Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Students have a weekly online reading assignment (hosted by SurveyMonkey.com), where they answer questions based on reading their textbook, material covered in previous lectures, opinion questions, and/or asking (anonymous) questions or making (anonymous) comments. Full credit is given for completing the online reading assignment before next week's lecture, regardless if whether their answers are correct/incorrect. The following question was asked after the last lecture, but prior to the final exam.
Tell a student who is about to take this course next semester what he/she needs to know or to do in order to succeed in this course. (Graded for completion.)
"Do the reading assignments on time. It's easy to forget, and the lost points add up."
"Tackle the material covered with general curiosity. In a sense 'trip out' and invest your time into genuinely and you will do great!"
"in order to succeed in astronomy, you need to do be in class every day. Skipping any class day will cause you to lose points for the in-class activities. You also need to do the online reading assignments as missing them will hurt your grade. Finally, study for the exams and the final, they are the most important to do and getting a good grade on them will boost your grade significantly."
"You need to:
•Study for the quizzes.
•Come to class so you learn the material but also don't miss out on in-class-assignments.
•Don't forget to do the online reading assignments."
"I would say definitely show up, pay attention, actually listen and ask for help or ask questions if you don't get it and most importantly talk to the instructor! Super-chill, understanding and extremely helpful. (Thanks for the help btw and putting in effort as well.)"
"Do your homework and pay attention to the presentation slides posted on the blog. If you don't understand something, Google it. But come to class prepared enough to teach the subject to another student and you'll be fine."
"Do the online reading assignments. Show up to every lecture. Be genuinely interested."
"Turn off your phone during class."
"Prepare by doing the reading assignments to provide a rough assessment of your understanding, and questions to bring for the lecture."
"Come to every class--most important thing."
"Keep up with the blogs, not just the reading."
"Do the quiz question packets! Those will help you in preparing for the quizzes and tests which make up the majority of your grade. Helps you get a good grasp of the material. And of course showing up to class!"
"Something I had to learn during this course is to try and open my mind to the universe and using lots of visuals to understand how everything is connected. Specifically for this class I would say showing up for class and participating in lecture is super-important."
"Simply review your quizzes because they will be re-written on the exams."
"Go to office hours with the practice quizzes, get help answering them, study up those sheets and you'll never worry about failing a quiz. "
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