Trying to come up with a study plan

[engin2itdept]

Hi, I new to the forum and I am trying to pass my next exam which is on these five topics Center of Mass ,Rotation and Moment of Inertia ,Torque Newton's Law and energy in angular form, Rolling and Angular Momentum. For Physics test I am only good at defining terms but when it comes doing the problem (as in figure out what the problem ask for and solving) What do I do to get an A on this test?
Thank you.

 

[Chunkysalsa]

Start doing problems relating to those topics. Keep doing them until you are able to solve any problem at your level easily and confidently.

..or until your run out of time. Whatever comes first.

 

[DrummingAtom]

Here's what I do.

I find my weakest topic and focus on that first because that one will most likely take the most time to conquer. After that, I determine what exactly about that topic is causing me difficultly and find problems that relate to that difficulty. I make an *exact* list of problems. I can usually read a problem and say I don't know how to even start this one. That one goes on the list. So my problem list might look like: 4, 41, 65, etc. After a study session, if I'm still having difficultly solving certain problems then they go on my white board; written out not just "problem #41." From here my subconscious can work on the problem until my next study session. If I'm still having troubles with those problems I'll go to a professor or post a question on here.

After I conquer my most difficult task it's all downhill hill from there. At this point, I usually have a lot of fun studying because it's not "worried studying" anymore and coincidentally the time when I get the most creative ideas about the topics (which then go in the margin of the notebook for later. ) Good luck.