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The purpose is not for you to click on everything, but to have handy where to click if you want more. For me to be able to talk through a few issues, but mainly to spark issues you want to know and for me to answer your questions
This covers things that can help avoid problems and gain success. Do ask if you
1. What does WCJC’s Orientation for Students Say about
Success?
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in the __ to the left
of EACH row to confirm you understand or will ask for help.
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“Estimate
2 -3 hours of study time outside of each classroom hour (more may be needed
for certain classes.” Example: if you are taking 12 credit hours each week,
you need to spend 24 (12 X 2) hours in study. That means 12 + 24 = 36 per
week on college. For the source, click
here.
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“The more
hours you work, the less classes you may want to take.” Example: if you are
taking 12 credit hours each week, the “Maximum Hours Outside Employment” is
“20-hours/week or less.” For the source, click here. |
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“NOTE: You
must maintain 15 credit hours every semester (or attend in the summer) in
order to complete an Associate’s degree within two years.” For the source,
click here. |
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“Do not
take more than you can be successful in or you will risk lowering your GPA or
losing financial aid. Manage your time wisely.” For the source, click here. |
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College
and high school are different in many ways, including in how teaching works,
office hours as times instructors want students to come, and what passing is.
For the source, click here. |
URL for the 1st 4 rows: http://www.cjbibus.com/College_orientation_hours_taken_of_study_of_outside_work.PNG)
URL for the 5th row: http://www.cjbibus.com/College_orientation_differences_high_school_and_college_4tables.pdf
2.
Policies can
be restrictions, but they are also guidance on how to succeed. You can find
these policies by the state of Texas and that WCJC requires its instructors to cover
in their syllabus by clicking on the Searchable Syllabus. Place an X in the __ to the left of EACH section in the syllabus to confirm you
understand or will ask for help.
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Six Drop
Rule – a Texas requirement about the maximum number of drops. Fastest search
word: Six |
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Academic
Honesty Policy. Fastest
search word: Honesty |
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Attendance
Policy and “active attendance”(the only way your average might climb so read
it with care) Fastest
search word: Attendance or Active |
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Attendance Policy, Locking of the Door, the Seating Chart, and
Days When Papers Are Due Fastest
search word: Lock |
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Class
Behavior Policy – Fastest search word: Behavior |
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Dropping a
Course with a Grade o Fastest search word: f “W” – including how instructors
in the History Department cannot
drop students. Fastest search word: Dropping |
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Late Work
Policy – including no make-ups and
having to have verifiable written
excuses (such as a doctor’s note) Fastest search word: Late with a blank space after it |
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Self-Management
grade – 30 points for each Unit or 90 of the total 1000 points (nearly 10% of
your grade) Fastest search
word: the letters Manag |
3. What Is the History Department Supposed to Help You Accomplish? History is a “gateway course,” not a gatekeeper.
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Student
Learner Outcomes for the History Department – including requiring that
students use primaries and “historical evidence” and they analyze (not just
repeat). Fastest
search word: Outcomes Click here
for details about those terms. |
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The
Department requires that instructors’ courses consist of a minimum of 25%
written assignments. With 25% specific written work,
you must do some written
assignments—or—only want a C for the course and always make 100% on each objective assignment (a risky plan). Fastest search word: 25% If you don’t understand, click here to see examples of the math |
4. What Do Experts About Learning Suggest about
Success?
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The Power of Passion and Perseverance – “Grit”. Click
on this video of a Ted Talk by Angela Duckworth (URL:
https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance) |
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“Why Historical Thinking Matters” Click on this “interactive
presentation where Professor Sam Wineburg discusses
how historians investigate what happened in the past.” (URL: http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/why/) Wineburg has
written extensively about learning of history and reading. If you are
interested, I can provide more. |
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5. How Is Your Instructor Trying to Help You Succeed.
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to the left of EACH of the statements to confirm you understand or ask for
help.
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Heading
in the Syllabus: How This Course Tries to Help Different Types of Students Succeed in
Writing about History Fastest Search Words: Writing about History |
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To help you pre-learn 30%
of the Exam questions, your course offers Learning Quizzes to help you learn
concepts and locations. Fastest
Search Words: pre-learn |
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To help you pre-earn
points, Learning Quizzes also provide several ways to help you: Click here
for how Self-Testing, Full-Testing where
highest score counts, and incentives
can help you. Fastest
Search Words: pre-learn http:ME |
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To help you understand history as whole rather than repeat bits of
stories, exams for your course do not require that you know everything, but
that you know something. Click here for the type of questions on the exams. |
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Do you know any job that pays well that
doesn’t require these habits or any decision you could make safely without these habits? If you think you do
a job that does not require the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, try this link. Unfortunately, most students do not
realize they are not being careful enough with evidence. For example, over
60% of students since 2011 usually did not know basics such as being
factually accurate when writing about real things until this course.
Click here to see what past students said they did not know before. |
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If there is a problem with following the
Good Habits for Evidence or with anything incomplete about an assignment,
your instructor enters 1.11 as a temporary placeholder for the grade
and posts a comment with that grade telling you what you need to do. You must
check Blackboard for your grades. |