Previously published by NorLightsPress.com in 2012.
Contents:
Introduction -- Laptop use in class -- Introduction -- Parents -- Parents handling your problems -- Classroom behavior/your peers -- Class jokers -- What other students think and feel -- Distracting classroom behavior (texting!) -- Grades -- Comparing grades with others -- "Getting" grades and working "hard" for your grades -- A zero grade -- Getting the grade you need -- Passing a course after absences -- A do-over -- Extra credit -- Finding out what's on the test -- Managing your assignments/schedule -- Your work ethic -- Asking for help or a review (early!) -- Procrastination -- Late work -- Conflict with work in other classes -- Leaving early or arriving late -- Going over what you missed -- Figuring out if you missed something "important" -- Apologizing -- Dealing with E-mail/social media/technology -- Frequent E-mailing -- Your E-mail address -- Sending angry E-mails -- Sloppy, casual, or unrelated E-mails -- Responding to your professor's E-mails -- Using Facebook/Twitter -- Laptop use in class -- Acknowledgments. Failure of the entire class -- Receiving timely feedback that makes sense -- Challenging a professor -- Going higher -- Professor evaluations -- Teaching style -- Accessing your professor in and out of class -- Learning about a professor ahead of time -- Failure of the entire class -- About the author -- Acknowledgments.
Summary:
"Discover the right words to improve your grades, manage your classes, and build communication skills for life."--Cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.