their study habits. In other words, how do they study? I remember talking to one student,

in particular. His grades were low. I learned that he had a plan for studying a few hours

every afternoon and a few hours every evening. This plan looked impressive.

I thought, well, the amount of time is not a problem. But what about the quality of that

time? So I asked him where he was studying. He said that he was studying in his room.

He lived in a residence hall on the campus of the university, so he had two roommates.

I asked him whether he ever gets distracted by his roommates or his roommates friends

who come into the room to have conversations with his roommates. He said that his room

is actually a very noisy place.

Now, on this college campus, there is a library very, very close to the building where this

student's room was. I said, study in the library. It's quiet there. People don't have loud,

distracting conversations in the library. In addition, it's difficult for people to

find you there at the library, even if they want to distract you.

The advice that I gave this student was about his learning environment. Abigail wrote an

article about getting rid of distractions in your learning environment. Take time now

to read the article, which is below this video. Also, in the comments at the bottom of the

page, answer these questions: "Where do you study? And how do you eliminate distractions?"