Study Techniqes that Work

Here are (somewhat edited) brief descriptions of how two students who earned very high scores on Exam 1 (Fall 2010) studied for that exam.

• Student 1 Comments:
  • First I looked at the online test archive. I choose the two most recent tests and looked over those problems, wrote down all my questions or problems that I couldn't do, and then I went in during office hours to get help on them.
  • Then I went back and worked through all of the problems on the two tests.
  • Then I read over my class notes and made sure I could do all of the example problems.
• Student 2 Comments:
  • Reviewed all of the homework problems, made sure I had the right answer and understood why the correct answer is what it is.
  • Looked through all of the previous exams to get a feel for the style of the tests. For the ones I understood, I would usually set up the problem. If I didn't have any idea what to do on a certain question then I asked you or other students how to do it
  • Memorized the various helpful properties, theorems, and trigonometric identities.