Group study involves the sharing of ideas and both personal and collective time management. It makesyou feel less isolated in your studies.
It also involves the cooperation amongst group members and a willingness to be an active group participant.
Being a member of a Study Group provides the opportunity to:
- Discuss course material to uncover areas of confusion, gain new insights,and aid in memorization
- Compare notes with fellow students to clarify and fill in gaps
- Discover areas where more work/help is needed before test day
- Learn from seeing other students' study habits, approaches, and perspectives
- Commit more time to course work
- Encourages you to stay ahead on material to be able to pull own weight in study group meetings
- Support others - help each other
- Explain something to someone else (can help you to master it yourself)
- Further develop your own interpersonal skills
- Enhance your motivation through encouragement and mutual support
- Better anticipate and prepare for exams
- How to create a Study Group
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