<p>How many hours should I dedicate to Anatomy and Physiology, English 101, Current Moral and Social Issues(200 Level Philosophy), and Sociology(200 Level). Also, how should I study for them?</p>
<p>My mom said read once and highlight important things and go back to the highlighted things before the test to get a good grade in a class? is this enough?</p>
<p>One of my housemates took Anatomy last winter, and she dedicated 4 hours a DAY to study for that class. It’s an intense class. She would go to open labs every single week to study anatomy, because it was easier for her to study from actual cadavers than from looking at pictures in the books (that’s the neat thing about the anatomy class at my university–they get to study from actual human cadavers that had been donated to the school for science).</p>
<p>There is not really a right or wrong way to study. Chances are, you are going to have to experiment a little and see what works for you. Some people find it helpful to read and take notes. Others find it helpful to highlight as they read. And others may find it useful to make notecards or study guides. I also know people who record lectures and listen to the recordings before exams.</p>
<p>You can try the highlighting method and see how it works for you.</p>
<p>As far as how much you should study, rule of thumb states that for every hour of lecture you should be studying for two hours. I know I have never really adhered to this.</p>
<p>My advice is to try a few methods out and stick with what works.</p>
<p>Agreed with anvera. </p>
<p>It also depends on the professor. I had a few classes where they say the book was needed, but the class lectures were a basic repeat of the chapter. I basically never needed to read the book in these classes because showing up to lectures would do the trick. I also had classes where the book was only there for extra reading/understanding material but everything on the test was said in lectures.</p>
<p>I also had some classes where the lecture covers thing BRIEFLY from the book, but the test comes from the book itself and like 5% of the lecture material helped.</p>
<p>Overall, you’ll need to find out what study method works best for you (reading before/after class, highlighting, or recording) depending on how the prof teaches the class and how their tests/quizzes work. Sometimes, teachers even post up powerpoints online. With these classes, I find it helpful to print them out and write annotations over the slides to fully understand the material.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your responce.</p>
<p>There is a book called “What Smart Students Know” by Adam Robinson, written by one of the founders of the test prep service Princeton Review. I have never seen a better explanation of the steps you need to follow to really <em>learn</em> the material for all types of classes (sciences, liberal arts, etc).</p>
<p>For many subjects there are workbooks such as the “Calculus Problem Solver”. These are incredible tools and I don’t know why schools don’t pass them out along with the textbook. In the calculus ones you’ll find chapters that correspond to the topics covered in a calculus textbook. The chapters have worked problems, hundreds of them. The way to use the book is to try the 1st problem with the answer covered, then check your answer. If you don’t get it right or are completely lost, then look at their detailed explanation of how to solve it. Repeat until you get the hang of that type of problem, then go on to the next. There are similar books for subjects such as chem, physics, stats, econ, etc.</p>
<p>For anatomy, there is also a book you should get called the “Anatomy Coloring Book”. Painless and almost fun way to study the subject. </p>
<p>I don’t think anyone can give you an exact number of hours per class. For more technical classes like calculus many good students find themselves spending 7-10 hours per week outside of class doing homework, reading the text, doing extra problems to make sure they understand it.</p>