Study Suggestions for

Physics

• Study a little every day; don’t put it off until the night before a test.
• Memorize new terms, formulas, and definitions the day they are introduced---that way future use will reinforce what you have learned and not confuse you.
• Take complete notes.  Fill-in more notes with more complete explanations when you study every day.  Compare your notes with a friend and add anything they have that you don’t have.  Explain any additional notes that you have to your friend and have them explain what they have to you.
• Re-do all example and practice problems under test conditions.  Then compare your results with the notes.  Make corrections, and later, try it again and again, until you are successful under test conditions.
• Try to explain major concepts to a parent or friend.  If you can explain something, you comprehend it---if you can’t explain it, you need to study more or ask questions.
• Study with friends or classmates.  This is more productive if you study with someone who is having the same amount of success and/or frustration as you are.  Then you will both help each other, you will be more likely to have the same amount of patience with each other, and you both will feel good about each gain that you make.  Make up your own problems and compare your results.
• Use other resources:  There are other physics books in libraries.  There are Internet resources.  There are other students that are taking physics and others who have already completed this course.  You may have relatives or neighbors that have studied physics.   A math teacher may be able to help you with math parts of problems.
• See your teacher for additional help.
• Look for help at the Hayes Physics website:  www.angelfire.com/stars/dhsphysics