I love studying. I really do, and I love studying mathematics and physics! That's why I'm gonna be talking about how I study physics. For now, I'm too anxious about my mathematical performance (since I've just flunked out of university) to really talk about how I study mathematics, especially because I feel I haven't developed enough skill at mathematics to say I can effectively study it. However, one thing I wasn't flunking in university was Physics! I struggled through almost 2 years of advanced physics courses from my 2nd quarter in university and eventually found an easy, structured method to study physics. When I study Physics, I like to organize my information incredibly clearly and I always make sure to work out the derivations for any equations I see very carefully, based on the information given to me. Oftentimes, there is a "prerequisite mathaematics" section in a textbook that's often overlooked, but at the moment, I believe that this chapter is the most important one in all of the book. If you have a good grasp on how physicists use that mathematics and how to conceptualize it, then when you see that mathematics used later on in the text, you won't be confused. Unfortunately, in university my biggest struggle was taking things at my pace. I want to understand the fundamentals flawlessly and rigorously before I even approach the later stuff. Mathematical conceptualization, to me, is the most fun and straightforward way to understand the physics. And, from what I've seen, most physicists have a lukewarm view of the mathematics they're using! After 2 years of studying higher mathematics, taking quantum physics, and studying electromagnetism, I only JUST RECENTLY finally understood what an inner-product is!
I'll add my thoughts once I get here.