Professors' Guide(TM) to Getting Good Grades in College

Name: Professors' Guide(TM) to Getting Good Grades in College
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ISBN: 9780060879082

ISBN-10: 0060879084

ISBN-13: 9780060879082

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lynn F. Jacobs, Jeremy S. Hyman

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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.

Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Introduction



The Start



10 Common Myths about Grades in College



How Do Professors Grade, Anyway?



FAQs about Picking Courses with an Eye to Grades



The Class



Your Action Plan for the First Week of Classes



Top 10 Tips for Taking Excellent Lecture Notes



Why Prepare? Why Attend? Why Participate?



The Exam



13 Best Ideas for A+ Test-Preparation



Acing Exams by Adjusting Your Attitudes



The Hidden Value in Going Over Your Test



The Paper



Understanding the Assignment



Doing the Analysis, Doing the Research



Do's and Don't's for Going to See the Professor



Top 10 Tips for Constructing the Perfect Paper



The Last Month



The 4 Hazards of the Last Month of the Semester



17 Strategies for Acing the Final


Afterword


Invitation


Tell a Friend


Acknowledgments


Index