How To Concentrate On Homework: Tips For College Students


Homework has been the center of attention and debate for long. While some schools and education systems is voluminously in support of it; there is an alternative school of thought that thinks homework is unnecessary burdening kids and depriving them of their preparation time.

The defeated logic

The logic is however somewhat defeated by the fact that assignments are rarely given during examinations. Also, they help the students keep in touch with what they missed in class through inattentiveness.

Here is how you may concentrate on homework if you are neck-deep in it –

  • You should categorize the assignments according to their intensity and complications. The long answers, problematic sums, elaborate theories; they should be separated from those assignments that you naturally warm up to.

  • You should then concentrate on the tougher assignments at first; going on a gradient. This way, you deal with the toughest horn with the freshest mind. When you negotiate it; the others seem rather convenient. The leftover easy assignments will seem like child’s play.

  • In case you have been given long homework for week or for an extended holiday (summer), you should make sure to divide them into equal hours per day with an off per week. Thus, you will not be unnecessarily bothered by the same. Also, use your free time to absorb the concept of the tough chapters. When you do that, the tough homework ceases to exist.

  • The best way to go for social science, History and Literature assignments is to go through the chapters three times. You ingratiate the subtlety of the chapters when you read them thrice. Answers naturally float from you.

  • Exact science is a different cup of tea and requires fervent and regular practice. You should not leave any portion unattended; that will come to haunt you latter. Take help from parents, elders and tutors to understand the portions you have difficulty with.

  • You should also take a look at how experts handle assignments. There are plenty of online sites which provide custom sheets. Moreover, you can also download worksheets of different subjects. You will realize the methodical approach to completing assignments. You should also take care of the time-aspect. Delay in delivering is tantamount to not doing homework.

  • Above all, understand the value of assignments and how it has helped inculcate discipline and time management in you. All it asks is a little attention and focus from you. It is all for your betterment; the deal is rather lenient in this light.