Surface Learning In High School

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In my academic experience, I have used surface learning during my whole high school in only my history classes. In these types of classes I only attempted to memorize definitions and facts so that I could pass the test or quizzes. I have never been that great with any history class or anything else that falls into the category. When people start talking about historical things I honestly feel so lost because I have no clue what they are talking about. Those types of facts never stayed in my head and they vanished as soon as the test was over. In my academic experience, I have used strategic learning the last semester of high school. I remember that I wanted to be the best I could be to be able to graduate with nice grades. My goal was the

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