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(cnt) Approaches to Studying. The next part of this questionnaire asks you to indicate your relative agreement or disagreement with comments about studying again made by other students. Please work through the comments, giving your immediate response. In deciding your answers, think in terms of this particular lecture course.

14. I think I'm quite systematic and organised when it comes to revising for exams

15. I look carefully at tutors' comments on course work to see how to get higher marks next time

16. There's not much of the work here that I find interesting or relevant.

17. When I read an article or book, I try to find out for myself exactly what the author means

18. I'm pretty good at getting down to work whenever I need to

19. Much of what I'm studying makes little sense: it's like unrelated bits and pieces

20. I think about what I want to get out of this course to keep my studying well focused

21. When I'm working on a new topic, I try to see in my own mind how all the ideas fit together

22 I often worry about whether I'll ever be able to cope with the work properly.

23. Often I find myself questioning things I hear in lectures or read in books

24. I feel that I'm getting on well, and this helps me put more effort into the work.

25. I concentrate on learning just those bits of information I have to know to pass

26. I find that studying academic topics can be quite exciting at times

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