1. TAKE NOTES."I should have written down the problem and not just the answer so I could have gone back and looked over before the tests"
"It really helped me to take notes throughout the class period and to write down all the examples from the overhead"
2. STUDY FOR THE TEST.
"One thing that has helped me this year was to always do the pink sheet
before the test. The answers were always
worked out, which helped me figure out whatever I did wrong"
"The
one thing that I wish I had done this year is go to the morning reviews.
I only went to one and it helped me a lot"
3. MEMORIZE THE FORMULAS.
"A thing I should have done better at is to memorize the names of the formulas at the beginning of the year
because you use them for the rest of the year in chemistry."
"Memorize the ion sheet! Throughout the entire year, if I had known the charges of particular ions, balancing equations,
acids and bases, etc...would have been a lot easier."
4. BE THERE.
"Next year students should know not to be absent if at all possible. Losing one day 's
instruction can put the chemistry student way behind."
"I should have made up the tests I missed more quickly."
5. STUDY WITH FRIENDS.
"Pick a person out of the class who's really smart and get them to explain anything you
don't get, seriously."
"One thing that helped me to be successful in chemistry is having lunch before this class
because I could study with my friends right before quizzes."
6. TEXTBOOK.
"Whenever I didn't understand something, I would look it up from the book."
"Read along in the book as well as use the notes."
7. TESTS.
"I missed many problems on tests because I did not take the time to check my answers."
"Make a small diagram or chart on the green test sheet. This let me concentrate on the problems and not worry about forgetting formulas and names."