| Helpful Hints to Enhance Classroom Learning
Although the following suggestions are made in the context of Professor Shakhashiri's large Chemistry 103 and 104 introductory courses at UW-Madison, all students may find them helpful in developing good skills to enhance learning.
- Read the assignment prior to lecture.
- Take good notes by hand during the lecture.
- Rewrite your notes, reread and study the appropriate
pages in the textbook the same day of lecture.
- Do the sample exercises in the book.
- Try the suggested exercises in the book.
- Learn the key words and concepts listed on the left-hand
side of the syllabus under each unit number.
Use the
workbook which accompanies them.
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- Come to the discussion section prepared.
- Ask specific questions of your T.A.
- Understand the questions of your fellow students and
the answers which your T.A. and others give.
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- Read the instructions in the lab manual.
- Complete the pre-lab assignment.
- Discuss your work in lab with your fellow students and
T.A., and complete the laboratory report before leaving
unless instructed otherwise by your T.A.
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- Devote two hours of personal study time outside class
weekly for every hour of scheduled class time. On average,
each hour of weekly study should consist of 45 minutes
of focused work alone and 15 minutes with others,
including your cooperative learning group.
- Learn with the goal of wanting to explain fully and clearly
what you know to another person. When you take exams
this person will be me!
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Every weekend, take an hour (or more) to reflect, in writing, on what you have learned.
This will help establish your confidence in being able to act correctly on what you have learned.
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