Ensuring a favourable learning environment is paramount in adding value to your adolescents’ learning processes and development. When moving to teenage age, students’ approach to learning and different demands change, calling for a higher degree of organisation and assistance. Effective environment in learning may reduce distractions, increase organisation and motivation and consequently increase performance in school and all aspects of life. 

Let’s take a look at how best students in their adolescent age can be taught and nurtured to fit into a good learning environment.

Choose the Right Location

The place where your adolescent gets his or her education has a direct impact on the level of concentration that the adolescent is able to muster. Consider the following factors when choosing the best spot:Consider the following factors when choosing the best spot:

Quiet and Distraction-Free

Choose a quiet environment that has minimum interference such as noise, television and busy areas. Early morning or evening study time is effective because loud noises which are characteristic of homes disrupts the study process.

Adequate Lighting

Make the room bright with either sunlight or a really good quality desk lamp. Outdoor study eliminates fatigue resulting from long hours of studying indoors, proper lighting cuts down eye strain and thus makes the study environment comfortable.

Comfortable and Functional

This means that the space has to be comfortable for one to spend long hours studying but not overly comfortable so as to offer a bed-like feel. Two items found to be critical by the users include; A supportive chair and the nature of the desk in that it should be large enough to accommodate books and laptop and any other learning materials.

Organise Study Materials

It is good to ensure that classrooms are well organised in order to ensure a proper environment for learning. An organised space eliminates the mess, keeps off any intrusion and enables adolescents to access what they require without strain.

Keep Supplies Handy

Make certain all the required materials including writing instruments, paper, note-taking and writing instruments, personal calculators and textbooks are within reach. Papers should be sorted using desk organisers, draw or shelves for proper and easy arrangement of the items.

Create a Filing System

Advise your adolescent to assign a folder or a folder rack for school work and assignments. Students can use folders, binders or electronic organising systems of different colours for various classes and subjects as well as useful to organise all of their work.

Limit Clutter

Clutter, whether in and out of the house, tends to be confusing, and often overwhelming. Help your adolescent develop a proper study environment by clearing and arranging the study materials from time to time. It is important to have a clean environment in the workspace since it enhances the productivity of the brain.

Incorporate Technology Wisely

When it comes to the learning process, technology is nowadays an inseparable component. But technology should be applied in a way that it will not complicate the learning process but rather assist it.

Provide Necessary Tools

Make sure that your adolescent has all the technological requirements that will enable him or her to work on the computer, print and access the Internet. They include those required for the completion of tasks, to research for details and attend online classes among others.

Limit Distractions

Technology on the other hand again is advantageous in teaching but can at the same time be a vice in a way that you can end up doing more of it than the actual learning process. You should advise your adolescent to switch off the notifications, avoid frequent use of social media, especially during the study session, and employ an application that helps to block specific sites.

Use Educational Apps and Resources

Encourage your adolescent to use apps, online resources and tools that may help him or her with his or her education. When it comes to their education, there are many resources which are available like from digital textbooks to study apps.

Set Clear Expectations and Routines

To reduce the chances of the adolescent being in school throughout a day without accomplishing much, setting up such rules aids in enhancing on time management among adolescents as well as improving one's study practice. The routines improve on the stability as well as the structure, which is essential during the teenage years as they are full of incidents disrupting the normal life of an individual.

Establish a Study Schedule

Help your adolescent come up with a schedule that will enable them to focus on school work, other activities and free time. A particular time I recommend is that they always have to set aside an appropriate amount of time for their studies to enable them to develop a routine.

Balance Work and Leisure

Make sure that the student has a good balance between his or her studying and leisure time. It is equally important that your adolescent has some leisure, recreation, pastime and social fun time as the same helps in easing off stress.

Set Goals and Monitor Progress

Take time and discuss with your adolescent on how to set and even have a mechanism of tracking their academic achievements. Thus, it will be important for them to ensure that they occasionally revise their accomplishments as well as their set goals to ensure that they are motivated.

Preparing a learning environment for adolescents entails defining an area that will allow the learners to focus and sort out information that they obtain as well as stimulate them. There are several techniques which can be employed to enhance effective learning environment which includes location selection, study materials management, technology integration, motivation creation, goal setting and effective emotional support for the learners.Learning should be a joy to the learners and your adolescent should develop a positive attitude towards learning as he or she studies.