If you don’t want to be cramming the night before the big CSET exam, you’ll need to outline your study time in advance. You should have a calendar drawn up that outlines what you’re studying.
But every day’s study should be outlined too.
• How much do you need to get done today to keep on schedule?
• How much time will you need to review the stuff you studied yesterday?
• How much time should you set aside for each task?
• Which tasks should you do first and which should you save for later?
These are the types of questions you need to ask yourself before even sitting down to study. It’ll help you make the most of your time.
It also helps to set deadlines. There’s something about a
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deadline that gets us motivated. Work always seems to fit into the amount of time we allot for it. If we allow 15 hours for a task it will take 15 hours to do it. However, if we allow only five hours for the same task, somehow it gets done in five.
Ask Yourself If You’re Being Productive or Just Busy?
This question alone can make a huge impact on your CSET exam preparation. Ask yourself this several times while your studying and you’ll probably catch yourself doing a whole lot of unimportant things and neglecting your CSET exam study.
Make sure you’re priorities are straight. The blanket on the couch can be straightened later. Those windows that have needed washing for three weeks now can wait until after your study time.
When you’re sitting down to study, nothing is more important than that CSET exam. At that moment, every term you memorize, every concept you master, is productive. The rest can wait.
Tackle the Monster CSET Exam Tasks First
People have a tendency to do the easy thing first when studying for the CSET exam. You have a task list and you start skipping over difficult items so you can knock out the easy ones and check things off the list quickly.
The problem is, by the time you get around to the difficult stuff you don’t want to do it. Much of your energy was spent on the easy things and you’re starting to get tired.
Switch this process around and you’ll see a big improvement in your effectiveness. Do the difficult things first and when your energy starts to fade you’ll only have easy things left. You’ll get everything done that you need to and your to-do list won’t continue to grow.
Ditch Your Old Habits
The best things that can save you tons of CSET exam prep time is to consider your past. What things have you typically done that are extremely inefficient? What are your big time-wasters?
You’re in a routine and you’ve built several habits. You need to identify those habits before you can break them.
• Do you tidy your room instead of study?
• Do you make a pot of coffee or get a soda every ten minutes?
• Do you use the bathroom 15 times because you drank too much coffee or soda?
If you’re not actually studying, you’re just not being productive.
This method of finding your current flaws is time saving in itself. You won’t waste your time trying to fix problems you don’t have. Identify and target your big roadblocks to efficient and effective study for your CSET exam.
The fastest way to save time when preparing for the CSET test is to get a CSET exam plan. Find-out more at CSET exam resources.
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