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JOURNAL TIPS
- Two minutes is not much time. If you have to think too much
you won’t get much written down.
- Don’t write down things you won’t need.
- Take good notes during the video and during class.
Make a star or some other mark next to important ideas as you go.
- Read over the take home problems and see which ones you
find difficult and confusing. Note how many problems are really just different
ways to say the same thing. Bring notes with you to class so you can make sure
to ask questions about the ones you don’t understand. When you get an
explanation, write it down where you won’t forget to include it in your
journal.
- Don’t write down things that you won’t forget. If it
is something simple that you can’t forget, use the time to write down
something you may not understand completely or something that you get confused
about easily.
- Draw pictures if you prefer.
- Write down tricks such as the one for solving pulley
problems by counting supporting ropes.
- Review your reading assignment and notice the main topics
and definitions. Use those and the guided notes page from the video to help
you determine key points.
- If your teacher writes a formula or definition on the board
it probably means you should write it in your notes. Include it in your
journal unless you understand it completely.
- SKIM THROUGH THE CHAPTER’S READING and READ ALL OF
THE TAKE-HOME PROBLEMS THE SAME DAY YOU GET THEM. Do this by reading the first
and last paragraphs in each section and the summary at the end of the chapter.
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