Will This Be on the Test?
What Your Professors Really Want You to Know about Succeeding in College
1st Edition
Published on 23. April 2019
200 pages
978-0-691-18945-1 (ISBN)
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Dana T. Johnson | Jennifer E. Price
Will This Be on the Test?
What Your Professors Really Want You to Know about Succeeding in College
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04/2019
Princeton University Press
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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. Jennifer E. Price is a biologist who has much experience teaching online as well as traditional college courses.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Why Are You Going to College?
- Part I. Getting the Big Picture
- 1. It's Not All about You
- 2. Just Kidding! It Is All about You: Personal Responsibility
- 3. Who Are Your Professors?
- 4. College as a Springboard to the Workplace, the Military, or Graduate School
- Part II. Inside Your College Classroom
- 5. The Written Rules of the Classroom: The Syllabus
- 6. The Unwritten Rules of the Classroom: Acceptable Classroom Behaviors
- 7. The Virtual Classroom: Special Considerations for Online Courses
- Part III. Communicating with Your Professor
- 8. Office Hours
- 9. Email Etiquette
- 10. Letters of Recommendation
- Part IV. More Advice for College Success
- 11. Getting the Best Grades You Can
- 12. Polishing Your Written Work
- 13. Managing Your Coursework and Your Time
- 14. Ethical Considerations
- Part V. Final Words of Wisdom
- 15. For Parents: Preparing, Supporting, and Understanding Your Student
- 16. Summing Up
- Glossary of Academic Terms
- References
