Valerie Myers
Staff Writer
When final exam season was only four weeks away, students started to prepare. Now, the residence hall lounges are filling up and the library is lively as friends are seen studying with one another in order to guarantee their grades on Dec. 9.
“I study at my desk during work and also at the library and I use repetition applications,” said student and desk worker at Sycamore Suites, Fatima Muhammed.
The Stroud Courier polled student on common study habits. Overall, 18 students from a variety of majors including pre-med track biology, communications, business and nursing responded.
The survey was conducted all throughout campus and asked two questions: “Where do you study?” and “How do you study?” Every student completing the survey was asked to answer both questions.
More than half of students that responded to the survey said that they studied primarily at their residence hall or home. This 55.55% was followed by four people (22.22%) that said they studied in Kemp Library, three people (16.66%) that said they studied in Starbucks and one person (5.55%) that said they studied off campus.
In response to the question asking what method students used to study, five students (27.77%) said they studied by using practice exams, four (22.22%) said they reread their notes, four (22.22%) said they rewrote their notes, two (11.11%) said they used flashcards, two said they redid old homework and one student (5.55%) wrote in “I don’t” as their answer to the question.
This student, however, answered the second question by saying that they studied in the library.
“I think we have a lot of different options for studying,” said Elizabeth Scott, Kemp Library librarian and associate professor.
According to her, students head to the second floor of the library to take “advantage of the complete silence” and stay on the main floor to form “lots of little groups [that] get together to study and chat” and to utilize the whiteboards that “students are always using in some capacity.”
The overall results of the survey showed that the majority of ESU students study at their dorm/home and by using practice exams. Elizabeth Scott showed that, even in just one location, that there are a lot of different ways to study.
Students looking to increase their studying time or find a new place to study should be aware that Kemp Library hours change to accommodate finals season starting on Nov. 30. These modified hours can be found on the Kemp Library page on the ESU website.