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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.

40. I usually plan out my week's work in advance, either on paper or in my head

41. I keep an eye open for what lecturers seem to think is important and concentrate on that

42. I'm not really interested in this course, but I have to take it for other reasons.

43. Before tackling a problem or assignment, I first try to work out what lies behind it

44. I generally make good use of my time during the day

45. I often have trouble in making sense of the things I have to remember.

46. I like to play around with ideas of my own even if they don't get me very far

47. When I finish a piece of work, I check it through to see if it really meets the requirements

48 Often I lie awake worrying about work I think I won't be able to do

49 It's important for me to be able to follow the argument, or to see the reason behind things

50. I don't find it at all difficult to motivate myself.

51. I like to be told precisely what to do in essays or other assignments

52. I sometimes get 'hooked' on academic topics and feel I would like to keep on studying them

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