To start a hobby is an activity that someone does because they get satisfaction or joy from doing it. After formal education some people like reading as their hobby. Its main purpose is to widen the readers horizon in many different areas that they find interesting. The act of reading as a hobby can make one be versatile in many different areas of knowledge. This type of reading is a positive one to learning as it improves one’s mental reasoning and satisfies their interests and aspirations

Hobbial

Reading for recreation or enjoyment is very common among the educational elite. When they come back from a long day of solving problems relating to the jobs they do, they normally desire a change by reading books, magazines, newspapers and other written materials that are of different interest to them. Students should also be encouraged to read other materials that they desire instead of textbooks or school related stuff all the time. Students who read magazines in their free time learn to relax and cool their brain to avoid mental fatigue. This type of studying allows for positive results as it keeps the students interests, helps them obtain more knowledge, and makes for a more well rounded and disciplined life in school.


Recreational

This type of study/reading habit is the most important one as it is the most optimal at consuming and storing knowledge. Researchers have come up with several different methods that yield the desired outcome in a learning situation. These techniques include the SQ3R technique and the Rosemary technique. 


Concentration 

This kind of study habit is when the reader strays away from actual reading and instead pretends. This may lead to loss of interest in the acquisition of knowledge if this habit is not curbed in students. Reading textual materials by this method takes the form of Browsing or Brown study.

Deviational-

There are some known study/reading habits that have either negative or positive orientations.
-  Hobbial
-  Recreational 
-  Concentration 
-  Deviational ( negative )



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The learner’s dictionary defines study as “ the mental effort to obtain knowledge.” This means that studying is essentially the “art of learning” which can help the individual not just obtain information but also the habit and skill to study. Habit on the other hand is defined as “ a pattern of activity which through repetition, has been learned to the point that it has become automatic and can be carried on with a minimum of conscious effect.”


Study Habits

Ogbodo, R. O. (2011). Effective study habits in educational sector: Counselling implications. Edo Journal of Counselling, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.4314/ejc.v3i2.63610 

Effective Study Habits

Typology of Study Habits 


-  Scheduling 
-  Working Condition 
-  Concentration 
-  Learning 
-  Reading 
-  Note-taking 
-  Taking Examination 
-  Teacher Consultation 


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