First: Group Study- I have found that 3 is about the max that I have found beneficial. Anymore than that & it gets chaotic and defeats the purpose. When there are 2 or 3 people, it gives them a chance to ask what they don’t know. Usually in a group of 2-3 people, each person is wanting to know or having trouble understanding a different piece of information. I’ve found that if you know that piece of information, you can then teach the other one or two & this also helps you organize the information and retain it- especially if you have to explain something more than once. The whole group benefits if each is teaching info to another. You will also learn from hearing others’ input. Group study, however, must be organized and not get off of topic or time is wasted.

Self-study can be beneficial as it is quiet. There are no distractions and you can concentrate on the one area that you don’t know. However, there’s noone there to pose questions or scenarios to. There’s noone there to help expand your knowledge except for the text book or online inquiry.