I was wondering if you could send me a brief description of what
are the best
areas to study for Friday. I know that the CD-ROM is important,
but what
should I focus on. Thanks for your time.
-K----
A:
The exam will cover material in proportion to the time spent in
lecture on a
chapter so you should know more from the chapters that covered more
lectures. If you didn't go to the review session, take a look
at the review
questions I posted on the web to get a better idea of the kind of
question I
picked from the CD ROM. Also, look at your lecture notes,
because I
generally tell you in lecture which details are important to know
and which
aren't.
Barry
Hello Dr. Johnson,
My name is M----, and I'm a student in your Bio. 107 class.
I have
a question about the lecture notes...I have been reading the text,
but I fell
that I might be "over studying", or studying info. that I don't
need to know.
I am having a hard time getting your notes on my computer.
I don't think I
have Powerpoint, but I do have a new PC. What are my options?
Sincerely,
M----
A:
Hi M----,
You shouldn't have to wory too much about "over studying,"
but
studying the wrong way can be a problem. You'll need to make
sure that you
outline as you read and do practice questions from the texbook,
CD, or web
sites to test whether or not you're picking up the right things.
The
questions on the exams will be similar to the ones in those sources.
There are detailed notes on the web site on
how to get to the lecture notes
and you won't need to buy PowerPoint to see them, so check it out
(you may
need to hit reload on your browser since it's updated frequently).
Barry
Subject: None
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 12:40 PM
Dr. Johnson~
Hello! My name is T--- and I'm a student in your Bio 107
class. I attended your first class the other day and to be
quite honest I had
a difficult time following your class. I recognize the fact
that you are not
Dr. Terry and be no means do I expect you to countinue in the style
that he
had set; however, there is so much information in Biology to cover
in a single
class and I find myself desprately seeking to catch up on what you
said only
to find out you moved on to another subject. Dr. Terry provided
us with a
basic outline of his lecture where pertinent information could be
used to to
study from when the exam came; this made following what he said
in class
easier. Instead of attempting to frantically write every concept
down we were
able to concentrate on what he had to say. I'd appreciate
your opinon on this
matter and thank you for your paitence.
Respectfully,
T---
A:
Hi T----,
Thank you for the feedback on my
lectures. Let me know if the lecture
today felt a little less rushed than on Mon! I appreciate
your honest
opinion and hope that you can continue to help me make this second
half of
the course as educational as the first.
My plan for the BIOL 107 lectures this semester is to
explain in as much
detail as possible the material from the textbook. After teaching
this
material for many semesters, my lectures will probably take on a
life of
their own apart from the texbook and so would require the kind of
detailed
web notes that Tom uses.
You might find in some of your classes here that doing
the textbook
reading before class makes following the lecture easier. This
is definitely
the case for my lectures in this class, because all of the figures
and
descriptions for figures can be found in the text. It looks
like I'll need
to put something about that in the syllabus next semester (and announce
it
in my first lecture) so that everyone is prepared for the change
in teaching
styles.
You shoudn't need to redraw the complete figures yourself,
and of the
text descriptions that I put up next to the figures, you may only
need to
write down key concepts. The learning process should hopefully
work like
this:
--Read textbook chapters before class and write your own outline
of the
material
--Answer a few texbook questions to test your knowlege, and try
to know as
many of the chapter objectives (listed on the web page) as possible.
--Do CD ROM or web activites I've listed on the web site.
The electronic
quizes are the most important.
--In lecture, follow my description of figures by writing down key
concepts
I mention or have written next to the figures in the slide.
--sometime soon after the lecture, look at the figures in the texbook
again
and compare your notes.
--before the exam, do as many of the practice questions as possible
from the
texbook, CD ROM, publisher web site, or Biology Place.
Please let me know which, if any, of these suggestions helps you
out...and
if you're available, meet after class on Friday's in TLS 265 (Kresge
Library) to give me more feedback and suggestions.
Barry
Dear Dr. Johnson,
I am a student in biology 107, E---, and I was
just wondering if
anatomy and/or physiology was a possible major and if so what could
you do
with a major like that? That's all. Thank you.
Sincerely,
E---
A:
Hello E---, Nice to hear from you. Our department (abbreviated
PNB) offers
both a major and a minor. We're working on our web page so
some information
might not be available on the web yet, but I know the undergraduate
program
info is there. http://www.pnb.uconn.edu
I haven't done an exhaustive search of web pages related to careers
in
physiology, but I found one listed below. A physiology major
prepares one
for all careers in health fields, pharmaceutical research, academic
research, and so on. You should be able to get current information
on our
department from the biology main office, or you can come down here
and take
a look yourself.
http://www.faseb.org/aps/careerfi.htm
talk to you later!
Barry