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How to Prepare for Your Next Physics Exam
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Taking a physics exam without first practicing problem solving is like pinch-hitting in a crucial game without having taken batting practice.Preparing for an exam in physics has two parts. You must make sure that you know how to work problems given a list of formulae, and you must ensure that you can reproduce the formulae. These tasks are rather separate. The first step in ensuring that you can work problems is to keep up with the assignments as they are due. There is simply too much to learn to postpone this work to the last minute. As you go along you should make sure that you have mastered each type of problem. You should review assigned problems that you got wrong and get help with those where you do not understand what you did wrong. Y ...
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The 10 Steps to Better Test-Taking
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Once you begin a test, follow these 10 steps to better test-taking.You need to have a game plan to take a math test. This plan is different from plans for taking history, English, humanities, and some science tests. Once you begin a test, follow these 10 steps to better test-taking. The game plan is to get the most points in the least amount of time. Many students lose test points because they use the wrong test-taking strategies for math. By following these ten steps, you can demonstrate more knowledge on the test and get more questions right. Step 1Use a memory data dump. Upon receiving your test, turn it over and write down the information that you put on your mental cheat sheet. Your mental cheat sheet has now turned into a mental list a ...
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A Tough Economy ...for students
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Tuition and textbook prices are still rising, but there are tactics out there to keep the educational bill low.In today's less-than-ideal economy, college students aren't likely the immediate sufferers of crumbling stock, but the trickle-down effect is surely tightening your budgets. You won't catch a break with tuition – as state budgets get tighter, public universities will receive less funding which leaves them little choice in the matter. Textbook companies won't find the answer in slashing prices, either. What will be sacrificed in the educational space are supplemental resources such as one-on-one tutoring, private test-prep courses and classroom materials like solutions manuals. For the cash-strapped student (aren't we all?) cost-effect ...
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The Little Engine[er] That Could[n't]
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This article explores why the drop-out rate among engineering students is extremely high.Exactly how high is a "high drop-out rate"? Brace yourself, this is a big one: In the United States, 50% of engineering students drop out or switch to a non-engineering major each year.What's up with that?In India, 450,000 students graduate each year with engineering degrees. In China, 300,000. In America? 100,000. Again, I echo, What's up with that?The reasons behind the high drop-out rate are debatable. An engineering friend of mind noted that at his school, student enrolled in engineering-prep classes (calculus, physics, etc.) had a much heavier work-load than students pursuing other degrees. Maybe the green eye of envy gets the best of the overworke ...
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Invasion of the Ads
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Advertisements are popping up in new places, including your next Calculus test.I love flying. Despite the crowded airport and stuffy cabin and overly talkative stranger sharing my armrest, I love flying. Unfortunately, my affection for flight was recently put to the test. You see, as much as I love flying, I love not being broke even more. On a recent flight, I had to pay to check my luggage. I'm sure you're not surprised. I wasn't either. I was surprised that I had to pay for an in-flight beverage. The standard diet coke is no longer free, at least on the shall-remain-nameless airline that I chose. So I shut my eyes as the bev cart rolled by, knowing that I didn't really need the caffeine. Afterall, I wanted to sleep. I have a very sp ...
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