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One of the best ways to learn chemistry is solving as many problems as possible. Therefore after doing the all the problems for each module, try to work out additional problems in your own textbook. Referring to another text book for problems as well as for reading is also very helpful. Some general chemistry textbooks are on reserve in the library. Do not wait until the last minute to work the problems. If you are not able to work out the problems on the first attempt, then try rereading the appropriate section(s) in the module and of the book and look at worked out problems of the similar type. It might take several attempts before you are able to work out all the problems assigned for each module. Most people study better when they study with another person therefore try to make a study group as soon as possible and meet with the group as often as possible. When you study chemsitry you usually do not sit and read but read and write all the time. Also making flush cards is very helpful. Take advantage of the free tutoring available and if you need extra private tutoring talk to me about it. |
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Student success
“Students are the most important instructors in the college. No matter how brilliant the lectures or how good the facilities, most students would fail if they did not teach themselves by study outside the classroom, and it should be conceded that most of them would pass if they studied arduously and received only assignments from their professors. It would seem that a concern for the improvements of the college instruction would lead us first to the examine the methods of studying. That the student is seldom thought of as an instructor, in the truest sense of the word, is really the most startling indictment of our prevalent educational philosophy. When we the student as what he/she is – the primary tool of educational methodology- the problem of establishing effective study habits takes priority over all other faced by a college. The issue of efficient education pivots on the study behavior of the student. Our technical concern for the improvement of education has been matters tangential to this behavior. Study habit is not merely a small but persistent problem of education – it is a fundamental issue”
--Ljungberg Fox, Journal of Mathematics, 1962, 1.75
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