Show HOW TO STUDY Dr James D. D Weiland professor of business psychology at New NewYork NewYork NewYork York university says that a large percentage of those entering college college college col col- col- col lege do not really know how to study The professor nevertheless less believes that students today study more effectively than they did a generation ago principally because of psychology studies in techniques of studying and read read- ing mg The fact that many students entering entering entering en en- college did not actually know how to study has long been recognized and has long been a problem in the nations nation's colleges Perhaps there is something to the theory that the present college generation most of whom spent some of their early school years in an era of war and other major have found the task of learning objective methods of study more difficult than usual It Itis Itis Itis is also true that veterans returning returning returning return return- ing to college or entering college after a stay in the armed services have lost their former h knack ack of detached detached detached de de- de- de study in the period when they traveled far and wide or engaged engaged engaged en en- in combat operations I Mr who has written I a booklet on the proper methods I of study recommends that students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents keep careful notes of el class ss t It review them after each class period and review them again tin before b fore examination Cramming Cramming Cram Cram- ming for exams he says should not mean relearning forgotten material material ma ma- or memorizing but should mean thinking Ho also says the most frequent errors error students make in taking examinations is that of failing to read the questions carefully We pass this on to the college generation generation generation gener gener- with n no assurance that it willbe will willbe willbe be tak taken n seriously though tho the crammers rammers would do well to give give- Dr Weiland's contention their consideration |