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They will be unannounced and unscheduled.

How you will be evaluated

Your success depends on being prepared for and participating in each class. You are expected to attend every class session on time and to have your homework and textbook reading completed when assigned. Assignments are due on the day of class (during class is preferable but assignments will be accepted via email by midnight of the class day for full credit). Late assignments will be accepted for half credit for one week after the due date. After that, zero points will be given for the assignment. The Late Assignment Coupon may also be used for one late assignment, please write that you are using your one-time coupon on the top of the assignment when you turn it in. All assignments are detailed below. Your grade for the course will be based on:

  • Attendance and Participation (300 pts)
  • Knowledge Check Quizzes (160 pts)
  • Success Journals Five Success Journals (50 pts each)
  • Study skills and Textbook Assignments
    • Academic Success Agreement (20 pts)
    • Time Management Assignment (100 pts)
    • Two SQ3R Mastery Study Sheets (25 pts each)
    • Cornell Lecture Notes (75 pts)
    • Aims Web Scavenger Hunt (50 pts)
    • Vision Board or Roadmap (100 pts)
  • Keeping the End in Mind (300 pts)

Summary grading criteria

  • Attendance and Participation: 300 points
  • Knowledge Check Quizzes: 160 points
  • Success Journals: 250 points
  • Study Skills and Textbook Assignments: 395 points
  • Keeping the End in Mind Assignment: 300 points
  • Total points available: 1405 points

Success journals

Five suggestions for writing a meaningful Success Journal include:

  1. reflect on all parts of the question,
  2. be spontaneous,
  3. be honest,
  4. be creative,
  5. dive deep!

Success Journals are assigned based on current and upcoming classroom topics. These writing assignments should be approximately one typed page (double spaced, 12 pt font, 1 inch margin) or approximately two hand-written pages and should include your thoughts, interpretations, understandings and application of the assignment related to your current experiences and anecdotal information from fellow college students. Points will be deducted if length requirements are not met. The purpose of these assignments is to encourage the internal and external processing of your college experience, learning about yourself, and from the experiences of those around you. The list of Success Journal questions and due dates are below. Instructor will provide grading guideline for Success Journals.

Course outline

Course outline
In-Class Activities Reading Assignments
Week 1: Introduction / Creating Success
  1. Let's Get Started! Introductions and Syllabus Review
  2. Sample Essay MLA Format
  3. Success Journal Criteria
 Create - Building Your Own Successful Future
  • Academic Success Agreement (email)
Week 2: Prioritize Planning Time and Reducing Stress Prioritize - Planning Your Time and Reducing Stress
  • Letter to Me Success Journal
  • Time Management Assignment
Week 3: Read Building Successful Reading and Comprehension Skills with SQ3R Read - Building Your Reading and Comprehension Skills
  • SQ3R Mastery Study Sheet (p 211)
Week 4: Record
  1. Cultivating Listening Skills and Developing a Note-taking System for Textbook Notes
  2. Cultivating Listening Skills and Developing a Note-taking System for Lecture Notes
 Cultivating Your Listening Skills and Developing a Note-taking System that Works for You
  • Cornell Lecture Notes
  • Academic Success Agreement Self-Evaluation
Week 5: Persist
  1. Understand the Culture of College
  2. Web Scavenger Hunt
  3. Calculating GPA, Student Rights and Responsibilities, Code of Conduct, Civility
 Explore - Understanding Your Institution and the Culture of College Web Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
Week 6: Engage
  1. Developing Your Personal and Academic Motivation: Vision Board/Roadmap
  2. Vision Board/Roadmap Presentations
 Engage - Developing Your Personal and Academic Motivation Vision Board/Roadmap Assignment
Week 7: Staying Power Staying Power Success Journal
Week 8: Developing a Study Plan
  1. Study Habits Inventory and Analysis
  2. Mindset
 Learn - Using Your Dominant Intelligence, Preferred Learning Style, and Unique Personality Type to Become an Active Learner Mindset Success Journal
Week 9: Study
  • Developing Your Memory, Study, and Test-taking Skills
 Understand - Empowering Your Memory, Studying Effectively, and Taking Tests With Confidence SQ3R Mastery Study Sheet (p258)
Week 10: Study
  • Developing Your Memory, Study, and Test-taking Skills
  • Stress-free Math Testing
    Bring copy of math test you have completed
 Math Success Journal
Week 11: Plan Focusing on Your Future and Professional Career Transition - Planning Your Future
  • 7 Question Success Journal
  • Keeping the End in Mind

Questions & Answers

what does preconceived mean
sammie Reply
physiological Psychology
Nwosu Reply
How can I develope my cognitive domain
Amanyire Reply
why is communication effective
Dakolo Reply
Communication is effective because it allows individuals to share ideas, thoughts, and information with others.
effective communication can lead to improved outcomes in various settings, including personal relationships, business environments, and educational settings. By communicating effectively, individuals can negotiate effectively, solve problems collaboratively, and work towards common goals.
it starts up serve and return practice/assessments.it helps find voice talking therapy also assessments through relaxed conversation.
miss
Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the person begins to jumb back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes. Identify the types of learning, if it is classical conditioning identify the NS, UCS, CS and CR. If it is operant conditioning, identify the type of consequence positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement or punishment
Wekolamo Reply
please i need answer
Wekolamo
because it helps many people around the world to understand how to interact with other people and understand them well, for example at work (job).
Manix Reply
Agreed 👍 There are many parts of our brains and behaviors, we really need to get to know. Blessings for everyone and happy Sunday!
ARC
A child is a member of community not society elucidate ?
JESSY Reply
Isn't practices worldwide, be it psychology, be it science. isn't much just a false belief of control over something the mind cannot truly comprehend?
Simon Reply
compare and contrast skinner's perspective on personality development on freud
namakula Reply
Skinner skipped the whole unconscious phenomenon and rather emphasized on classical conditioning
war
explain how nature and nurture affect the development and later the productivity of an individual.
Amesalu Reply
nature is an hereditary factor while nurture is an environmental factor which constitute an individual personality. so if an individual's parent has a deviant behavior and was also brought up in an deviant environment, observation of the behavior and the inborn trait we make the individual deviant.
Samuel
I am taking this course because I am hoping that I could somehow learn more about my chosen field of interest and due to the fact that being a PsyD really ignites my passion as an individual the more I hope to learn about developing and literally explore the complexity of my critical thinking skills
Zyryn Reply
good👍
Jonathan
and having a good philosophy of the world is like a sandwich and a peanut butter 👍
Jonathan
generally amnesi how long yrs memory loss
Kelu Reply
interpersonal relationships
Abdulfatai Reply
What would be the best educational aid(s) for gifted kids/savants?
Heidi Reply
treat them normal, if they want help then give them. that will make everyone happy
Saurabh
What are the treatment for autism?
Magret Reply
hello. autism is a umbrella term. autistic kids have different disorder overlapping. for example. a kid may show symptoms of ADHD and also learning disabilities. before treatment please make sure the kid doesn't have physical disabilities like hearing..vision..speech problem. sometimes these
Jharna
continue.. sometimes due to these physical problems..the diagnosis may be misdiagnosed. treatment for autism. well it depends on the severity. since autistic kids have problems in communicating and adopting to the environment.. it's best to expose the child in situations where the child
Jharna
child interact with other kids under doc supervision. play therapy. speech therapy. Engaging in different activities that activate most parts of the brain.. like drawing..painting. matching color board game. string and beads game. the more you interact with the child the more effective
Jharna
results you'll get.. please consult a therapist to know what suits best on your child. and last as a parent. I know sometimes it's overwhelming to guide a special kid. but trust the process and be strong and patient as a parent.
Jharna
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