Maharashtra Board Class 11 Education Chapter 9 Study for Knowledge PDF Download

Study For Knowledge

9.1 Why to Study?

Students' progress depends on their study habits. Students get encouragement about study from many people. Along with encouragement, people often tell students – 'Do study', 'Plan your studies', but how to do this? This is the real problem of students. Once the student understands that he could do it, he puts in all the required efforts to achieve success under any circumstances.

Issues faced by students while planning their studies include main issues like school timings, tuition timings, exams, school and family environment, unavailability of books. In view of all these things and to offer 'success mantra' to students, this unit of study for knowledge is given here.

Remember It

Goal: It is necessary to be aware of the goal of life after completing formal education. Goal, which is huge and extensive can be achieved through rigorous and continual efforts. If the goal is set while pursuing education, the journey could be happier and successful.

In order to achieve the goal, it is necessary to set and plan specific objectives while studying. Objectives mean various efforts taken to achieve the goal. Following are the reasons why students should study:

For acquiring knowledge and information

For excellent success in examination

For attaining good study habits

For educational progress

For livelihoods and professional progress

For enhancing standard for living

For becoming a successful individual

For a happy and contented life

For personality development

Teacher's Note

Good study habits help students get good marks in school and in life. Like Arun in your class - he studies every day and gets first rank.

Exam Trick

Remember: The main reason to study is to get knowledge and become successful in life. Not just for exams - study is for your whole life.

Points to Remember

Study helps you gain knowledge and become successful.
You need to set a goal and work hard to achieve it.
Study habits are very important for your future.
Good study helps you get good marks and a good life.

9.2 What Should Be The Resources For Study

Text books, Reference books, Self written notes, Newspapers, Periodicals, Audio-visual resources, On-line resources, Off-line resources, Field visits etc. are resources for study.

According to you, what should be the priority of using resources listed above for studying?

In order to start self-study, the key question is how to start the study, how to study. Let us see how to study by using all the resources mentioned above.

(1) Textbooks

Using Text Book For Study

Let us understand how to study the text book. Text book is an important resource for study. Each chapter from the text book should be read carefully and the content should be comprehended. If the content is in form of images, diagrams, charts, then it should be comprehended accordingly. In order to understand the meaning of difficult words, concepts that occur while going through the content, those should be discussed with teachers as well as appropriate reference books should be referred. Educational content of the chapter should not be studied just in form of question-answers, but should be comprehended in a wholesome manner. Chapter wise exercises should be solved after studying the chapter. Use of Guides should possibly be avoided because study done through self-study method lasts longer and helps further study.

Go through new text books, read and study carefully activities like recall a little, give it a thought, try it, list it, complete the chart, discuss, observe, express your opinion etc.

Reading Text Book In Classroom Teaching

Text books are regularly used in daily classroom teaching. Use of text books in classroom is dependent on the teaching subjects i.e. for language subject teaching, it is necessary that students have their text books with them. Similarly having text book is essential for learning other subjects as well.

While reading the text book, it is not expected to just read the key units, subunits and key concepts. Deep reading and immediately discussing with subject teacher the part of chapter or content in case not understood and seeking their appropriate guidance, is possible. Also, it is important to write appropriate notes while reading the text book in classroom teaching.

Teacher's Note

Using textbooks properly helps you understand everything better. Read your textbook every day like how we read stories from books.

Exam Trick

Remember: Always solve exercises at the end of each chapter. Do not just read - write and solve questions to remember better.

Points to Remember

Read your textbook carefully and understand it.
Draw pictures and diagrams from your textbook.
Discuss difficult words with your teacher.
Solve all exercises after reading each chapter.

(2) Reference Books

Using Reference Books For Study

When books are created the content is included as per the need. For detailed and better understanding of content, for understanding deeper meaning of difficult words, technical words, conceptual terminologies as well as to understand comprehensiveness of the content, use of books as well as literature proves to be more effective.

Reference books help the student to understand content of the text book in more details, with ease as well as to understand more information easily. Hence a list of reference books is given in every book so as to enable student gain detailed information.

If more than one reference books are available for a text book or for a chapter from a text book to have concept clarity, those can be used appropriately for better ease in comprehension of the content. Reference books guide the students.

(3) Self-Written Notes

Short But Meaningful Notes / Notes Taking

Taking notes means writing important points of the subject under study for memorizing. Notes are of two types. One- notes taken during classroom teaching and second – notes taken for each chapter after reading the text book. Taking notes while classroom teaching is ongoing is helpful from the point of view of memorization because while revising or studying again, the notes from the classroom boost confidence and it helps to revise.

Memorizing through listening is proportionately less and memorizing through writing is more.

Brain is more active while taking short but meaningful notes in the classroom because both the activities - listening and writing are being performed simultaneously by the student. Efficiency is more in this case.

For good study, short, comprehensible, meaningful notes taking is a good habit. Presentment of written notes and passages can be more effective by using charts.

While taking notes, those can be abridged by using diagrams and graphs.

While taking notes in the classroom or from the text book, those should possibly be written first in draft mode or by using a pencil. The draft work could then be written neatly by referring appropriate resources. Separate notebook should be used for each subject. Notes should be date wise. Empty space should be kept for making improvements to notes. While taking notes from internet, the same information should be validated from more than one resources. Note the source and date of information. Content available on Internet websites, e-books, videos, audios, blogs and such media should be carefully comprehended and notes should be taken in one's own language.

Teacher's Note

Writing notes in class helps you remember everything better. When you write, your hand and brain work together - like how you write your friend's phone number and remember it easily.

Exam Trick

Remember: Take notes in your own words. Do not copy everything. Short notes are better - write only important things.

Points to Remember

Write notes while listening in class.
Use short and easy words in your notes.
Draw pictures and diagrams in your notes.
Write notes neatly in a separate notebook for each subject.
Check your notes are correct by using other books.

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