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734                            STUDENT RESOURCES

        Organizing Your Work



         STUDY SKILLS BUILDER 7                              Exercises
         Learning New Terms                                  1. Name one way you might place a word and its defin-
                                                                ition on a 3  5 card.
         Many of the terms used in this text may be new to you. It
                                                             2. How do new terms stand out in this text so that they
         will be helpful to make a list of new mathematical terms
                                                                can be found?
         and symbols as you encounter them and to review them
         frequently. Placing these new terms (including page
         references) on 3  5 index cards might help you later
         when you’re preparing for a quiz.









         STUDY SKILLS BUILDER 8                               • If you are having trouble reading your own handwrit-
                                                                ing, slow down and write your mathematics work
         Are You Organized?                                     clearly!

         Have you ever had trouble finding a completed assign-  Exercises
         ment? When it’s time to study for a test, are your notes
         neat and organized? Have you ever had trouble reading  1. Have you been completing your assignments on
         your own mathematics handwriting? (Be honest—I have.)  time?
             When any of these things happens, it’s time to get
                                                              2. Have you been correcting any exercises you may be
         organized. Here are a few suggestions:
                                                                having difficulty with?
         • Write your notes and complete your homework assign-  3. If you are having trouble with a mathematical con-
           ments in a notebook with pockets (spiral or ring binder).  cept or correcting any homework exercises, have
         • Take class notes in this notebook, and then follow the  you visited your instructor, a tutor, or your campus
           notes with your completed homework assignment.       math lab?
         • When you receive graded papers or handouts,place them  4. Are you taking lecture notes in your mathematics
           in the notebook pocket so that you will not lose them.  course? (By the way, these notes should include
         • Mark (possibly with an exclamation point) any        worked-out examples solved by your instructor.)
           note(s) that seem extra important to you.          5. Is your mathematics course material (handouts,
         • Mark (possibly with a question mark) any notes or    graded papers, lecture notes) organized?
           homework that you are having trouble with.
                                                              6. If your answer to Exercise 5 is no, take a moment
         • See your instructor or a math tutor to help you with  and review your course material. List at least two
           the concepts or exercises that you are having trouble  ways that you might better organize it.
           understanding.










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