Have You Considered Joining a Study Group?
The best way to learn is to teach. ~Frank Oppenheimer.
Have you ever had the opportunity to help someone else understand something? Maybe it was in school helping a friend understand that maths formula you understood but they just hadn't got their head around. Maybe it was helping your child with their homework and you realised you knew more about the topic than you thought you did. Maybe it was showing a friend that new dance step you learned in class just for fun or helping someone in a sporting team learn a skill. If you've had this experience, and I'm sure everyone has at some stage, you may have noticed that in working with someone else and helping their understanding, your own understanding became clearer or was reinforced by having to repeat what you knew to someone else. This has certainly been my own experience. Maths was never my strong subject in school and through having to explain those concepts I struggled with to my own children I've come to realise I can do it after all! In doing this I gained confidence in the area and was able to grasp ideas I thought were more difficult than they really were.
This is where a study group at university can help with your studies. Everyone brings different strengths and knowledge to a group and, by sharing those, students can improve weaker areas and reinforce their own ideas. Everyone has different interests within the same area so being part of a study group can mean each student covers more ground and gains greater breadth in their subject. It can be encouraging to know that other people are understanding topics in the same way you are or that they are also struggling with a particular concept. It's also fun to share the journey with other people, make friends and have a support network.
To get into a study group contact your student advisor or faculty office. They will be able to point you in the right direction.
Have you ever had the opportunity to help someone else understand something? Maybe it was in school helping a friend understand that maths formula you understood but they just hadn't got their head around. Maybe it was helping your child with their homework and you realised you knew more about the topic than you thought you did. Maybe it was showing a friend that new dance step you learned in class just for fun or helping someone in a sporting team learn a skill. If you've had this experience, and I'm sure everyone has at some stage, you may have noticed that in working with someone else and helping their understanding, your own understanding became clearer or was reinforced by having to repeat what you knew to someone else. This has certainly been my own experience. Maths was never my strong subject in school and through having to explain those concepts I struggled with to my own children I've come to realise I can do it after all! In doing this I gained confidence in the area and was able to grasp ideas I thought were more difficult than they really were.
This is where a study group at university can help with your studies. Everyone brings different strengths and knowledge to a group and, by sharing those, students can improve weaker areas and reinforce their own ideas. Everyone has different interests within the same area so being part of a study group can mean each student covers more ground and gains greater breadth in their subject. It can be encouraging to know that other people are understanding topics in the same way you are or that they are also struggling with a particular concept. It's also fun to share the journey with other people, make friends and have a support network.
To get into a study group contact your student advisor or faculty office. They will be able to point you in the right direction.