Effective way of studying chemistry?

[Jpkneal20]

I am having trouble organizing and studying for a chem test I have tomorrow. Its 3 chapters of intro to chem. Mostly conversions and all about the atoms. I just cant seem to wrap my mind around an effective way to remember factors and such. Luckily I can do the math with enough information... I just need to find a way to study and retain the "enough information" part.

Ideas??? I am mainly overwhelmed with the sheer AMOUNT that I need to study. Should I start at chapter one and go from there?

[AnxiousStrawberry]

Since you only have tonight I would mainly focus on doing some of the review problems at the end of the chapters, and if your book has a website to match try some of the quizes on it, or look over the electronic flash cards if they're available.

Next time you might not want to wait till the night before to start studying. Durring the time before the next test try doing each studying each chapter as you go over them in class. Read over the chapter, maybe take some notes or make flash cards, do the inchapter problems, do any work sheets your instructor hands out, then do the end of chapter practices. The night before look over your notes and do some of the practice problems you had trouble with again, also do the online practice quizes...

I know it looks like a lot. But if you break it up in little pieces it really isnt too much. And As do take effort sometimes.

[Jpkneal20]

I have been studying as we go through, I just seem to be having major problems with conversions. Everything else seems to be much much smoother. I just thought maybe I was studying them wrong or something. I have been doing the reviews at the end of the chapter/finding ones on the internet to practice conversions. For some reason I can do some and some I cant-- even if the are pretty much the same, just with different set up.

Dunno... I keep trying! LOL and I am going to try not to sweat it to much. I can some reason remember the equals from metric-metric, US-US and metric-US but I cant remember which way to go... if that makes since.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

It's a little late now, but take it from a previous chemistry major, you really should have started making flashcards of this information from Day 1. Everything else in this course builds on the beginning chapters and everything else that comes after it. If you don't learn this information now and keep up with what is being presented in each subsequent chapter you will have significant problems down the road in the course no matter how good you are in math.