Study Tips
Here I will post general study tips to enhance your study habits, as well as individual study guides for chapter or unit exams.
General Study Tips
Here are some general study tips revised from http://www.lionden.com/study_tips.htm
1. Know your learning style. How do you learn best? Do you learn best by hearing it, seeing it, feeling it, or reading about it? Then shape your learning activities to suit your learning style.
2. Read the textbook. The textbook has the heart of the matter and some useful diagrams and tables.
3. Draw a picture of each concept. If you can map it out visually, you can gain significant understanding of the concept.
4. Approach your course as if it were a foreign language course. Study the new “foreign” words first, then use your new vocabulary to build an understanding of concepts
5. Keep a running list of each new concept that you learn. Some concepts show up many times in a course . . . often with new connections to other concepts. If you keep a list handy for each separate concept and add to it throughout the course, you’ll learn it more easily!
6. Form a study group! Nothing works better than combining your efforts and interacting with other students in your class. Make sure you meet weekly, not just right before a test.
7. Use your study guide as an outline for your own notes and study sessions. Add personalized notes under each topic to help you remember them.
8. Practice for tests! Get to know what kind of items will be on a test and make up your own items to practice with. Develop a test-taking strategy that will improve your test scores.
9. Learn from your mistakes! Go over each test and study the items that were marked wrong to find out how you can better improve your skills for the next test.
10. Take time to have fun. If you study too much you’ll get burned out on your courses and won’t have the balanced attitude necessary for success.
Chemical Symbol Concept Map
Below I’ve posted the concept map we created in class about a chemical symbol. You may use this to refresh your memory and help you study for our first exam. Click the thumbnail to enlarge image.
