How would your learning change if you knew what would be on the final exam before the course even started? You now have the opportunity to reverse-engineer your learning and focus by reviewing past questions in the Old Exams Repository. It’s very valuable learning tool. Here’s why: it helps you find the essential concepts and ideas in the course so you can practice putting them into your own words rather than regurgitating what you read in the textbook.
“Students don’t need to memorize textbooks, you need to apply what you are learning,” emphasized Professor Robert Gazzale, an economics professor and New College Principal. “You shouldn’t spend too much time reading and re-reading the textbook. It’s more effective to treat the text, and all the other materials, as resources that help solve problems. Practicing and applying what you have learned is how successful students build a repository of knowledge to draw from.” [Read more…]
