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Study Skills

How to Study Chemistry (taken from Dr. A.J. Pribula at Towson University)

• Take responsibility for your own learning.
• Read ahead of class.
• Do the assigned problems.
• Go to class.
• Take notes, review and complete them soon after the class.
• Write down the announcements, due dates and the like.
• Use all the resources: lecture, text, website, on-line quizzes, lab, drop-in centre.
• Get questions answered as soon as you have them.
• Follow directions carefully.
• Keep current in your studying.

Study skills

• Develop an effective set for your personal learning style.
• Manage your time.
• Rest.
• Find a good place to study.
• Read effectively – actively try to get the information and connect it to what you know, seek out other texts (in Library Reading Room).
• Practice – sharpen your math skills so math is not in the math of learning.
• Look for patterns and generalities.
• Form a study group.
• Be wise and selective about what needs to be memorized.