Complete assignments by due dates. Study assigned materials at least one hour per day. Play and listen to all writing and analysis assignments. Ask questions or ask for help when, after careful study, you do not understand something. Each chapter of the workbook contains written and aural exercises to go with the text.
Music theory makes no sense without relating it to musical sounds.
Don't merely write the answers in the workbook. Play each exercise so you can hear and feel it. You'll experience the practical application of theoretical concepts. Test materials consist of concepts, skills and vocabulary from the textbook, workbook and lectures. Exams are similar to the workbook exercises.