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Let’s be honest: it can be hard to get motivated to do your schoolwork even in the best of times. So finding the motivation, while you’re learning from home, is extra challenging. Here are a few tips that could maximize your motivation.
1.Guard Your Time
You do not need large amounts of time to be productive. Instead, be focused in short blocks when you can work without interruption. Protect these open times by setting up your workspace to minimize distractions-including silencing notifications （通知） on your cellphone or laptop.
2. Determine How Much Work Is Needed
Write down the work you need to achieve, because there is a limit to how much information you can recall and process at one time. Examine the remaining projects, and estimate the amount and type of effort each requires.
3. Break Large Projects into Smaller Ones
Breaking big projects into smaller and more manageable tasks allows you to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness. Your assigned tasks should follow a logical order. Also, making a list and crossing things off that list is really satisfying.
4. Set Goals
Set goals related to effort. For example, plan to spend 60 minutes at a specific time of the day studying a pre-determined concept. Also, set goals related to the completion of specific tasks or projects. For instance, give yourself a deadline to read and take notes on a specific article for a certain paper you must write.
5. Identify the Rewards
It pays to clarify the rewards this term-whether those rewards are internal, such as the feeling of accomplishment that comes from understanding a difficult concept well, or external, such as getting a good grade.
Work to build good habits and strategies now. It will pay off in the future.
21. What skills do the first two tips relate to?
A. Writing skills. B. Social skills.
C. Teamwork skills. D. Time management skills.
22. According to the passage, which can help you most when you are faced with a big task?
A. Tip 2. B. Tip 3. C. Tip 4. D. Tip 5.
23. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To show students how to stay focused on schoolwork.
B. To analyze students’ difficulties of learning from home.
C. To offer students advice on how to improve productivity.
D. To summarize some tips for parents to share with their children.
