It’s really useful for a student to build motivation, which could help us to study more efficiently and effectively. For example, my major is psychology, which requires lots of reading and writing. Sometimes, I feel really tired of those assignments and it becomes hard for me to keep focusing on the study. Building motivation is really useful for me to maintain the study quality and decrease distraction. My motivation for studying psychology (reading the textbook and related research papers, and writing the papers) is that I can use that knowledge to help others in the future, and it can also help me understand myself better. Students should link the college courses to their application in real life, which could help students maintain their motivation. (Module 7, slide 4)
It’s hard to maintain something in our study or work time. We are easy to be distracted by lots of things especially when we study online. I used to visit Youtube or shopping websites after I had been studied for a while, and it was hard for me to stop. It was a big distraction for me. I suggest fresh college students that download an app that could block the distracting websites during you study time. SelfControl is a really useful IOS app that could make a blacklist for your distracting websites. You can set the study time, and during this period you’re not able to access those websites even you turn off your computer.
work cited: module 7
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTsf2ZT9EM1lbzVBxgTSPu-BrF5YV3bmw2r6qDdoZyBN_JX34mJ81sheuvdDWjhUTP9pO7VeGS2jOmt/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.g3cec32e736_0_9