Professors' Guide to Getting Good Grades in College
by Lynn F. Jacobs
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Manufacturer: Collins
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.1703281
EAN: 9780060879082
ISBN: 0060879084
Label: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2006-07-01
Publisher: Collins
Release Date: 2006-06-27
Studio: Collins
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Summary: I am living proof that this book works like a charm!
Comment: I bought this book approximately two weeks before I started college and read it in one day. I am a non-traditional student returning to college while working for the Federal Government, and my major GPA and Cum GPA both INCREASED 1.5 letter grades because of this book! In fact, I've been inducted into a number of honor societies and have earned several thousands of dollars in merit scholarship funds because of Lynn and Jeremy's advice. ALL of their ideas are highly relevant to both traditional and non-traditional students, and you will have a great deal of academic success if you consistently apply their tips. For example, they describe how to "decode an instructor's syllabus". Because of their advice, half of my professors from my classes (I still keep in touch with them to this day) have become my mentors. The bottom line here: CONSISTENCY, PERSEVERANCE, and use this as your "daily bible" for all of your college courses.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great.
Comment: just had a copy, good instruction on how to success in each course..and advise on how to pick courses to boast g.p.a
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Give them this book!
Comment: If you're sending a kid off to college, send them with this book. It demystifies the grading process as well as the professor. I wish I'd had it when I went to college, because I spent a long time trying to figure out what a professor wanted, how they graded, and why my grades fluctuated so much. I've gone back to college and I'm still reading parts of this as I write papers or prepare discussion questions.
From the author of: Bad Girls Club
Customer Rating:
Summary: Thoroughly 'user friendly' and an invaluable self-help manual
Comment: The collaborative effort of Lyn F. Jacobs (Associate Professor of Art History, University of Arkansas) and academician Jeremy s. Hyman (who manages 'Professors' Guide' projects), "Professors' Guide To Getting Good Grades In College" shows college and university students on how to pick courses with an eye to good grades; ten tips on effectively taking lecture notes; successful test-preparation and test-taking strategies; strategies and tactics for staying academically motivated; and perhaps most importantly - how to get the most from classroom and seminar professors. Of special note is the section on 'The 4 Hazards of the Last Month of the Semester". Especially recommended for students new to college, as well as university students needing to improve their scholastic performance, "Professors' Guide To Getting Good Grades In College" is thoroughly 'user friendly' and an invaluable self-help manual for securing a successful academic performance.
Customer Rating:
Summary: How to do college
Comment: This book is one I wish all my students would read. This isn't paternalism, but rather self-interest, at work. I'd be reading higher-quality work, and wouldn't be dogged as much with the suspicion that my students are not working to anywhere near their potential. The book is clearly written, transparently organized, and thoroughly engaging--it moves along briskly and efficiently, is dotted with numbered tips and illustrative anecdotes; its tone is light but not frivolous, prescriptive but not preachy. There's nothing in it that a reasonably serious and observant student blessed with a generous helping of common sense couldn't arrive at by the end of her or his senior year in college--in other words, too late to put into practice. For those who'd like to know how to get good grades while they're still in college, the book is a great guide. Through its thorough and systematic treatment of such topics as lecture attendance and participation, notetaking, test taking, doing research and writing papers, and strategies for that crucial last part of the course, it encourages students to adopt a thoughtful and methodical approach to their coursework. This is not a book with shortcuts for achieving educational results, and grades, without doing all the work. Instead, it encourages students to maximize their learning, and shows them exactly how to go about achieving this goal, which has the attendant benefit of boosting the GPA. If they put the program of this book into practice, they won't work any less hard, but they'll work smart. This is a great graduation gift to any college-bound high school seniors or an any-occasion gift to students in college, and it's a gift that keeps on giving, since the professors and teaching assistants with whom these students will study will also greatly, if indirectly, benefit. (I said it was self-interest at work.)
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: I am living proof that this book works like a charm!
Comment: I bought this book approximately two weeks before I started college and read it in one day. I am a non-traditional student returning to college while working for the Federal Government, and my major GPA and Cum GPA both INCREASED 1.5 letter grades because of this book! In fact, I've been inducted into a number of honor societies and have earned several thousands of dollars in merit scholarship funds because of Lynn and Jeremy's advice. ALL of their ideas are highly relevant to both traditional and non-traditional students, and you will have a great deal of academic success if you consistently apply their tips. For example, they describe how to "decode an instructor's syllabus". Because of their advice, half of my professors from my classes (I still keep in touch with them to this day) have become my mentors. The bottom line here: CONSISTENCY, PERSEVERANCE, and use this as your "daily bible" for all of your college courses.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great.
Comment: just had a copy, good instruction on how to success in each course..and advise on how to pick courses to boast g.p.a
Customer Rating:
Summary: Give them this book!
Comment: If you're sending a kid off to college, send them with this book. It demystifies the grading process as well as the professor. I wish I'd had it when I went to college, because I spent a long time trying to figure out what a professor wanted, how they graded, and why my grades fluctuated so much. I've gone back to college and I'm still reading parts of this as I write papers or prepare discussion questions.
From the author of: Bad Girls Club
Customer Rating:
Summary: Thoroughly 'user friendly' and an invaluable self-help manual
Comment: The collaborative effort of Lyn F. Jacobs (Associate Professor of Art History, University of Arkansas) and academician Jeremy s. Hyman (who manages 'Professors' Guide' projects), "Professors' Guide To Getting Good Grades In College" shows college and university students on how to pick courses with an eye to good grades; ten tips on effectively taking lecture notes; successful test-preparation and test-taking strategies; strategies and tactics for staying academically motivated; and perhaps most importantly - how to get the most from classroom and seminar professors. Of special note is the section on 'The 4 Hazards of the Last Month of the Semester". Especially recommended for students new to college, as well as university students needing to improve their scholastic performance, "Professors' Guide To Getting Good Grades In College" is thoroughly 'user friendly' and an invaluable self-help manual for securing a successful academic performance.
Customer Rating:
Summary: How to do college
Comment: This book is one I wish all my students would read. This isn't paternalism, but rather self-interest, at work. I'd be reading higher-quality work, and wouldn't be dogged as much with the suspicion that my students are not working to anywhere near their potential. The book is clearly written, transparently organized, and thoroughly engaging--it moves along briskly and efficiently, is dotted with numbered tips and illustrative anecdotes; its tone is light but not frivolous, prescriptive but not preachy. There's nothing in it that a reasonably serious and observant student blessed with a generous helping of common sense couldn't arrive at by the end of her or his senior year in college--in other words, too late to put into practice. For those who'd like to know how to get good grades while they're still in college, the book is a great guide. Through its thorough and systematic treatment of such topics as lecture attendance and participation, notetaking, test taking, doing research and writing papers, and strategies for that crucial last part of the course, it encourages students to adopt a thoughtful and methodical approach to their coursework. This is not a book with shortcuts for achieving educational results, and grades, without doing all the work. Instead, it encourages students to maximize their learning, and shows them exactly how to go about achieving this goal, which has the attendant benefit of boosting the GPA. If they put the program of this book into practice, they won't work any less hard, but they'll work smart. This is a great graduation gift to any college-bound high school seniors or an any-occasion gift to students in college, and it's a gift that keeps on giving, since the professors and teaching assistants with whom these students will study will also greatly, if indirectly, benefit. (I said it was self-interest at work.)
The Professors' Guide to Getting Good Grades in College is the first book to reveal the insider secrets about how professors really grade. The book offers high-value, practical tips about how to succeed at each of the five "grade-bearing" moments of the semester: (1) The Start (2) The Class (3) The Exam (4) The Paper and (5) The Last Month of the Semester. Fast-paced, entertaining, and easy-to-follow, the Professors' Guide will help you get truly excellent grades in college.
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