Effective Participation in a Physics Class
Prior to each class:
1. Check the course outline or reading assignment to see what will be covered. Prepare by briefly previewing the sections of the textbook that apply to the subjects to be covered. This preview will improve your ability to follow the class, for you will have seen the new terminology and will recognize signposts that will help integrate the classes into an overall picture.
2. Read the introduction and the summary of the relevant chapter and look at the section headings and subheadings. Try to formulate questions in your mind about the subjects to be covered. This question-formulating helps you manipulate and therefore better understand the material.
3. Examine the drawings and pictures. Try to determine what principles they illustrate.
4. Make notes of new words, new units of measure, statements of general laws, and other new concepts.
5. Do not underline or highlight the text, since you do not yet know what will be emphasized by the instructor.
6. Right before the beginning of class, check your notes from the last class. Reading your notes will prepare you to listen to the new physics class as part of an integrated course and will help you to see the broad development of themes.
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