As I have taught Math 314 through the years, my students keep telling me that they study hard yet their test results don't show it.  After much thought and conversations with students during office hours, I finally feel like I have meaningful feedback to give you.  So, I thought I would give you some suggestions how to get study for this class:

1.    Go through the sections that we have covered so far and make a list of all definitions given.  Memorize those definitions. After you write down each definition, give one example where the definition is satisfied and another one where the definition is not satisfied.
2.    Go through the sections that we have covered so far and make a list of all results (Lemmas, Theorems and Corollaries) given.  Write down also the proofs.  Make sure you understand them and memorize the results and proofs.
3.    Make a list of all “strategies” suggested by the book.  Memorize those strategies. Compare the strategies listed with those used in the proofs of results in the book.
4.    Go through all homework assigned and make sure you know how to solve those problems. Are the strategies you listed helpful to solve the homework problems?

I hope these suggestions will help!

To help you get disciplined, I encourage you to keep a notebook updated with the information from suggestions 1-3.  Who knows?  Maybe having your notebook up-to-date could be a source of extra-credit (if it becomes necessary!)