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Stye Daily (Tar Hppl STUDYING From Page 3 Other professors believe the trick is not in the notes or practice exams but in the methods used to study. “Memorizing isolated dates and facts doesn’t work well,” said history Professor Jay Smith. “It is always better to synthesize. The more connecting you do, the better shape you will be in.” Smith said to synthesize, a student must connect general themes and think about “the big picture” -a method espe cially helpftil on essay exams, he said. Memory experts call the practice deep processing or elaborate rehearsal. Psychology Professor Ute Bayen said this method is more effective than repeating material without thinking about it “The more you think about information, the deeper you process it” she said. “The deeper it is processed, the longer it is retained.” Even if a student thinks he has a concept down, Bayen said it is helpful to continue studying it. “There is some value to overlearn ing,” she said. “If you study something for a half hour and know it all, rehearse it again. It helps consolidate it in your memory.” Bayen also said that encoding infor mation is an important part of memory processing. She said the more encoding condi tions overlap with retrieval conditions, the better a student does. For example, Bayen said if a student studies in the same room the exam will be given in, he or she will do better. Though this is not always possible, mental reinstatement - or imagining the test-taking environment while study ing - also can be successful, she said. “It is not the amount of information in the memory,” she said. “The trick is Need extra cash for Mk Christmas? / 1V v Participate in our life-saving & financially iX ft rewarding plasma donation program. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATION! Donors Earn up to S2OO per Month! jtawsr' £ ★New donors earn $25 for first visit, v ) $35 for the second visit within 7 days. Regular donors receive $25 per donation. Call or stop by: parking validated Sera-TecßiologicalsJt! 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Mental strains might be a procrasti nator’s worst nightmare, but Edgerly said there are ways to keep such feel ings in check. “The more structured students can make their study efforts, the better off they are going to be,” he said. “This gives them a sense of control, and anx iety comes from losing this sense of control.” Edgerly also said it is important to stay healthy while trying to catch up. This includes maintaining a good diet and staying away from caffeine when studying in wee hours but also means keeping up physical activity. “You should establish a routine with exercise and time out proportionate to what the task is,” he said. “Take charge of as much life space as you can.” For students who still feel they can not get a handle on things, CAPS offers an online stress management module and takes walk-ins for “urgent consultation.” As finals lurk in the future, some students forget the methods and guide lines while cramming and just look for the light at the end of the tunnel. Senior Jennifer Cox said, “You just have to think about what you can do after the exam when everything is over and you get to take a break.” The Features Editor can be reached at features@unc.edu. From Page Three TEACHING PROGRAMS From Page 3 state’s public school system the best in the nation by 2010. The First in America Report gave the state a “B-" for quality of teachers and administrators. Charles Coble, UNC-system vice president for university-school pro grams, said UNC-CH did well overall in the teacher-education rankings. “The really good news about Chapel Hill is that students and the employers ranked the (teacher education) program very highly," Coble said. But he said UNC-CH got low marks for effective use of technology and sup port for beginning and lateral-entiy teachers. Madeleine Grumet, dean of the UNC-CH School of Education, said she wished the school had garnered a high- N.C. VOTING From Page 3 He stressed Basnight’s desire for increased campaign finance regulation. “(Basnight) wants to slow down the money chase,” Lamme said. But some conservatives are less than enthusiastic about campaign finance reform. John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation, a Raleigh conserva tive think tank, says such reforms are unfair. He said the proposed reforms are an effort to control the amount of money raised by challengers to a political office. “Campaign finance reform is all too often nothing more than incumbent pro tection reform,” Hood said. 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Grumet said the report’s low rating for effective use of technology might be due to the low number of survey responses. “The technology factor is weird because the technology rating came from a statement from employers and recent graduates,” she said. “The results came from a survey that had a 29 per cent return rate.” Grumet said she is proud of the School of Education and while the report had good intentions, it was sub jective. “I think people have tried to do a good and fair job but this is not an exact sci ence," she said. “A lot of these ratings are due to evaluations based on paragraphs we have written about our program.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. terms for N.C. legislators. “He believes such a change will allow folks to be elected and not have to turn around and immediately worry about re-election,” Lamme said. 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WOK STARHEEL From Page 3 sense of community. “I think Chapel Hill is a great town,” he said. “I just felt like I ate my way through the Triangle." Although his home is in Washington, D.C., Tolchin still returns to Chapel Hill for yearly checkups and for reunions with his doctors and fellow successful transplant survivors each spring. Although he has scars from die oper- ARC DANCE From Page 3 “By opening this up to all UNC stu dents, we were able to give everyone a sense of our partnerships in the com munity,” said Lauren Mann, a junior nursing major from King. “Seeing what CCC does will make them realize how to reach out, too.” And Mann’s observations echoed YOUR WORLD. YOUR CHANCE TO HARE IT BETTER. VVW.AHERICORPS.org 1.800.942.2677 [1.800.833.3722 TOO] M AMERICORPS. 6IVE BACK FOR A YEAR. WiV* Jg SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. CMANSE YOUR LIFE. For more Information, contact Jolene Harrell at 404-562-4082 or email Jhanell@cns.gov South Square Mall Helping to create the Friday, December 8, 2000 ation, Tolchin’s life has regained a sense of normalcy. With the operation and the experience behind him, Tolchin has gone on with his life with a great fond ness for those that helped him draw new breath. “I’m filled with an incredible sense of gratitude for the whole thing,” he said. “I feel very close to those doctors, nurs es and physical therapists - I have an immense gratitude for them." The Arts A Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu. what Chapman views as the event’s biggest strength. “Sometimes people focus on the dif ferences between themselves and the mentally handicapped. “But walking in Cabaret and seeing the mix of people dancing and having fun together makes you realize we real ly aren’t that different at all.” The University Editor can be reached atudesk@unc.edu. 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