Will This Be on the Test? (eBook)

What Your Professors Really Want You to Know about Succeeding in College

Dana T. Johnson, Jennifer E. Price (Autoren)

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2019
200 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18945-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Dana T. Johnson taught for many years at the College of William and Mary, where she twice won the Simon Prize for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics, and has three decades of experience teaching college freshmen. She lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. Jennifer E. Price is a biologist who has much experience teaching online as well as traditional college courses. She lives in Palmyra, Virginia.

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The essential survival guide for college students Getting into college takes plenty of hard work, but knowing what your professors expect of you once you get there can be even more challenging. Will This Be on the Test? is the essential survival guide for high-school students making the transition to college academics. In this entertaining and informative book, Dana Johnson shares wisdom and wit gleaned from her decades of experience as an award-winning teacher in the freshman classroom-lessons that will continue to serve you long after college graduation.Johnson offers invaluable insights into how college academics differs from high school. She reveals how to maximize what you learn and develop good relationships with your professors, while explaining how you fit into the learning environment of college. Answering the questions that many new college students don't think to ask, Johnson provides tactical tips on getting the most out of office hours, e-mailing your professor appropriately, and optimizing your performance on assignments and exams. She gives practical advice on using the syllabus to your advantage, knowing how to address your instructors, and making sure you're not violating the academic ethics code. The book also offers invaluable advice about online courses and guidance for parents who want to help their children succeed.Will This Be on the Test? shows you how to work with your professors to get the education, grades, and recommendations you need to thrive in the classroom and beyond.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.4.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Skills for Scholars
• Reihe/Serie: Skills for Scholars
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Academic achievement • academic degree • academic journal • Academic tenure • Academic term • adjunct professor • admissions guides • Adviser • assistant professor • Associate Degree • associate professor • Attendance • Bachelor's degree • Calculation • Cappex • Career • Chegg • Classroom • College Board • College Confidential • College Insight • college life • College Navigator • college prep • college tips • community college • Course evaluation • coursework • Curriculum Vitae • Dean (education) • Dissertation • Distance Education • doctorate • Doctor of Philosophy • dormitory • Education • Educational technology • effective notetaking • Email • Employment • extra credit • Faculty (academic staff) • Faculty (division) • freshman • freshman survival guide • Gap Year • GPA • grade point average • Grading (education) • Graduate assistant • Graduate school • Graduation • grammar • Guideline • habits of successful students • higher education • Homework • how to get better grades • Internship • job interview • Laptop • learning • Lecture • lecture hall • lecturer • Legal Clinic • Master of Fine Arts • master's degree • Meeting • Mentorship • Middlebury College • midterm • naked roommate • National Center for Education Statistics • niche • Note-taking • Peer Review • peterson’s • plagiarism • Princeton review • problem set • Procrastination • Profession • professional development • Professional School • Professor • Publication • Quiz • Recommendation (European Union) • Requirement • SAT • sat prep • Scholarship • school counselor • schoolwork • secrets for college success • Seminar • state school • straight A’s • strategies to be successful in college • Student • study group • Study skills • Suggestion • Summer School • Supervisor • Syllabus • Teacher • teaching assistant • Technology • Terminal degree • term paper • Test (assessment) • test taking • Textbook • text messaging • Thesis • Time Management • Tutor • undergraduate • undergraduate degree • undergraduate education • Unigo • University and college admission • Website • workplace • World Help • Writing • Writing Center • Writing Style
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18945-5 / 0691189455
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18945-1 / 9780691189451