As finals draw near and more students visit the library and the counseling center at Hudson Health Center, some students will resolve to manage stress on their own time, which some of them do not have.
Bill Barber, Cambridge Course Coordinator for Ohio University-Zanesville, recommends that the students split their study time into smaller units because when people study for long hours, they learn much more material at the beginning and end of a study session than in the middle of it.
If a student would break his or her studying
or writing into 20 minute increments take a five minute break
and then back at it
he or she will remember a great deal more
Barber said.
Planning breaks such as drinking a cup of coffee, smoking a cigarette or stretching are also recommended, he said.
For some reason
the fact that we are about to take a break imprints things in our memory
Barber said.
Amy Demyan, a clinical psychology graduate student, offers three study tricks for desperate students. Students could prioritize their finals if they did not have enough time to prepare for all of them, she said.
If you've gotten consistent D's and C's on tests
and you need to get an A on the final to get a higher grade in the class
I wouldn't bother
Demyan said. At that point
