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Monday, February 18, 2013

How to Study:A Guide by William J. Rapaport , State University of New York

Manage your time  
Take notes in class ; rewrite them at home 
Study hard subjects first ; study in a quiet place
Read texts actively ; slowly, before ; after class
Do your homework
Study for exams
Take Exams
Do research ; write essays
Do I really have to do all this?
Are there other websites that give study hints? 
How to take notes in class & rewrite them at home 
  
   Take Notes
    Take Complete Notes
    Use Abbreviations
    Neatness Doesn't Count
    Ask Questions ; Make Comments
    Copy Your Notes at Home
    Don't Take Notes on a Computer
    Don't Rely on the Instructor's Lecture Notes 
            
                    Some instructors provide their own set of lecture notes, often on the Web or in PowerPoint (or some other format). These can be useful, but you should not rely on them. If all you do with them is print them out, maybe read them once, and save them, they are useless, because you are using them passively. You need to treat them just as you would with your own lecture notes: Re-write them! Better yet: Use them to fill in gaps in your own re-written lecture notes, and to check whether you had any mistakes in your own notes. (You may find new material in the instructor's notes that was not discussed in class, or you may find material in your own notes that was discussed in class but did not find their way into the prepared notes.)





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