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Originally Posted by PAYNE1
...Have you asked some of your peers in class how they are coping? (How about the pretty girls?  ) |
I have. Many of them are as disgruntled as I am.
But I've actively encouraged my peers to work together with me for the MasteringPhysics homework assignments and to study together for the exams. It has helped!
But those pretty girls seem to be a bit elusive. Perhaps I should try another strategy...
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Originally Posted by pachyderm
...How did you come to understand the concepts presented?
Only by applying the concepts to working out particular problems; you know, "the rest is left as an exercise for the student". It was the only way to really get to understand the meaning of the theories. ...
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I feel I need to work on this during my weekends. I feel afraid of mathematics, and that is what I struggled with during my first PHYS1111 exam.
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Originally Posted by Martin^^
...I concentrated on developing advanced memory and study techniques which enabled me to memorise the required information with minimal time and effort. There is no easy way - I developed note-taking techniques and repeatedly wrote down key information till it stuck. ...
[Oh, and I would avoid the beer and strippers in the student bar, the main reason I flunked eventually  ] |
I will try this this weekend.
I love flowcharts, and I found that for my first PHYS1112 exam I scored well due to my ability, for example, to link together how electric field and force were related to electric potential and potential energy.
I also found that I did well when I watched videos on YouTube and created a systematic approach to solving a physics problem.
I also found that once I understand physics I can verbally explain it clearly to others in study session.
And I found that my professor for PHYS1111 is awful, but attendance is required (and, incidentally, has as much of an impact on the grading scale as the tests and exams combined).
But beer and women. It's quite hard to avoid that temptation... =)