Studying

How do you guys study for science/math tests or exams? Best method? And how many days in advance do ya'll start to study?

I don't.  Maybe some minutes before the test just in case there might be something I don't know.

>>2
same, sometimes ill flip through the book to glance at any formulas or identities.

>>1 Just do your homework. Literally. At least I've found that by just calculating enough physics/maths problems you'll become familiar with the formulae very easily and develop a certain "feel" for the problems. I just do my homework, never really "studied" for tests.

Same as >>2 when I was still in high school.
Nowadays I check if there's anything complicated a couple days in advance, then try to fully understand those things. Once you understand how to derive things or use formulas, memorizing it isn't really necessary anymore.
And don't do your homework. Waste of time.

>>5
>>(1) Once you understand how to derive things memorizing it isn't really necessary anymore.

This is truth.

>>(2) And don't do your homework. Waste of time.

This is falsity. The best way to learn science and math is by working problems, and the more you work the more familiar it will be for you. Doing the homework is the way to make (1) above happen.

I dunno about you guys, but I avtually need to study to do well in a class.  for this, what I do is do my homework and instead of using my notes directly when I have trouble with a problem, I look up what I need and then write it on a sheet of paper.  by the time the test comes around, all the stuff I was having trouble with is on a few sheets, and I can review them and write a note sheet quickly and easily.

>>6
 
It should be noted, however, that deriving shit takes a hella long time. On a test, that's not a luxury you have. You should basically do what >>7 says. Work the problems to the point where you don't need a "crib sheet" on an exam (even if they allow for one).

>>8
>Work the problems to the point where you don't need a "crib sheet" on an exam (even if they allow for one).

Clearly you've never taken a university-level physics or chemistry class.

I generally start preparing for exams at a full week in advance.  Lets me go at a leisurely pace.  Really, it doesn't take _that_ long in terms of total time -- maybe 10-15 hours as long as you've done all of the problem sets that were assigned for homework.  But there's also the issue of information retention.  One of my favorite professors (material science and mechanics of materials) would always tell us "you learn best when you cram," but I always took that to mean "you learn best when you're pressured into actually working, you miserable fucking ingrates."

>>9

Actually, I have dipshit. Nothing but physics and chem the last 2 years. I'm not saying I didn't make and use the notesheet the profs let us have. I'm saying I kept working the material to the point where I rarely used it. Fail for reading comprehension, nigger.