Applying+past+knowledge+to+new+situations

__Applying past knowledge to new situations:__

__My Understanding of this habit:__ My understanding of this habit is: actually knowing what you are learning, know the significance of it, therefore in the future you can easily apply it to situations which require this piece of knowledge.

__How I applied this habit to chemistry:__ In our unit 1 chemistry test, we were tested on concepts that we learned last year serving as an entrance to general chemistry. Because I reviewed some of my notes during the summer prior to the start of school, the information was still "fresh" and while participating in in class activities with my peers I was able to easily make a reference to the individual concepts for which I previewed and reviewed. This vital piece of knowledge allowed me to retrieve an outstanding score on the first exam, because while completing the test, I thought of the classwork (e.g. the isotope worksheets and the problems which I missed) and could spot the areas that I am prone to making careless errors. To pick a specific problem from this test, I instantly recalled this problem from our formative quiz and how I missed this question by counting the number of significant digits in the problem incorrectly. However, as I had reviewed the problem a few days before the test, I had no problem in redeeming myself on this test.