Comment by RhysU
21 days ago
Because the lecturing professor assigned a textbook, making both lectures and the textbook relevant to the course.
Also, it's at least three distinct methods! Read before lectures, read after lectures, read on both sides. Dealer's choice. Neglects recorded lectures and the possibilities they open up.
Talking about people's preferences and studying is funny. Most people prefer not to study. Preferences have little to do with good study habits. The above approaches have worked for hundreds of years just fine.
Well, of course if a textbook is required to be read, you read it period. I was talking about different study methods in the bounds of what is allowed to do