Before class

1. Do your homework!
Read critically; form your own opinions



2. Review your notes
from the previous lecture and reading for the day



3. Communicate immediately with professors
about any study problems



4. Focus on the task at hand before class:
take a moment of silence to gather your thoughts and mentally prepare yourself to the topic



5. Write any objectives
that come to mind at the head of your notepaper:

---preparing for an up-coming test,
---understanding a particular concept,
---gaining a good foundation on a topic
---understanding or reviewing the readings