Effective Study Techniques and Breaks

You can study for a half hour. It doesn't take a half hour break

to recharge your batteries. For most people, about five

minutes, and this is where you go away, do something fun

for five minutes. Call a friend, talk to a child, talk to a parent, a

roommate.

Enjoy some music. Do something you enjoy, and actually say, "This is my

treat for having studied for 30 minutes effectively." Go

back, and here's what happens.

Your efficiency is nearly 100%. Study a

half hour, take a break. Study a half hour. Study a half hour.

Now, had she done that over a course of six hours,

she would have got about five and a half hours of serious studying

and about a

half hour of total break time.