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AGEC 170
Managing Academic SuccessRobert W. Taylor
Agricultural EconomicsMarch 29, 2011
One credit seminar for students on academic probation
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Are students clever minimizers, always seeking the easy way to a degree?
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Are students clever minimizers, always seeking the easy way to a degree?
vs.
Students are using the best they know to accomplish their objectives.
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Seminar for students on probation who want to change their approach to Purdue.
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Estimating needed performance this semester
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Estimating needed performance this semester
Retake Fs
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Estimating needed performance this semester
Retake Fs
Math attitude
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Estimating current success in courses:
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Estimating current success in courses:
Excel spreadsheet to find current grade
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Estimating current success in courses:
Excel spreadsheet to find current grade
Weekly Course Progress Report
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AGEC 49800-006 Management for SuccessWeekly Course Progress ReportAcademic Progress for week ending____________________________
Name: ______________________________________
Courses:% of time present in class% of time alert in class% of classes with 20 minute note review after class%of classes with 20 minute note review before class% of material understood in lecture% of reading assigned read%of reading time focused%of readings understood% of homework done% of homework understoodMinutes spent with TA or ProfDate of next QuizDate of next ExamHours spent on this class this week
Grade received on Quiz/QuizzesGrades received on homework(s)Grades received on Exam
Course grade to dateCredit hoursPoints
Total PointsTotal Credit HoursSemester index (Total points/Total Credit load)Hours spent sleeping this weekHours spent on coursework (Lecture, studying, etc.)Hours spent working at a job
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Guarantee: You will not flunk out if:
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Guarantee: You will not flunk out if:
a. Come to class
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Guarantee: You will not flunk out if:
a. Come to class
b. Do homework
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Guarantee: You will not flunk out if:
a. Come to class
b. Do homework
c. Tell the truth
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Guarantee: You will not flunk out if:
a. Come to class
b. Do homework
c. Tell the truth
d. Accept and act on our advice
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Assignment—why I am on probation and how that is changing.
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Why this approach is successful:
Students are impressed that we are interested in them, already identified losers.
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Why this approach is successful:
Students find that staff recognize that some courses are miserable.
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Why this approach is successful:
Student recognition that peers are good people, maybe they are too.
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Why this approach is successful:
Students often offer to help others—great for all!
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Why this approach is successful:
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Why this approach is successful:
“You can do anything you really want to do!”
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Why this approach is successful:
“You can do anything you really want to do!”
But it takes effort.
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Why this approach is successful:
“You can do anything you really want to do!”
But it takes effort.
Success is based more on what is done than on what is dreamed.