When people think about lectures, they usually picture a room of hundreds of students stuffed in tiny desks with one professor lecturing about a certain topic for what could very well be a couple of hours. Lectures do have their ups and downs, but they were made to help fellow students learn the most information in the smallest time frame possible. It also helps professors teach the largest population of students in a shotr time frame. Thus, the lecture actually saves time that could be spent doing homework or maybe even trying to understand what you didn't understand during the lecture. Remember that the professors are always there during their office hours to help you understand something that they said in a lecture or disscussion.

Another helpful part of lectures is the fact that there are a lot of people that attend the lecture, and this means that their is a higher chance that someone in the lecture will understand what you didn't. It also means that you would be able to create a study group with the people who understand the parts that you don't and vice versa. So, just remember, if you ever can't understand a certain point in the lecture, either talk to your professor or talk to your fellow students because chances are one of them is going to understand what you didn't.

If you have no time to talk to the professor and/or if you can't find anyone that understands the part that you didn't understand yourself, don't lose hope! Did you know that Youtube actually has an educational lecture portion on their site that has lectures from so many different colleges? If you didn't know, YouTube EDU is the place to find hundreds of lectures from college such as Harvard, Cambridge, Dartmouth, and many others. You are sure to find at the very least a lecture that is related to yours.

See also information about small group work.