<p>I have notes copied from a file we had to look at for AP Chemistry that my teacher put on the Internet. I handwrote them because my printer is down. But how do I study them? I never really studied notes before. Do I just read them 1000 times or copy them down again? What should I do?</p>
<p>Don’t just read them. That’s the worst thing you can do. Figure out what the important points are and make questions about those points. Ask yourself those questions and try to recite the answers from memory. If you have to learn processes, try to explain them from memory and check against the notes for answers.</p>
<p>For me, the act of writing the notes itself is my way of studying. It’s a lit easier to remember whatever you’re learning buly just rewriting them a few times. I do this until I know the material enough to repeat my notes, either orally through writing, without looking at my orignal notes.
Badlsically it’s the learn-and-blind recall method (which I stole from one of Cal Newport’s books. It works great for me) </p>
<p>Since it’s a chem class, you should supplement the above with solving a lot of practice problems too.</p>