READING TO UNDERSTAND AND PREPARING FOR EXAMINATION

One of the issues we have been facing as students generally is understanding what we are being taught in class. And if we do not understand or better still can’t understand, we all have given ourselves another option Crammimg.

And the funny thing about this option is that after examination or test it’s very hard to know if we ever offered the course.

Forgetting that once you can understand, remembering for
examination purpose(s) is no big deal.

I want to make a point here before we proceed. Reading to understand is almost the same as preparing for examination, the only difference is the time involved.

Reading to understand a particular
subject takes much time.

Let’s take a case study, please follow me:

Daniel is a university student offering Algebraic as one of his semester course. He had the plan of having an excellent result by the end of the semester. And I believe we understand what I meant by an excellent result.

Just in no time the semester started and lectures on Algebraic has also commence. The first lecture was just like Hell on Earth for Daniel, maybe because it’s a new aspect of Algebra or being the first class.

I believe some of us have
experienced something similar. Right?
After the class that day Daniel remembered his resolution of having an excellent result. He is left with no choice than to look for a solution apart from Cramming.

He went through the course the same day alongside other materials for better understanding. So did Daniel and to a degree, he had understood
the first lecture and couldn’t wait for the second class because of questions that emanated from his reading to understand.

Here comes the lecturer for the second class and the lecturer before going further reviewed
the previous class for the sake of emphasis. Meanwhile, as the class progressed, the lecturer was asking questions just to know if he wasn’t wasting his time.

Daniel, Bankole and Tolu were the ones giving answers to the lecturer. It should be noted that Bankole and Tolu are other students like Daniel offering the same course and they also had done a review of the previous class giving them an edge in class.

After the second lecture, Daniel, Bankole and Tolu met to share opinions based on the fact that they all had ample understanding of the course owing to the fact that they also had done a review on the
previous class.

As we know that no one knows it all, for we know in part, and coming together most time
helps for better understanding.

As I conclude this: their coming together birthed a new understanding and perspective of the seemingly difficult course. The following class, these three guys were on the same page as the lecturer, giving others the impression that these guys must have been taught by the lecturer
beforehand.

But if I may ask, why was it so?

Share your thoughts in the comment section, why did they stand out? Thanks for reading, I’m sure you are getting value!

Let’s meet in the next blog post as we learn what differentiated Daniel, Bankole and Tolu.