Goal setting: create long and short term goals
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Have task-strategies in place
Seeking social help and assistance
- Long-term goals will help keep your direction towards an ultimate target, whereas the short-term goals will be stepping stones towards the long-term goals
- It will also help in self-motivation to learn and achieve
- Organize and have strategies in place to reach those goals
- Create your own reward or point system to reach your goals
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- Visualize what your goal will look like and where you want to see yourself in the future
- Imagine the consequences of failing to study
Have task-strategies in place
- This can include strategies listed in the study skills guide
- Other actions include taking periodic breaks, and pacing the task slowly
- Time-management plays a key role by scheduling time during your day
- Have a check list in place so self-monitoring and self-evaluation can be done
Seeking social help and assistance
- Use a study partner, peer buddy, or get help from a fellow colleague, adult, or teacher when stuck on a problem
- Look for information if the above are not available; remember the internet or www is whatever, whenever, wherever