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"Writing down everything that goes on the board" only works if you can write and listen at the same time. I cannot. I had to balance having the lesson from clas

"Writing down everything that goes on the board" only works if you can write and listen at the same time. I cannot. I had to balance having the lesson from class available in my notes and actively hearing and digesting what they were saying. It was not easy. But ultimately having notes was a better strategy for getting homework done, so that's what I prioritized.

alexchantavy 1y ago
+1, most of the time in college I was so upset how professors would just have a million words and equations on a slide and expect us to look at it later. I learn so much more when a professor has a whiteboard and writes out an equation is derived one step at a time.
- mullingitover 1y ago
  > I learn so much more when a professor has a whiteboard and writes out an equation is derived one step at a time. 100%, and when I say I wrote everything that went on the board I particularly mean on math/CS/science classes. I feel like I truly learned how to do proper math from this habit, because I was learning to work problems exactly like the professors did. Before this I was kind of fumbling around when it came to showing my work.
pathsjs 1y ago
In fact, this is an opportunity to anticipate what is going to be written. I studied maths, so I am not sure how it would work for other fields of study. But one thing that worked very well for me was to write everything, spoken or written, before it was said, or to try to stay 10 seconds ahead of the lecture. This would keep my attention and it would require an active comprehension, like continuously doing exercises. I was then able to recall what was said much better. And I could take advantage of the pauses to get a little ahead so I would not get lost in the next difficult passage. Of course, this only works in fields where there is a strong logical connection between the various parts of the lecture, so that you can indeed try to figure out yourself, it would not work where there is a lot of memorization
Corey_ 1y ago
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alexchantavy 1y ago

+1, most of the time in college I was so upset how professors would just have a million words and equations on a slide and expect us to look at it later. I learn so much more when a professor has a whiteboard and writes out an equation is derived one step at a time.

mullingitover 1y ago
> I learn so much more when a professor has a whiteboard and writes out an equation is derived one step at a time. 100%, and when I say I wrote everything that went on the board I particularly mean on math/CS/science classes. I feel like I truly learned how to do proper math from this habit, because I was learning to work problems exactly like the professors did. Before this I was kind of fumbling around when it came to showing my work.

pathsjs 1y ago

In fact, this is an opportunity to anticipate what is going to be written. I studied maths, so I am not sure how it would work for other fields of study. But one thing that worked very well for me was to write everything, spoken or written, before it was said, or to try to stay 10 seconds ahead of the lecture. This would keep my attention and it would require an active comprehension, like continuously doing exercises. I was then able to recall what was said much better. And I could take advantage of the pauses to get a little ahead so I would not get lost in the next difficult passage. Of course, this only works in fields where there is a strong logical connection between the various parts of the lecture, so that you can indeed try to figure out yourself, it would not work where there is a lot of memorization

Corey_ 1y ago

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