In High School ... |
At College... |
| You can count on parents and teachers to remind you of your resopnsibilities and to guide you in setting priorities. |
You will be faced with a large number of moral and ethical decisions you have not had to face previously. You must balance your own responsibilities and set priorities. |
| Most of your classes are arranged for you. |
You arrange your own schedule in consultation with your academic advisor. Schedules tend to look lighter than they really are. |
| Teachers carefully monitor class attendance. |
Instructors may not formally take roll, but are likely to know if you attend. |
| Teachers check your completed homework. |
Instructors may not always check your completed homework, but assume you can perform the same tasks on tests. |
| Teachers remind you of your incomplete work. |
Insructors expect you to complete and turn in all assignments by the due date and may not remind you of incomplete or missing assignments. |
| Teachers approach you if they believe you need assistance. |
Instructors are usually open and helpful, but most expect you to initiate contact if you need assistance. |
| Teachers are directly responsible for providing you with all the information you require to successfully complete the course. |
Instructors are there to facilitate your learning experience, but the responsibility for synthesizing and learning the material rests with you. |
| You will usually be told in class what you need to learn from assigned readings. |
It is up to you to read the assigned material before class starts. The instructors expect you to have questions prepared if you do not understand it. |
| Mastery is usually seen as the ability to reproduce what you were taught or to solve the kinds of problems you were shown how to solve. |
Mastery is often seen as the ability to apply what you learn to new situations or to solve new kinds of problems. |
| Consistently good homework grades may help raise your overall grade when test scores are low. |
Grades on tests and major papers usually provide most of the course grade. |
| You may graduate as long as you have passed all required courses with a grade of D or higher. |
You may graduate only if your average in classes meets the departmental standard - typically a 2.0 or C average. |
| "Effort counts." Courses are usually structured to reward a "good faith effort." |
"Results count." Though a "good faith effort" is important, it will not substitute for results in the grading process. |
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