Print a hard copy of the fill-in-the-blank lecture notes and bring those to lecture or if you have a tablet, save a pdf to your device and take notes using your tablet.
Print a hard copy of all your homework with answers.
Webwork servers are usually under heavy usage load before exams. The server may slow down of crash. Have your homework in paper just in case this happens.
If possible, study in a group of 2 or 3 people.
Explain your work to the other group members. Sometimes, when you have to explain something is when you realize that you did not fully understand it.
If you like to study alone, that’s fine too. But still try to explain what you learned to a friend in the class.
When and where to start?
I would start a week before the exam, and I would take a practice exam.
I would take the practice exam seriously, as a real exam.
I would identify the problems I could not do or finish, and go to the homework and see how I solved them.
I would use the option Show Me Another to solve a new problem similar to the ones I could not solve in the practice exam.
Once I know how to do all the problems in the practice exam, I would take another practice exam. And so on.
I would take at least five practice exams.
I would go to the MLC to discuss problems or concepts I do not understand.
Recall that anytime you get help with a problem you need to go back 24 hours later and do that problem again on your own. It is important that when you receive help on a problem that you make sure that you really understand how it’s done and can replicate the process on your own.
When to stop?
I would have at least 8 hours sleep the night before the exam.
