Visit a Professor’s or TA’s office hours before the quarter is over. Include details about the visit in the following reflection. Example: If you visit office hours in Week 3, include the experience in your reflection for Week 4 (or Week 5).
Note Taking Strategy: Take notes the old fashion way on paper with a pen during lectures (even if it’s simple bullet points). This keeps your mind engaged and prevents your thoughts from wandering. Within 24 hours of taking notes, review them again. Add colors, include extra topics your remember, or go back to the lecture slides and fill in information that was skipped over. Before the midterm for that class, you’ll have already seen your notes at least twice: once when taking them, and the second time reviewing them. Do this for every class; you will definitely notice an improvement in your retention and understanding of class topics.
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