Testing Chemistry exam this coming friday

[Cudi1]

Hello,
I have a chemistry exam this coming friday and have lots of material to cover ( around 140pg), i was wondering if its better to read the book or do the practice exams which are provided?
As of the moment, 1 chapter takes about 4 hours( if not longer) and I have to go through 6 of them. What is the best option at the moment?

 

[General_Sax]

you need to do practice problems. And you need to understand the concepts.

Try and do both. Practice problems are more important though.

 

[Ryker]

I disagree, I'd focus on theory if you don't have time for both. You can always solve problems if you know the theory, but it doesn't work the other way. I think if you're only going to do problems, you'll just scratch the surface and just glean some stuff on the way, but a lot of it is going to be wrong, because you won't really know what you're doing.

 

[Cudi1]

Ye i thought that too, in my book i have practice problems and theories, I tend to focus on both. I think with the given time I may be able to do both as General Sax has mentioned, as the chem exams are composed of practice questions with a bit of theory.

 

[lisab]

you need to do practice problems. And you need to understand the concepts.

Try and do both. Practice problems are more important though.

I tend to agree...if you *had* to choose between reading and practice exams, I'd go for the practice exams.

This assumes you've been keeping up on the homework and lectures.

Of course it's understood that you really should do both - your competition is.

 

[Cudi1]

Ye, for most of them but I still have to review a few sections and we usually have online assignments to solidify our knowledge

 

[Cudi1]

im new to university, but from the students who are in higher grades they told me the practice exams would help you immensely, some of them do the practice exams and if they don't understand something they refer to the book. They told me this would get me good grades, is that true?