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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.

27. I'm good at following up some of the reading suggested by lecturers or tutors

28. I keep in mind who is going to mark an assignment and what they're likely to be looking for

29. When I look back, I sometimes wonder why I ever decided to come here

30. When I am reading, I stop from time to time to reflect on what I am trying to learn from it

31. I work steadily through the term or semester, rather than leave it all until the last minute.

32. I'm not really sure what's important in lectures so I try to get down all I can

33. Ideas in course books or articles often set me off on long chains of thought of my own

34. Before starting work on an assignment or exam question, I think first how best to tackle it

35. I often seem to panic if I get behind with my work

36. When I read, I examine the details carefully to see how they fit in with what's being said.

37. I put a lot of effort into studying because I'm determined to do well.

38. I gear my studying closely to just what seems to be required for assignments and exams

39. Some of the ideas I come across on the course I find really gripping

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