From more productive study sessions to someone to keep you accountable, there are lots of benefits that come with studying with friends. Here's why you need a study buddy!
There’s an old misconception that two buddies studying together will only end up playing around and get nothing done. But believe it or not, there are incredible benefits of studying with friends.
These range from mutual motivation to a bigger pool of shared knowledge. All of these can contribute to improved performance, as research about the effects of buddies on exam pass rates has shown.
Intrigued but still not sure? If you want to learn more about why studying with friends could be worth your while, we’ll go into the reasons for that today. Read on!
If there’s anything we and our students know at Aspire Hub, it’s that studying can actually be fun. The trick is to find ways to discover joy in learning – and getting the right study buddy is one of the best methods for that.
Now, if you’re the type who studies more effectively alone, this doesn’t apply. For many, though, studying becomes far more interesting when others are involved.
Studying with a buddy makes it a social activity where many of the fun parts of being with friends come into play. You can joke about topics, share your amazement at new discoveries, ask about each other’s perspectives, and more.
The idea is to choose a study buddy whose presence is actually enjoyable. This can make study sessions more meaningful – and when sessions are meaningful, they’re also memorable!
It’s all too easy to run out of steam or interest when studying. A study buddy can provide the support you need to power through moments like that, however.
Think about all of the times you’ve nearly given up on something but got through it with someone else’s moral support. That’s what study buddies can provide to each other – encouragement during difficult moments.
And if you’re thinking now that you don’t know how to motivate a friend to study, don’t worry about it! Both of you will learn as you go along, often by just being supportive and expressing your belief in each other.
Study buddies can help each other stay on track. Let’s say your study plan requires you to spend an hour on Science during the session, followed by an hour in Maths. If you let your study buddy know that, they can remind you to switch to Maths after the first hour.
Study buddies can basically help each other track goals. When you know someone else is there to check if you’ve accomplished what you set out to do, it becomes much harder to drop the goal.
Goals that study buddies can help each track can vary widely too. From completing homework and essays to covering a new subject, study buddies are excellent at giving you the feeling that your ticking off things in your checklist will matter for someone else too.
This is another thing you can do with a study buddy that produces good results when done right – and there are so many ways to do that!
For one thing, you and your study buddy can test each other with pop quizzes. You can even try doing mock oral exams with each other to prepare for oral assessments in school.
And if one of you happens to excel in a specific topic, they can take the lead there during the study sessions. The student with better understanding of the topic can then act like a guide for the other, sharing knowledge, insight, and advice.
This is another of the big reasons to try studying with a buddy. Remember that most projects or tasks are easier to accomplish when there are more resources to dedicate to it. That applies to studying too!
Essentially, a study buddy means you can split up critical parts of the study workload with your friend. This lets both of you get more done much faster.
Need a vocabulary list for a topic? You can find and define half of the terms while your friend does the rest. Need to prepare flash cards? You can do half as your buddy does the rest again.
The same goes for resource sharing. You can share your lecture notes with each other for a more nuanced understanding of a lesson, share useful reference books (which is great for saving money too!), and so on.
If you’re thinking you like the idea of a study buddy but don’t know anyone who’d be ideal for you, you might want to join our small-group learning programmes at Aspire Hub.
Made up of students with shared goals, they’re great places to find people who learn and think like you. Plus, our tutor-coaches are always ready to help both of you with personalised learning plans, which means you can benefit from even more guidance in our care!
So, whether you want to find similar learners or just think you need our tutors to help you with your schoolwork, reach out to us. Enquire about our programmes to find the one that suits you today!
There’s an old misconception that two buddies studying together will only end up playing around and get nothing done. But believe it or not, there are incredible benefits of studying with friends.
These range from mutual motivation to a bigger pool of shared knowledge. All of these can contribute to improved performance, as research about the effects of buddies on exam pass rates has shown.
Intrigued but still not sure? If you want to learn more about why studying with friends could be worth your while, we’ll go into the reasons for that today. Read on!
If there’s anything we and our students know at Aspire Hub, it’s that studying can actually be fun. The trick is to find ways to discover joy in learning – and getting the right study buddy is one of the best methods for that.
Now, if you’re the type who studies more effectively alone, this doesn’t apply. For many, though, studying becomes far more interesting when others are involved.
Studying with a buddy makes it a social activity where many of the fun parts of being with friends come into play. You can joke about topics, share your amazement at new discoveries, ask about each other’s perspectives, and more.
The idea is to choose a study buddy whose presence is actually enjoyable. This can make study sessions more meaningful – and when sessions are meaningful, they’re also memorable!
It’s all too easy to run out of steam or interest when studying. A study buddy can provide the support you need to power through moments like that, however.
Think about all of the times you’ve nearly given up on something but got through it with someone else’s moral support. That’s what study buddies can provide to each other – encouragement during difficult moments.
And if you’re thinking now that you don’t know how to motivate a friend to study, don’t worry about it! Both of you will learn as you go along, often by just being supportive and expressing your belief in each other.
Study buddies can help each other stay on track. Let’s say your study plan requires you to spend an hour on Science during the session, followed by an hour in Maths. If you let your study buddy know that, they can remind you to switch to Maths after the first hour.
Study buddies can basically help each other track goals. When you know someone else is there to check if you’ve accomplished what you set out to do, it becomes much harder to drop the goal.
Goals that study buddies can help each track can vary widely too. From completing homework and essays to covering a new subject, study buddies are excellent at giving you the feeling that your ticking off things in your checklist will matter for someone else too.
This is another thing you can do with a study buddy that produces good results when done right – and there are so many ways to do that!
For one thing, you and your study buddy can test each other with pop quizzes. You can even try doing mock oral exams with each other to prepare for oral assessments in school.
And if one of you happens to excel in a specific topic, they can take the lead there during the study sessions. The student with better understanding of the topic can then act like a guide for the other, sharing knowledge, insight, and advice.
This is another of the big reasons to try studying with a buddy. Remember that most projects or tasks are easier to accomplish when there are more resources to dedicate to it. That applies to studying too!
Essentially, a study buddy means you can split up critical parts of the study workload with your friend. This lets both of you get more done much faster.
Need a vocabulary list for a topic? You can find and define half of the terms while your friend does the rest. Need to prepare flash cards? You can do half as your buddy does the rest again.
The same goes for resource sharing. You can share your lecture notes with each other for a more nuanced understanding of a lesson, share useful reference books (which is great for saving money too!), and so on.
If you’re thinking you like the idea of a study buddy but don’t know anyone who’d be ideal for you, you might want to join our small-group learning programmes at Aspire Hub.
Made up of students with shared goals, they’re great places to find people who learn and think like you. Plus, our tutor-coaches are always ready to help both of you with personalised learning plans, which means you can benefit from even more guidance in our care!
So, whether you want to find similar learners or just think you need our tutors to help you with your schoolwork, reach out to us. Enquire about our programmes to find the one that suits you today!
