Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Study Strategy

For my goal I choose to review notes within a few hours after taking them and then within 24 hours after that. I applied this to math 2020 because that is that class that I am struggling most in at the moment. I have tried reviewing with in a few hours. This is really good because the information is still fairly fresh but you have had a chance to digest it. So when you do your homework in this time period everything clicks. The problem is we have class every other day so I then go for basically two says without studying and the homework that seemed easy is now foggy and confusing. I have also tried studying with in 24 hours and this is okay but the notes are not as clear and stuff is fairly confusing.
I have found from my experience that it is most beneficial if you study within a few hours and then do your homework and then review again sometime after you have completed the assignment but before returning to class. Often just glancing over it when it is convenient worked well for me. And I know from past experiences that if you review notes before sleeping it helps process the information into long term.

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