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| Professors' Guide to Getting Good Grades in College |  | Authors: Lynn F. Jacobs, Jeremy S. Hyman
Publisher: Collins Reference
Category: Book
List Price: $15.99
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 1
ISBN: 0060879084
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.1703281
EAN: 9780060879082
ASIN: 0060879084
Publication Date: July 1, 2006
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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.
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 GREAT, CONCISE ADVICE FROM INSIDERS August 7, 2006
David Chappell
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
Why didn't anybody think of this before? There are dozens of guides on how to get into college, but the publishing world has left millions marooned there once they get in. And it can be quite bewildering. Finally, these two extremely well informed and clear-headed professors have demystified the art of staying in college and doing well there. Once, such advice was available only to a lucky and privileged few with personal or family ties to faculty members. Too many bright and capable students figure out how to do well over four years--they only learn the ropes by the time it's too late. Their overall college record suffers unnecessarily because nobody bothers to tell them what this book finally makes clear is so simple and straightforward. In particular, this book's advice on writing papers will give its readers a huge advantage, and get them on track to success in college right from the start. The authors know all the tricks of the trade and explain them clearly without any intimidating jargon or preaching. They want you to do well and lay out the path toward doing well step by step. You could not spend your money more wisely at the start of your college career than on this book--I only wish it had been available earlier. I have been teaching college at a major state university for l4 years--I will recommend this book to my students, which will save them-- and me--a lot of time and unnecessary grief.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too October 21, 2006
TeensReadToo.com (All Over the US & Canada)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Perfect for those already in college, those getting ready to attend a university, or even teens who are beginning to think about which college they'd like to attend, the PROFESSORS' GUIDE TO GETTING GOOD GRADES IN COLLEGE is a must-have! This is a book filled not just with advice, but with actual facts on how to take good notes during a lecture, how
professors grade papers, and even how to prepare for tests and exams.
The book is broken down into five parts, with additional chapters in each:
Part 1: The Start--10 Common Myths About Grades in College; How Do Professors Grade, Anyway?; and FAQs About Picking Courses with an Eye to Grades.
Part 2: The Class--Your Action Plan for the First Week of Class; Top 10 Tips for Taking Excellent Lecture Notes; and Why Prepare? Why Attend? Why Participate?
Part 3: The Exam--13 Best Ideas for A+ Test-Preparation; Acing Exams by Adjusting Your Attitudes; and The Hidden Value in Going Over Your Test.
Part 4 The Paper--Understanding the Assignment; Doing the Analysis, Doing the Research; Do's and Don't's for Going to See the Professor; and Top 10 Tips for Constructing the Perfect Paper.
Part 5: The Last Month--The 4 Hazards of the Last Month of the Semester; and 17 Strategies for Acing the Final.
With great mini-quizzes, notes from visiting professors, and checklists to keep track of your strategies, this is a book perfect for any older teen. If everyone had a copy of the PROFESSORS' GUIDE TO GETTING GOOD GRADES IN COLLEGE before setting off for that first semester, college would be a whole lot less stressful!
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
How to do college December 19, 2006
Edwin McCann (Los Angeles, CA USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
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.)
I am living proof that this book works like a charm! August 14, 2008
Brainiac_Spook (Waverly, IA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
great. July 15, 2008
Bartholome J. Iliya (Philadelphia,PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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
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