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Class Description: This class is designed
to teach students what are often referred to as "study skills,"
those strategies or approaches that enable one to better learn, understand
and retain what is being taught, and the ways to manage one’s time and life,
in the new environment of college. The strategies and approaches covered
utilize the following basic skills: ·
Taking
Reasonable Risk, ·
Taking
Responsibility, ·
Searching
the Environment, and ·
Using
Feedback. These skills are applied to
learning from lectures and textbooks, preparing for exams, researching and
writing papers, managing tasks, making career decisions, and managing oneself
and one’s life at college. Learning and Motivation Strategies
(LMS) Activities:
These include the following types of activities: � Quickpractices, � Self-Surveys, � Self-Assessments, � Hope papers � Portfolios � Assignments, and �
Applications*. All of
the above activities are to be submitted electronically by going to the
appropriate link in the Blackboard gradebook *Applications: Applications may be completed by students working in
pairs, but both students must submit into Blackboard. Before completing
the submission, partners should discuss what they want to submit. As
necessary, partners should explore with one another to find a common
experience, problem, shared concern, or explanation and use that as a basis
for their submission. Or, after discussion, partners may choose to simply
combine their individual inputs.
Spotquizzes: A Spotquiz
is a test of mastery of the module’s objectives. Spotquizzes,
like the LMS activities described above, are submitted electronically by
going to the appropriate link in the Blackboard Gradebook. Discussions: Participation in the six
on-line discussions is required. The purpose is to allow you to develop
your own ideas and to be able to articulate and defend these.
Discussion requirements are as follows: Three ILM Discussions and Three A-Hope-In-The-Unseen
Discussions: ·
Students
must post 2 original messages addressing the questions posed for each
discussion. ·
Students
must also post 2 replies to messages posted by other students. ·
These
four postings (total) must each be at least one complete paragraph. ·
These
four postings (total) must be made by the class period indicated on the
Calendar. ·
Students
may make as many other postings as they wish to participate in the
discussions. Class Evaluation: There is a class
evaluation to be completed in the last module of the class, worth 10
points. The class evaluation is required. Attendance: Attendance is essential to
success in this class. During class time students not only work on their
performances, but also benefit from mini-lectures on key concepts, group
discussions with other students on central topics, and one-on-one assistance
in personal areas of difficulty. Students will receive 60 points for
meeting attendance requirements (no more than two unexcused absences).
Ten points will be deducted for each additional unexcused absence for a
maximum of 60 points deducted. Extra Credit: (Optional) If
students wish, they may complete Portfolio 12 for a maximum of 30 extra
points. Student Evaluation: Grades will be determined using
the following weights: (Total Class Points = 869):
*A student’s grade at the end of
a particular module is a percentage of the maximum possible points at the end
of that module Grade Scale:
Plagiarism: Plagiarism will not be
tolerated. The Ohio State's Committee on Academic Misconduct defines
plagiarism as "the representation of another's works or ideas as one's
own; it includes the unacknowledged word for word use and/or paraphrasing of
another person's work, and/or the inappropriate unacknowledged use of another
person's ideas" (http://www.osu.edu/offices/oaa/procedures/1.0.html). If you have questions about what
is permissible and what is not, please feel free to speak with your
instructor and/or use the links provided below for citation formats. Netiquette (Network
Etiquette) Policy for Strategies for College Success: 1.
What is
inappropriate in the real world is inappropriate in the cyber world. There are other people involved
in electronic communication. Culture norms guiding behavior in the real
world should also guide our behaviors on the Net. 2.
Anonymity does
not mean anarchy or lack of responsibility. You may find that in the
electronic realm there are times that your identity is not known. This should
in no way be taken as a free pass to commit inappropriate actions. 3.
Don't steal! This means answers, files,
emails, or anything that belongs to another. Even seemingly benign items that
you may find you have access to, but don't belong to you, are strictly off
limits. Remember that rules concerning plagiarism at OSU are in
effect--don't steal others' works! 4.
Don't hack! Do not participate in breaking
into networks or other places on the net (OSU networks or otherwise). 5.
Don't flame! Flaming, in the electronic
realm, refers to attacking others. Do not in any way attack other people,
their lifestyle, background, or fashion sense. Respect is the governing
principle in real-world, real-time settings, and the same applies to web
interactions. This syllabus is available in
alternative formats upon request. |
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