Should College Courses be Graded "Pass/Fail?” This morning my son and I sat for a nice breakfast out on our patio to listen to the birds and enjoy the fresh air. Zack is fourteen years old and just finished his freshman year in high school. I posed a question to him‚ “What motivates you to get a better grade than a C on your assignments and exams?” Zack explained his motivation comes from trying to achieve an A because that’s the best and he tries hard to get the best grade. I then asked
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is quite a challenge. Managing work life and your home life itself can be a struggle. In an article “First-Year College Students’ Time Use‚ a study was conducted to examine relationships among first-year college students’ time use‚ academic self-regulation‚ and target and actual grade point average (GPA) at three time points. (Thibodeaux 2017). It was found that first year college students had lower GPA’s their first semester‚ than they did their second semester. One component stated in the article
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study and learning habits for college students? Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant with a charge that rise energy‚ mood‚ awareness‚ concentration‚ and wakefulness. Caffeine is the most widely used drug in the world. Caffeine can be found in teas‚ coffee‚ energy drink and chocolate caffeine is also very popular among student‚ as a supplement and as a study aid. Drinking caffeine can have many effects‚ both positive and negative‚ on college students. In this research we will start
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The first excerpt asserts that a diverse college education outside of one’s field can be ineffective and unnecessary for many students. Doing so‚ it challenges colleges’ self-imposed necessity to create well-rounded individuals. To support this claim‚ the author presents the concept that if students are disinterested in a certain subject‚ they won’t retain the information as well as a subject they are interested in. This statement appeals to logic. The idea that disinterest prevents learning is
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74-84 Cultural Awareness and Translation Teaching at Higher Vocational College: Problems and Solutions Xuelian He Quzhou College of Technology‚ Quzhou‚ Zhejiang‚ China Email: angelaxl@163.com Abstract—In this paper‚ an investigation has been done on culture knowledge acquisition and cultural awareness of English majors at Higher Vocational College by taking the students at Quzhou College of Technology as the subjects. The problem of lack of culture knowledge and cultural awareness has been shown
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The Causes of Failure among College Students College is the a stepping stone to pursuing your chosen career so‚ as students‚ we should look at it with importance especially now that we are having a bad economy‚ shaky jobs and some serious recession. A college graduate‚ who eventually becomes a professional‚ earns thousands of pesos per hour and without knowing‚ had already saved more than enough for her grandsons’ futures that is why we should invest for our college education. Although a
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Should a Student Take Notes During College? When students reach college-level academics‚ note taking becomes a major role in the effective learning of college students. Studies have shown that effective note taking results in higher academic grades. There are a high number of students in colleges today that are receiving poor grades due to failing tests or quizzes over material that was taught to them but not remembered. The vast majority of these students have poor note taking skills. There
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Ties that Bind: Enhanced Social Awareness Development Through Interactions with Diverse Peers by Shirley R. Greene Mark Kamimura University of Michigan Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education Portland‚ Oregon‚ November 12-15‚ 2003 The work reported herein is supported under the National Institute for Student Achievement‚ Curriculum and Assessment program‚ agreement number R305T990402-00‚ CFDA/Subprogram No.:84.305T‚ as administered by the
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passed the Abitur‚ the exam that allows some Germans to attend college for almost no tuition‚ 40 percent chose to go into apprenticeships in trades‚ accounting‚ sales management‚ and computers. “Some of the people coming out of those apprenticeships are in more demand than college graduates‚” he said‚ “because they’ve actually managed things in the workplace.” Still‚ by urging that some students be directed away from four-year colleges‚ academics like Professor Lerman are touching a third rail of
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Throughout my entire career as a student‚ I have put into my mind that I need to do the best I can‚ so that I can be accepted into a great college and receive scholarships. I worked hard every year so that I could earn great grades to raise my GPA. I am now ranked fourth in my class. I selected challenging and advanced courses ‚ so that I could increase my GPA even more. Every year I took classes that were honors or AP. I chose not to focus on the easy elective options‚ and instead I chose to take
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