WOMAN: I prepare for each class by reading the syllabus. I do this each day before class. You would think I would know it by heart by now, but I don't.

I look to see what we're covering, what we covered the day before, if we're still on the same topic. And then I will scan through whatever textbook we're using and look at the subtopic. So that if we skip one, then I know what we skipped, so OK, then he didn't cover that. I'll go back and read that later. So I kind of want to be familiar with the information to be covered.

MAN: If I have questions about what I've read the night before or something, I'll make sure that I write my questions down that I want to mention in class or highlight things in the notes that I want to bring up in class, but nothing retaking notes before class.

WOMAN: I take notes before class in a manner that-- for instance, our psychology class. He provides online PowerPoints for us to study. So when I access those PowerPoints, every other slide has a question. Well, I answer the question. And whatever the topic was, this is part of the class. If I can answer and restate it in the note taking section in my own words, then I know I have it. So I do this before classes. And I do it before tests too.

MAN: And I just read over the syllabus most of the time. And if I do have a question, I usually go to the office after class or something like that.

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