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On 01/27/2013 03:52 PM, wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Dr. Pounds,
For the test on Friday, is there a specific set of problems I should study more? For example, the additional problems or the chapter problems?
Thank you!
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Okay -- here is my recommendation on test prep.<br>
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<ol>
<li>Look over your notes.</li>
<li>Read your text. When you get to one of the Sample Problems in
the chapter stop and look at it and try to do the Practice
Problems that go along with it. Your text also has what it
calls "Checkpoint problems" in the chapter. The purpose of
these small questions is to help you identify which concepts in
the immediately preceding material might be causing you
difficulty. The answers to all of these are found at the end of
the chapter.<br>
</li>
<li>Generally I recommend that after you complete the sample and
checkpoint problems in the text for a specific section that you
move to the end of chapter problems. These are broken up into
review questions and problems. At a minimum do the problems I
have recommended and to which I have provided my hand-worked
solutions. I also recommend that you try to do numerous odd
numbered problems for which you have fully worked solutions in
the student's solution manual. Apart from the upcoming test,
you are the best arbiter of whether or not you understand the
material. These "in chapter" and "end of chapter" tools help
you make that assessment.<br>
</li>
<li>In the past students have complained that some of my test
questions looked nothing like the problems that they worked in
preparation for the test. It was then that I started supplying
students with the "Additional Problems" that, while they are not
identical to test questions, bear a strong resemblance, in form
and conceptual requirements, to test questions. I would do all
that I could.</li>
<li>Rework all your quizzes.</li>
<li>Get a good night's SLEEP the night before the exam.<br>
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Now -- I recognize that is not the answer you probably wanted, but
history has shown that students who follow this course of study
generally do well.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds@theochem.mercer.edu">pounds@theochem.mercer.edu</a>)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
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