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If you are taking a lecture
class, take notes on each lecture. Listen carefully to record points the
instructor emphasizes. Do not be a secretary; sift material as you hear
it. Evaluate it and record what you feel is important.
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Read over your own notes
from textbook.
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Read over lecture notes.
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Revise or re-organize your
notes if necessary to understand material more thoroughly.
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Ask specific questions of
the instructor while you are in class if you don't understand something.
Be aggressive. Ask what you will be responsible for on exams. No one
likes surprises on tests.
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If you have to memorize
details or facts, repeat them as many times as needed to be sure of
them. Have a friend ask you to recite or respond to questions you know
will be on the test.
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Start studying in time to
be ready. Some people need days of preparation; others need hours.
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When you feel you have
studied and mastered all you can, put away your materials and divert
yourself. Take your mind off the exam. See friends. Go out. Forget it
all.
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Sleep
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Smile when you get up.
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You should be able to pass
the exam, as you have done all that is possible to prepare for it.
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If all preceding fails, get
thee to a tutor fast!
