic post I have ever seen. As a current student in college I can tell you for a fact that every major and every student do not nor should they be spending 30 hours a week studying. There are classes that you simply can’t study for firstly eg. English. You may need to look over some of the terms but for writting and essays which is mainly what my english final was there was nothing I could study and considering that class was 2 hours long there is no way I could of found 4 hours worth the stuff to study. Also overstudying stresses people out and makes them forget stuff that they already know. I have had many of test that were I studied for 3 hours and forget everything, including things I knew before I started studying. I finished my freshman year of college with a 3.5 gpa, higher than it was in high school, while studying way less than I did in high school. This is what makes students go crazy at college is people who are not college students thinking they know best and telling you if you don’t pratically kill yourself studying and doing school work you will fail and that is simply not the truth.

]]> By: Larry http://www.collegeparentcentral.com/2010/02/is-your-college-student-investing-enough-time-studying/comment-page-1/#comment-1587 Larry Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:53:43 +0000 http://www.collegeparentcentral.com/?p=964#comment-1587 Students need to spend enough time studying to learn the ideas, skills and subjects for the class but also for what they'll need to know and what would be beneficial to know in the competitive job market. Too many students don't really know how to study and get frustrated so they spend less time at it, or put in the time but waste time being ineffective. Today's students need a study system - with study skills, academic coaching to get a good direction in his and her academic pursuits and plan for a career and know what employers want Check: http://www.yoursuccessinschool.com to get a study system that college students can use (and students in secondary grades) Students need to spend enough time studying to learn the ideas, skills and subjects for the class but also for what they’ll need to know and what would be beneficial to know in the competitive job market. Too many students don’t really know how to study and get frustrated so they spend less time at it, or put in the time but waste time being ineffective.

Today’s students need a study system – with study skills, academic coaching to get a good direction in his and her academic pursuits and plan for a career and know what employers want

Check: http://www.yoursuccessinschool.com to get a study system that college students can use (and students in secondary grades)

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