When are you most productive? Are you a morning person or a night owl? Block out your study times accordingly. You’ll also want to factor in any resources you might need. For instance, if you prefer to study very early or late in the day, and you’re working on a research paper, you might want to check the library hours to make sure it’s open when you need it.
Since Kai’s Spanish class starts his schedule at 9:00 every day, Kai decides to use that as the base for his schedule. He doesn’t usually have trouble waking up in the mornings (except for on the weekends), so he decides that he can do a bit of studying before class. His Spanish practice is often something he can do while eating or traveling, so this gives him a bit of leniency with his schedule.
Kai’s marked work in grey, classes in green, and dedicated study time in yellow:
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
7:00 AM | |||||||
8:00 AM | Spanish 101 | Spanish 101 | Spanish 101 | Spanish 101 | Spanish 101 | ||
9:00 AM | Spanish 101 | Spanish 101 | Spanish 101 | Spanish 101 | Spanish 101 | ||
10:00 AM | US History I | Spanish 101 | US History I | Spanish 101 | US History I | Work | |
11:00 AM | College Algebra | Intro to Psychology (ends at 12:30) | College Algebra | Intro to Psychology (ends at 12:30) | College Algebra | ||
12:00 PM | Spanish 101 | Spanish 101 | Spanish 101 | ||||
1:00 PM | Spanish 101 | Work (start 12:30 end 4:30) | Work (start 12:30 end 4:30) | Work (start 12:30 end 4:30) | Spanish 101 | ||
2:00 PM | US History I | Work | Work | Intro to Psych | |||
3:00 PM | |||||||
4:00 PM | |||||||
5:00 PM | College Algebra | College Algebra | College Algebra | ||||
6:00 PM | |||||||
7:00 PM | |||||||
8:00 PM | Intro to Psych | Intro to Psych | |||||
9:00 PM | US History I | US History I | |||||
10:00 PM |
Even if you prefer weekly over monthly schedules, write reminders for yourself and keep track of any upcoming projects, papers, or exams. You will also want to prepare for these assignments in advance. Most students eventually discover (the hard way) that cramming for exams the night before and waiting till the last minute to start on a term paper is a poor strategy. Procrastination creates a lot of unnecessary stress, and the resulting final product—whether an exam, lab report, or paper—is rarely your best work. Try simple things to break down large tasks, such as setting aside an hour or so each day to work on them during the weeks leading up to the deadline. If you get stuck, get help from your instructor early, rather than waiting until the day before an assignment is due.
It might seem impossible to leave room in your schedule for fun activities, but every student needs and deserves to socialize and relax on a regular basis. Try to make this time something you look forward to and count on, and use it as a reward for getting things done. You might reserve every Friday or Saturday evening for going out with friends, for example. Perhaps your children have sporting events or special occasions you want to make time for. Try to reschedule your study time so you have enough time to study and enough time to do things outside of school that you want to do.
When you look at Kai’s schedule, you can see that he’s left open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings. While he plans on using Sundays to complete larger assignments when he needs to, he’s left his Friday and Saturday evenings open for leisure.
Now that you have considered ways to create a schedule, you can practice making one that will help you succeed academically. The California Community College’s Online Education site has a free source for populating a study schedule based on your individual course load.
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At the elementary level homework should be brief, at your child’s ability level and involve frequent, voluntary and high interest activities. Young students require high levels of feedback and/or supervision to help them complete assignments correctly. Accurate homework completion is influenced by your child’s ability, the difficulty of the task, and the amount of feedback your child receives. When assigning homework, your child’s teachers may struggle to create a balance at this age between ability, task difficulty and feedback. Unfortunately, there are no simple guiding principles.
We can assure you, however, that your input and feedback on a nightly basis is an essential component in helping your child benefit from the homework experience.
In first through third grade, students should receive one to three assignments per week, taking them no more than fifteen to twenty minutes. In fourth through sixth grade, students should receive two to four assignments per week, lasting between fifteen and forty-five minutes. At this age, the primarily goal of homework is to help your child develop the independent work and learning skills that will become critical in the higher grades. In the upper grades, the more time spent on homework the greater the achievement gains.
For students in middle and high school grades there are greater overall benefits from time engaged in practicing and thinking about school work. These benefits do not appear to depend as much upon immediate supervision or feedback as they do for elementary students. In seventh through ninth grade we recommend students receive three to five sets of assignments per week, lasting between forty-five and seventy-five minutes per set. In high school students will receive four to five sets of homework per week, taking them between seventy-five and 150 minutes per set to complete.
As children progress through school, homework and the amount of time engaged in homework increases in importance. Due to the significance of homework at the older age levels, it is not surprising that there is more homework assigned. Furthermore, homework is always assigned in college preparatory classes and assigned at least three quarters of the time in special education and vocational training classes. Thus at any age, homework may indicate our academic expectations of children.
Regardless of the amount of homework assigned, many students unsuccessful or struggling in school spend less rather than more time engaged in homework. It is not surprising that students spending less time completing homework may eventually not achieve as consistently as those who complete their homework.
We are not completely certain. Some American educators have concluded that if students in America spent as much time doing homework as students in Asian countries they might perform academically as well. It is tempting to assume such a cause and effect relationship.
However, this relationship appears to be an overly simple conclusion. We know that homework is important as one of several influential factors in school success. However, other variables, including student ability, achievement, motivation and teaching quality influence the time students spend with homework tasks. Many students and their parents have told us they experience less difficulty being motivated and completing homework in classes in which they enjoyed the subject, the instruction, the assignments and the teachers.
The benefits from homework are the greatest for students completing the most homework and doing so correctly. Thus, students who devote time to homework are probably on a path to improved achievement. This path also includes higher quality instruction, greater achievement motivation and better skill levels.
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Despite what Hollywood shows us, most of college life actually involves studying, burying yourself in mountains of books, writing mountains of reports, and, of course, doing a whole lot of homework.
Wait, homework? That’s right, homework doesn’t end just because high school did: part of parcel of any college course will be homework. So if you thought college is harder than high school , then you’re right, because in between hours and hours of lectures and term papers and exams, you’re still going to have to take home a lot of schoolwork to do in the comfort of your dorm.
College life is demanding, it’s difficult, but at the end of the day, it’s fulfilling. You might have had this idealized version of what your college life is going to be like, but we’re here to tell you: it’s not all parties and cardigans.
Here’s the thing about college homework: it’s vastly different from the type of takehome school activities you might have had in high school.
See, high school students are given homework to augment what they’ve learned in the classroom. For high school students, a majority of their learning happens in school, with their teachers guiding them along the way.
In college, however, your professors will encourage you to learn on your own. Yes, you will be attending hours and hours of lectures and seminars, but most of your learning is going to take place in the library, with your professors taking a more backseat approach to your learning process. This independent learning structure teaches prospective students to hone their critical thinking skills, perfect their research abilities, and encourage them to come up with original thoughts and ideas.
Sure, your professors will still step in every now and then to help with anything you’re struggling with and to correct certain mistakes, but by and large, the learning process in college is entirely up to how you develop your skills.
This is the reason why college homework is voluminous: it’s designed to teach you how to basically learn on your own. While there is no set standard on how much time you should spend doing homework in college, a good rule-of-thumb practiced by model students is 3 hours a week per college credit . It doesn’t seem like a lot, until you factor in that the average college student takes on about 15 units per semester. With that in mind, it’s safe to assume that a single, 3-unit college class would usually require 9 hours of homework per week.
But don’t worry, college homework is also different from high school homework in how it’s structured. High school homework usually involves a take-home activity of some kind, where students answer certain questions posed to them. College homework, on the other hand, is more on reading texts that you’ll discuss in your next lecture, studying for exams, and, of course, take-home activities.
Take these averages with a grain of salt, however, as the average number of hours required to do college homework will also depend on your professor, the type of class you’re attending, what you’re majoring in, and whether or not you have other activities (like laboratory work or field work) that would compensate for homework.
Again, based on the average number we provided above, and again, depending on numerous other factors, it’s safe to say that, yes, you would have to complete a lot of college homework on the weekends.
Using the average given above, let’s say that a student does 9 hours of homework per week per class. A typical semester would involve 5 different classes (each with 3 units), which means that a student would be doing an average of 45 hours of homework per week. That would equal to around 6 hours of homework a day, including weekends.
That might seem overwhelming, but again: college homework is different from high school homework in that it doesn’t always involve take-home activities. In fact, most of your college homework (but again, depending on your professor, your major, and other mitigating factors) will probably involve doing readings and writing essays. Some types of college homework might not even feel like homework, as some professors encourage inter-personal learning by requiring their students to form groups and discuss certain topics instead of doing take-home activities or writing papers. Again, lab work and field work (depending on your major) might also make up for homework.
Remember: this is all relative. Some people read fast and will find that 3 hours per unit per week is much too much time considering they can finish a reading in under an hour.The faster you learn how to read, the less amount of time you’ll need to devote to homework.
College homework is difficult, but it’s also manageable. This is why you see a lot of study groups in college, where your peers will establish a way for everyone to learn on a collective basis, as this would help lighten the mental load you might face during your college life. There are also different strategies you can develop to master your time management skills, all of which will help you become a more holistic person once you leave college.
So, yes, your weekends will probably be chock-full of schoolwork, but you’ll need to learn how to manage your time in such a way that you’ll be able to do your homework and socialize, but also have time to develop your other skills and/or talk to family and friends.
Sure, you’ll probably have time for parties and joining a fraternity/sorority, even attend those mythical college keggers (something that the person who invented college probably didn’t have in mind). But I hate to break it to you: those are going to be few and far in between. But here’s a consolation, however: you’re going to be studying something you’re actually interested in.
All of those hours spent in the library, writing down papers, doing college homework? It’s going to feel like a minute because you’re doing something you actually love doing. And if you fear that you’ll be missing out, don’t worry: all those people that you think are attending those parties aren’t actually there because they, too, will be busy studying!
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When a teenager arrives home from school in the afternoon, the last thing he or she wants to worry about is homework. After all, there’s TV to be watched, friends to hang out with and maybe even a job to fulfill.
However, recent research from the University of Oviedo in Spain indicates homework needn’t take up an entire night. In fact, researchers found the perfect amount of time per day for homework was just one hour.
The study, which looked at more than 7,000 students living in Spain approximately 13 years old, found a positive correlation between the amount of homework a student completed and the level of the child’s understanding — and that optimal level was achieved in one hour.
But don’t get too excited too quickly.
Researchers say such results aren’t fully conclusive. The authors note that though they found a correlation between an hour of studying and the optimal level of learning, it doesn’t necessarily translate to better test results.
As a matter of fact, a variety of other studies indicate otherwise.
According to a 2012 article published in The Guardian , a study from the Department for Education in the UK found that children who put in two to three hours a night of homework were more likely to get better grades in school.
The study found that one of the main determinants of a student’s attitude toward homework came from the influence of the school. When students were expected to do thorough homework, they were likely to spend more time completing it.
“That’s one of the reasons Indian and Chinese children do better,” said Pam Sammons , an education professor at Oxford University. “They tend to put more time in. It’s to do with your effort as well as your ability.”
Sammons noted that homework doesn’t need to occupy an entire night, but there are benefits to spending a few extra minutes on assignments.
“What we’re not saying is that everyone should do large amounts,” said Sammons. “But if we could shift some of those who spend no time or half an hour into doing one to two hours.”
And perhaps you’ve heard the popular saying of “10 minutes per night per grade” coined by researcher Harris Cooper. Cooper recommends 10-20 minutes of homework per night beginning in first grade, then an additional 10 minutes added for each grade level after that.
But even though there may not be a one-size-fits-all recommendation, it is possible that too much studying can be detrimental. Just last year, research from Stanford University reported that high school students’ grades were negatively affected when they spent too much time with homework.“Any student who is doing more than three and a half hours of homework a night is actually at risk for higher stress levels and poor mental and physical health,” said Denise Pope , a senior lecturer in Stanford’s School of Education who participated in the study.
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Teenagers should not do more than an hour of maths and science homework per day – according to a new study – as any more has been found to be counter-productive.
But this isn’t an excuse to slack off from revision or assignments as the best test results were produced after regular and short periods of homework, rather than longer blocks of time.
The performance of 7,725 students from 148 schools in the region of Asturias, Spain, was monitored. They were each asked how many hours they spent on different subjects and whether they received help.
Around 274 were excluded from further examination as they said they never did homework. The remaining 7,451 could choose from ‘2 or 3 days per week’, ‘almost every day’ and ‘every day’.
The teenagers – with an average age of 13.78 and 47% of which were girls – did significantly better in standardised exams if they had done homework on their own in regular hour-long blocks, researchers from the University of Oviedo found.
Students who were assigned homework regularly received nearly 50 more test points than their previous exams. Those who did maths and science homework on their own were marked an average of 54 points higher.
However, it was not noted in the study whether those who could complete homework on their own were more well-equipped to do so and thus could work independently.
Research adjustments were made for the students’ socioeconomic differences based on the schooling and careers of their parents and whether the teenager had to repeat a year.
“Our data indicate that it is not necessary to assign huge quantities of homework, but it is important that assignment is systematic and regular, with the aim of instilling work habits and promoting autonomous, self-regulated learning,” said Javier Suarez-Alvarez, co-lead author with Ruben Fernandez-Alonso and Jose Muniz.
“The data suggest that spending 60 minutes a day doing homework is a reasonable and effective time.”
The test given to students included multiple choice, short open-ended answer, and essay questions. Each of the two subjects had a booklet of 24 questions.
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TL;DR: what is your personal average time studying/homework? No advice please. Only asking for your experience. Go into as much detail as you’d like (I like stories and such).
I realize it’s been asked a trillion times, however, I’m not asking for some magical number that you think is perfect for everyone to achieve success in school. The truth is, everyone’s workload is going to be different depending on what classes they take (RIP engineers and math majors).
But I also think that it’s worth asking again, as workloads also change over time. For instance, college is completely different for this generation of young adults compared to how it was for our parents, grandparents, etc.,.
I’m (21) curious. I’m a first year adult student. I dropped out of high school; fell into a toxic crowd; struggled with mental illness….
Anyway, I’m currently undeclared (most likely going to double major chemistry and philosophy; plan on going to med school). all my classes are gen Ed so it’s been pretty easy. I’m taking one honors class, ENGL. So far, I’ve been spending 1-2 hours [+ what I can get done during my free time on campus] on schoolwork a day. It’s impossible for me to spend any more than that. I work outside of school and my commute to both work and school eats up ~1 hour of my day already. On top of the fact I have a doggo to take care of ❤️
Even so, I became burned out this past week and took Thursday and Friday off from my studies. I have bipolar II so sacrificing sleep for anything is never an option, and I’m still paying the price for that. I’ve realized I have to seriously cut back a little. I actually enjoy my classes and the work so it was fun for me to hyper focus. But I haven’t made time for proper sleep and socialization.
Anyhow, I’m curious about your experience. Please do share! I’m not looking for advice, as I’m pretty decent at time management. I just want to know about your personal study/homework time! Thanks.
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Dr Andy Fata-Chan’s routine helped me limber up and improved my flexibility
Like a lot of people, I spend most of my working day hunched over a desk. When I finish and clock off, I usually feel stiff and achy from holding this position for too long.
I've interviewed plenty of trainers and physical therapists, who always recommend regular movement as the best way to counteract these aches and pains— exercise snacks , hip stretches and one-minute workouts can all work wonders. But when I spoke to physical therapist Dr Andy Fata-Chan , he said we should all be incorporating some calming breathwork into our movement breaks, too.
His suggested routine consists of five calming breaths, a 60-second wall stretch and a 30-second couch stretch on each leg. You can see the moves demonstrated in the video below or find a detailed breakdown in the interview here .
I decided to set up an hourly reminder on my phone and committed to following the routine for a week —here's everything I learned during the process.
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According to Dr. Fata-Chan, doing some breathwork can release upper-body tension. Sure enough, my neck and shoulders felt much looser after taking some calm breaths. But that wasn't the only benefit I experienced from this part of the routine.
Focusing on my breath helped me shift my attention inward, away from my work, so that I felt more relaxed before stretching. Because I was relaxed, I felt a lot more comfortable holding the poses.
When I first started doing this sequence, I really hated the wall stretch. Facing a wall for 60 seconds felt dull and I struggled to feel any benefits. But when I stretched my hands further up and stood higher on my toes, I experienced a deeper stretch, especially in my shoulders and calves.
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This helped me learn an important lesson: you can (and should) adapt stretches to suit your specific needs.
The couch stretch was the most difficult move for me. It helped me realize just how stiff my quads—the muscles in the front on my thighs—were, as I struggled to hold it comfortably.
Gradually, over the first day, my quads loosened up, allowing me to feel the stretch in my hip flexors, too. By the end of the week, this move became easier and it’s now a staple in my stretching routine. Practicing it regularly has made my quads and hip flexors a lot happier.
Being more productive at work isn’t why I work on my 5K run times or squat technique. However, I noticed that pausing every hour improved my focus. From now on, I’m going to make sure I squeeze in regular breaks into my day, as it helps me get through my to-do list.
Ruth Gaukrodger is the fitness editor for Fit&Well and its sister site Coach, responsible for editing articles on everything from fitness trackers to walking shoes. A lot of her time is spent setting up testing protocols for our in-depth buying guides and making sure everything is reviewed to a set standard, so you can be confident we only recommend the best products on the market.
When she's not wrestling with equipment in our dedicated testing centre, you can find her pursuing running PBs around the streets of London or improving her yoga skills from the comfort of her living room. She’s a keen believer in working out for enjoyment first and is always open to hearing about new, fun ways to exercise.
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Over 30 years of research shows that students doing more homework get better grades. However, extra study doesn't make as much difference as people think. However, extra study doesn't make as ...
The National PTA and the National Education Association support the " 10-minute homework guideline "—a nightly 10 minutes of homework per grade level. But many teachers and parents are quick to point out that what matters is the quality of the homework assigned and how well it meets students' needs, not the amount of time spent on it.
A schoolwide effort to reduce homework has led to a renewed focus on ensuring that all work assigned really aids students' learning. I used to pride myself on my high expectations, including my firm commitment to accountability for regular homework completion among my students. But the trauma of Covid-19 has prompted me to both reflect and adapt.
Pope and her colleagues found that too much homework can diminish its effectiveness and even be counterproductive. They cite prior research indicating that homework benefits plateau at about two hours per night, and that 90 minutes to two and a half hours is optimal for high school. • Greater stress: 56 percent of the students considered ...
Too much homework may diminish its effectiveness. While research on the optimum amount of time students should spend on homework is limited, there are indications that for high school students, 1½ to 2½ hours per night is optimum. Middle school students appear to benefit from smaller amounts (less than 1 hour per night).
The 21st century has so far been a homework-heavy era, with American teenagers now averaging about twice as much time spent on homework each day as their predecessors did in the 1990s. Even little ...
The total amount of time spent studying will be the same (or less) than one or two marathon library sessions, but you will learn the information more deeply and retain much more for the long term—which will help get you an A on the final. The important thing is how you use your study time, not how long you study. Long study sessions lead to a ...
In 1st grade, children should have 10 minutes of daily homework; in 2nd grade, 20 minutes; and so on to the 12th grade, when on average they should have 120 minutes of homework each day, which is ...
Evaluate and improve your SAT score. 3. Gather all your gear. Collect EVERYTHING you will need for the homework you are working on (like your laptop for writing assignments and pencils for problem sets). Getting up for supplies takes you off course and makes it that much harder to get back to your homework. 4.
High schoolers reported doing an average of 2.7 hours of homework per weeknight, according to a study by the Washington Post from 2018 to 2020 of over 50,000 individuals. A survey of approximately 200 Bellaire High School students revealed that some students spend over three times this number. The demographics of this survey included 34 ...
If they give homework, most teachers of young children make assignments very short—often following an informal rule of 10 minutes per grade level. "No homework" does not guarantee that all students will spend their free time in productive and imaginative play. Some researchers and critics have consistently misinterpreted research findings.
Research published in the High School Journal indicates that students who spent between 31 and 90 minutes each day on homework "scored about 40 points higher on the SAT-Mathematics subtest than their peers, who reported spending no time on homework each day, on average." ... The argument that doing homework is simply a tool for teaching ...
Universities might recommend that students spend anywhere from two or three hours of study or as much as six to nine hours of study or more for each course credit hour. A 2014 study found that, nationwide, college students self reported spending about 17 hours each week on homework, reading and assignments. Studies of high school students show ...
These time estimates demonstrate that college students have significantly more homework than the 10 hours per week average among high school students. In fact, doing homework in college can take as much time as a full-time job. Students should keep in mind that these homework amounts are averages.
If you're using the Pomodoro method, take a 5-minute break every 25 minutes. However, if you've just spent the last two hours working through difficult math theorems, then a 20-30 minute break is fine. The best way to not get distracted on your study break is to set a timer.
Unlike high school classes, college classes meet less often, and college students are expected to do more independent learning, homework, and studying. You might have heard that the ratio of classroom time to study time should be 1:2 or 1:3. This would mean that for every hour you spend in class, you should plan to spend two to three hours out ...
Third to fifth grades. Many children will be able to do homework independently in grades 3-5. Even then, their ability to focus and follow through may vary from day to day. "Most children are ...
In high school students will receive four to five sets of homework per week, taking them between seventy-five and 150 minutes per set to complete. As children progress through school, homework and the amount of time engaged in homework increases in importance. Due to the significance of homework at the older age levels, it is not surprising ...
A typical semester would involve 5 different classes (each with 3 units), which means that a student would be doing an average of 45 hours of homework per week. That would equal to around 6 hours of homework a day, including weekends. That might seem overwhelming, but again: college homework is different from high school homework in that it ...
Cooper recommends 10-20 minutes of homework per night beginning in first grade, then an additional 10 minutes added for each grade level after that. But even though there may not be a one-size ...
"The data suggest that spending 60 minutes a day doing homework is a reasonable and effective time." The test given to students included multiple choice, short open-ended answer, and essay ...
I understand your concern! The amount of time spent on homework varies for each person in college. Some spend 8+ hours a day, while others feel accomplished with 2-3 hours. To improve focus, try breaking your work into smaller chunks, find a conducive study environment, manage distractions, prioritize tasks, and take care of yourself.
enkayeleven. •. probably like 4-5 hours a day, including homework and studying/review; more on weekends and before big exams. as you said though, it definitely varies by major and classes. i'm a computer science major so i think my workload is on the higher end. Reply reply. crack__head.
Like a lot of people, I spend most of my working day hunched over a desk. When I finish and clock off, I usually feel stiff and achy from holding this position for too long. His suggested routine consists of five calming breaths, a 60-second wall stretch and a 30-second couch stretch on each leg ...