Mastering Concepts in Chemistry

Mastering Concepts in ChemistryYou're thinking of taking a Chemistry course at college. Well if you really want to understand all the concepts, here's a tip for you: read the master the concepts master page and mastery chapters of your chosen course.Master the concepts page: In chapter 3 of the cover book, we discussed how students learn best through repeated presentations. The same thing applies to the concepts course. If you don't make an effort to grasp concepts on a daily basis, then you won't learn how to do them properly in future courses.If you have a particular area that you want to focus on during your course, then you need to practice those concepts in everyday situations. This is best done by spending some time each day reviewing any concepts that you feel are important.Study sessions are best carried out in a quiet environment and should be about an hour long. These sessions can include reading the textbook or even doing a practice problem set. Just keep reading the conce pts chapter and master the concepts page every day until the concepts become second nature to you.Reading the concepts chapter and mastering the concepts page will help you with not only doing the same thing but also in different things. So just focus on the topic or concept and start doing it as many times as you need to learn it. Soon you'll start to understand it faster and you'll start to learn how to use it in different situations in the classroom and in your career.It's a great thing when you understand a concept from a cover text. However, if you think it means that you've learnt it well, then it's best to dig a little deeper. I often find that people really concentrate on the ideas when they have finished a chapter of a text.With that in mind, when you've finished a chapter of concepts, try to think of other things that you would want to know and apply the concepts in. For example, you could use the concepts to help you write a test, or to create a model. This way you'll bui ld on the concepts that you've learned, instead of starting from scratch each time.All this will take time, but remember that you only learn new concepts once you're comfortable doing them. Start doing them now and keep applying them in different ways. By learning them today, you'll be able to apply them more frequently in your studies and therefore help you understand the concepts of Chemistry much faster than if you'd continued to study the cover texts alone.