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| 1. | See your instructor BEFORE you have a big problem. We don't bite, and we may be able to help. Sign up for an office hour. |
| 2. | Take your notes in a loose-leaf notebook using the Modified Cornell Method of Note Taking. BIO 098 and BIO 009 will cover this method. Ask your instructor about them. |
| 3. | Clean up your notes, after class, but before you go to sleep for the day. It is best to do this with a study buddy or two from the class so you will all have good notes. |
| 4. | When ever you read information, move your hand and write about what you are reading. It will slow you down (that is one of the main points) and you will remember what you read better. |
| 5. | Read and take notes on the textbook outlines and summaries before going to class. |
| 6. | Read and take notes on the textbook chapters about 24 hours after the lecture on that material. |
| 7. | You should be spending two hours outside of class for every hour you are in class. That means for a three hour lecture, you should spend six hours a week studying. A two hour lab should require four hours of study each week. That is 10 hours each week, not just before a test. |
| 8. | Study in half hour blocks. Get up, move around, and change your subject or style of study every half hour to keep yourself fresh and in peak learning ability. |
| 9. | Study vocabulary as if you were learning a foreign language. You are. Use flash cards, write words in an informative sentence, get folk to drill you, or what ever works for you. Do It Early and Often. |
| 10. | Join the Anti-Procrastinators League, today! This material does not cram well. The chapters build on previous knowledge, and you will need this information for future semesters as well as this semester. |
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