Just measured the rain gauges - have lost 2 mm in the one with the funnel and lost 3 mm in the one without the funnel, no idea how that has happened as it is currently raining, unless it was a faulty reading yesterday!
Study Technique
Was just browsing youtube yesterday and today in response to some questions on the S104 October 2012 Facebook page on study technique and found a good one on a study technique termed SQ3R, which stands for Scan, Question, 3Rs - read, recite, review (or record - depending on which version you watch). There are also some good ones on notetaking, critical reading, etc etc -
A good show the basics video I found is here:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Gic5lU-5g&list=PLWPtk52gu0iMNmwa4P4KQ936T-sh26rUp&feature=mh_lolz
This is a one page example of what I have done so far in reference to notetaking, so a mixture of a small mind map and straight forward notes - definite need for improvement:-
One of the best ways to learn as far as I have gathered so far, is ask questions on what you have just read, interact with the text, e.g an example for S104 is the greenhouse gas bit, what makes an element or compound a greenhouse gas, that is one of them I will use.. using flashcards via Quizlet. Next stage for me is to create a set of questions for the whole of the first book based on general questions like the greenhouse gas question. This will hopefully be good for revision later on. I will also attempt to do some mindmaps for sections of the chapters.
I feel that the Open University should create a course just on study technique at the beginning of every person's degree.
Anyway need to read Chapter 8 and do question 3 on the TMA - been procrastinating for too long today !
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