Biology C2005 / F2401 - Fall 2009 Study Groups
Last updated: 10/26/09 08:34
We will list here students who express an interest in joining or forming a study group. We will not do anything to form such groups; that is up to you, using this list. If you would like us to put your name and email address on this list, or to remove your name, email Becky Lu at beckylu@biology.columbia.edu.
Interested in Forming a Study Group? Don't know who to ask? Contact one of the people listed below and/or email Becky if you want your name added.
Student E-mail address (all @columbia.edu) unless it says otherwise Kimberly Alzuphar kma2123 Alexa Petrelli amp2140 Carrie Peyton Dahlberg csp2125 Mai Huynh mth2127 Paige Durivage pld2108 Hector Morantes ham2129 Junaid Chaudhry jc3497 Lindsay Bruno lvb2113 Bennett Hong byh2103 Pankil Desai phd2111 Yaacov Rydzinski ycr2101 Emily Roh ehr2111 Nadia Suryana nbs2122 Laura McDermott lem2139 Christopher Elizondo cje2109 Kwanza Price kop2101 Christine Yeh cgy2101 Luanda Garcia lag2137 Michael D'Addesa mjd2119 We are leaving off phone numbers in the interest of privacy (since this web page is world readable). Once you make contact by email, you can exchange phone numbers. Some ideas for things to try in your study group:
1. Compare notes on that week's lectures. The sooner you do this after the lecture, the better. Don't recopy -- just fix up the parts that weren't clear. Fill in any details you missed and be sure you understand the major points of each lecture. If there is an example, ask yourselves, "What is the point?" If there is a principle, ask yourselves "Do we know a good example?"
2. Go over the study questions, old exam questions and/or recitation questions. Force yourselves to explain the answers to each other without using pronouns. Don't use "it." Say "amino acid" or "leucine" or "polypeptide." That way you are sure you all know what "it" is.
3. Give each other sample questions or quizzes -- take turns making up a question or two for the others to practice on.
4. Make summary charts and diagrams and/or other study aids. ("Make/Share/Compare")
5. Make a vocabulary list of all new terms for the week and check that you know the meaning and significance of all of them. (Don't waste time writing out definitions of all the terms -- spend your time on the terms that are unclear.)
Can't manage to form a study group? Still prefer to study by yourself? In that case, try all the ideas above but try to explain to yourself as clearly & thoroughly as if you were explaining to a fellow student.