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help: how do i study a textbook?

edited December 2007 in General
so two weeks before my final exam, my prof tells me that he decides to change the format of the exam and rather being based on his notes, it's now going to be textbook oriented... i spent most of the semester reviewing his notes and did not pay much attention to the textbook.. right now i have 4 days with 9 chapters to read and the chapters turn out to be really detailed with lots of information.. how would you guys study for this?

normally for informative classes like this, i usually take notes as i read and then review my notes during exam time.. however i can't do 9 chapters in 4 days.. what should i do? =( i'm overwhelmed by the amount of information i need to cover..

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  • edited December 2007
    that sucks! i would start reading try to get through as many chapters as you can...some of the stuff from the notes will inevitably show up on the test

    what class is it?
  • edited December 2007
    usually theres headings that are a sentence each
    since you've been in the class and know the notes, you most likely know the main details.
    so look at the headings and memorize them.
    works for me, lol.
    plus the class is probably based on the book, so the notes still hold the info the book does
    for example a research class
    chapter on ethics. headings will be
    Informed consent: then info under
    Anonymity: then info under

    just know info for each heading.
  • edited December 2007
    thanks for the help you guys... =)

    @kevin: it's a distance ed crim 103 course.. his notes were fill in the blanks plus some discussion questions to which i just read the relevant paragraphs and answered them thinking that i'll just study the notes like he instructed in his intro letter.. guess that wasn't really smart of me.. =(
  • edited December 2007
    Focus on a few chapters and learn them in detail. Its better to know part of the course really well than just skim it all and not really know any of it.
  • edited December 2007
    do you have chapter summaries? read those
  • edited December 2007
    play the odds and just study/know some topics really well, other ones u can sorta bs around?

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