<p>Outlining- Me I personally spend 5 hrs on 20 pgs of Bio book (campbells) + another 5 hours of AP Us outlining= if I'm working fast</p>
<p>Reading= usually 2 hrs for 20 pgs= when I'm reading fast, reading slow= 3.5 hrs for 20 pgs</p>
<p>How long does it take you guys to outline and do you readings?</p>
<p>I probably spent 2-3 hours outlining for APUSH last year in the beginning for like 10 pages, sometimes more if we doubled up on a particular chapter. Eventually, it got to the point where I started to feel a little insecure about whether I knew the material or not, I might have spent 5 hours on APUSH as the year progressed. </p>
<p>This year, I’m trying change that (for AP Bio) because it is ridiculously time-consuming and all it really does is provide a false sense of security (not to mention: I don’t have a lot of time this year). Truthfully, I never get anything out of outlining, but I feel so guilty if I don’t take note of a particular piece of information almost like I’m neglecting it and it will somehow haunt me later. Weird, I know.</p>
<p>I spend a lot more time reading (slowly) and trying to absorb and understand the information. Then again, I zone out a lot when reading, which is probably why it takes me forever to get from one page to another.</p>
<p>It probably takes me 2-3 hrs per chapter of bio. I don’t outline, I just augment class notes.</p>
<p>APUSH last year was pretty easy. I just read AMSCO (~15 pages/chapter, spent maybe an hour per chapter) and that was enough.</p>
<p>Whoa what the hell! runningonempty you just described my learning completely. I don’t like/learn much from outlining but it takes a lot of time 4 me to outline (b/c I feel more secure if I do it slower). </p>
<p>@ Jamesford
I’d like to do the same thing you do for ap bio (augumenting class notes= just taking/adding notes the way you feel like it and not following a format= it worked out for me in AP world like this) and apush but I can’t. My teachers make me outline- primarily to bump grades. It’s so stupid b/c I learn more from taking notes my own way and my teachers don’t really care they just like wasting my time (so messed up dude). ****es me off so much</p>
<p>I’m in AP Bio now. What I do is read & take notes on the chapter in Campbell over a period of 1-2 days before the teacher discusses it in class. That way, I have a detailed summary and a good idea of the concepts in the chapter. The notes I take in class are even more concise and a good review.</p>
<p>It also takes me about 4-5 hours to get through the longer Campbell chapters, but I break it up over a couple days.</p>