 | From Richard Light's Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds |
Reasons for academic trouble:
- Poor time management
- Using high school habits
- Course selection
- Studying alone/not seeking help
The one minute essay (a great teaching tool):
- What is the main thing you've learned today?
- What is an unanswered question you have after today's class?
How faculty can make a difference
- Teach the importance of word choice and precision
- Share intellectual responsibility
- Connect academic ideas with students' lives
- Engage students in large classrooms
- Teach students to think like professionals
- Encourage disagreement and debate ideas
- Teach the use of evidence
- Don't be predictable
- Integrate ideas from other disciplines
A yearly goal for students: Get to know one faculty member reasonably well, and have that faculty member get to know you. By the end of college, you will have at least four professors you can turn to for help and advice, recommendations, and references.
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