I was asked to do an extra credit survey for my recent biochem exam. One of the questions asked was what we would do differently studying. I said that I would watch a lot more of the lecture videos before the exam to clear up any confusion that I couldn’t on my own or from just looking at the slides. I think that re-watching something that you don’t understand is very helpful in figuring out what it really means. It also helps to just confirm what you already know. For example if you don’t understand protein folding you should google it and find some resources that might help explain it a little bit better, but after reading those and learning what it means re-watching the lecture so that you can understand it in the words of the instructor. Because after all they are going to be the ones writing the exam, so it is imperative that you understand what they are trying to say. One other thing that I will try and do for preparation for my next exam is write everything out. Write everything in words as well as in drawings. This will help me personally connect more abstract topics to something that is more tangible.
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