HOW TO GROUP STUDY; IS IT EFFECTIVE?
INTRODUCTION:
It’s the end of the week, you have got loads of classwork piled up, lots of unattended lectures that need to be gone through, and maybe there is a test after the weekend.
You decide to sit at your desk, open your textbook, read a few lines off it for 5 minutes, and bam! It’s all blank.
You are immersed in your thoughts that only arrive at the moment of focus. Your mind is perplexed about whether you should binge-watch a TV show or eat different types of snacks.
The confused state of mind makes you wonder whether you should continue trying to make an effort or leave things be. It all seems useless until your mind clicks, and you decide to invite your friends over and study with them.
It’s obligatory to take measures before diving into the grouping process. It might have its challenges, but it is beyond doubt very effective.
Don’t know how to do it? Don’t worry. Just go through the following steps and remember to implement these before studying with your friends or your classmates:
1. Set an Ideal Time
2. Cut Out Distractions
3. Know Your Members
4. Pick A Leader
5. Plan And Prepare
6. Participate Actively
Studying with your colleagues helps generate an optimistic approach to finding a solution differently.
Now, why study with others any different than doing it alone? If you look into it, you might consider doing it yourself more often.
HOW TO STUDY IN A GROUP?
Studying and learning a course requires considerable time and focus if someone decides to do it himself. However, subjecting your inquiries to other people with a similar objective and learning more material along with that session makes the relevant task to accomplish quickly.
Here I will tell you about some of the techniques and methods you should take into consideration before engaging your friends or classmates in a study session program:
1. Set an Ideal Time:
Time is the most crucial thing to consider before beginning any task. You must provide a given amount of time and place to all the people who will participate with you in this session.
So, one would have a proper state of mind or a goal before starting the learning process.
One should also decide how long this session will last, how many breaks should be within the amount of time, and how to break long hours ideal enough to achieve the individual tasks.
Some people are early risers, and some are late-night owls. Remember to set such a time that accords with everybody’s ease.
2. Cut Out Distractions:
Distractions are by oneself. It can be all those things that a person simply overlooks.
Think of it this way, you and your friends enter a room to study where everything is a mess. There are leftover slices of pizza on the table, small rolls of used tissue all over the floor, stains on the carpet, the remote of the TV on the couch, and the computer on your bed showing the last movie you watched.
If all of you think that opening your textbooks in such a place would be a good idea, then you are probably not thinking straight.
These little distractions may seem easy to underestimate, but somehow they make you end-up thinking about them. That small slice of pizza can make you crave food, the remote on your couch can make you turn on the TV, and the computer on your bed would certainly urge you to watch another movie.
The right thing to do is find a clean place before starting your work and cut out all the distractions inside that place.
Apart from that, your friends can also help you clear out unnecessary thoughts. Keep reminding one another during the session to stay focused and remain persistent in the task assigned.
3. Know your Members:
Deciding the members of your group is quite a difficult task to achieve. It is wise to know the people you will be working along.
Some people are exhausting, some are too naive, and many are too hard to work. It is best to select those members in the group who have an intention to work.
“ Whatever you put around yourself, you will be the mirror of it.”
Marcel Wanders
Don’t include students who are just there for fun. Such students will be a distraction to others.
Know every member in your group.
Who has the most grasp of the concepts, who can guide everyone, who is slowing down others, and who can research better?
This way knowledge of everyone in the group will assist in finishing the task.
4. Pick A Leader:
After you have selected, the next thing to do would be to decide who would outperform others intellectually.
That person should act as a guide for others.
A leader plays an essential role for his followers in a group. People look up to their leader.
The appointed person should be according to the people in the group. He must act polite, cooperative, and a good supporter.
5. Plan And Prepare:
Why is planning necessary? It tells you what you need to do. You need to set your priorities straight.
People feel demented without a proper plan. Planning creates a path that leads to the completion of the task.
However, before making a plan, prepare before jumping into your work. For instance, If you and your friends want to complete a chapter within an hour, you need to go through that chapter first.
Preparation beforehand makes the task easy, and you always know what you are doing.
Simply create a list of all the things first. It is just like creating a shopping list. You only buy the stuff that has the utmost importance.
6. Actively Participate:
Participation of every member is as necessary as the task itself. All the possible doubts regarding the topic become cleared, and it boosts the self-confidence of every participant.
I never myself was the kind of person who would ask more. I used to listen and analyze others from my perspective. I am not suggesting that it’s not of use. It has its benefits, but you should also consider taking part in knowing others’ perspectives.
And that’s only conceivable if everyone participates and presents their proposals.
Make sure to ask any questions related to the topic. Point out more and more questions. You are there to learn not to spend time with your friends.
In addition, encourage others to engage as well. Don’t make anyone feel left out. Restrain from making fun of others just because they don’t know as much as you do.
WHY STUDYING IN A GROUP IS EFFECTIVE?
The company of other members in a group brings about motivation, fabricates a learning environment, enhances social interaction, and concludes the task in no time.
- Students are prompted to learn
In a group, classmates have more time to focus on comprehending a particular subject than cramming it. Motivation originates as an incentive to acquire knowledge.
- A positive pressure is generated
Some say that pressure is a poor way to get things done. I say it’s the only way to get things done. Positive peer pressure influences people to work and achieve more. It builds up a competitive environment.
- Socializing skills are improved
Arguments in a group are pretty common. People don’t like it when they are told that they are wrong. But with these arguments, you get to learn more. Continuous arguments improve your concepts and help to socialize with other people. You get to make better friends throughout this process.
- Tasks are finished quickly
With the division of the tasks, every student gets the privilege to focus on the things they have been assigned to. That’s how more tasks are finished in a short amount of time.
CONCLUSION:
Every person follows their way to achieve their goal. As the goals of every individual differ from others, the method to approach them is also considered to be different.
Today you intend to become a pilot, tomorrow you might wish to become an entrepreneur. But the journey to reach that goal should not be alone but with the help of one another.
Congratulations! You just reached the end of this article. Keep in mind, that nothing is achievable alone. So, look for people who have the same plans and intentions.
As the people, you spend time with and the group you make highly affects your life and character.
Thanks for reading this. Hope it helps.
Take care.
