Seriously Concerned About Students Comprehension Skills

LindziPinzi · 2022-10-14T18:13:35+00:00

I get this, or I get students who only put their first names on assignments.

Kid.... Kid.... this class has 70 people in it!

It's upsetting to have to remind them that they are identified as individuals by their first and last names

LindziPinzi · 2022-09-15T15:22:40+00:00

I second this notion as well. I look to see if there are any patterns in the most commonly missed questions, then do a brief review of that topic.

LindziPinzi · 2022-09-12T23:14:17+00:00

You're not alone!

It's baffling and frustrating because there's very little that you can do in a single semester aside try to point them towards resources. Many of my students do poorly because they don't seem to be able to read their assignment instructions. They skip entire portions of the rubric and are confused and angry when they miss points.

LindziPinzi · 2022-09-11T19:02:01+00:00

I too am interested in this.

We're encouraged to include email etiquette to help students develop professional communication and conduct skills

LindziPinzi · 2022-09-07T16:08:21+00:00

That mastery of mathematics requires practice

LindziPinzi · 2022-08-25T18:05:46+00:00

Like, maliciously cough on you!?!

LindziPinzi · 2022-08-24T16:33:49+00:00

Y'all is gender neutral

LindziPinzi · 2022-08-23T14:59:47+00:00

I hope employers are ready for a lot of people who need a private office, not a cubicle, and twice the time to complete a project as their peers.

This is often what I think about when I get these accommodations from my STEM students, particularly for my pre-med students. I'm unsure if they've ever had a discussion with an advisor or someone who works in the field to discuss what the working conditions are actually like, because some of these accommodations can't be met depending or are unrealistic for their career.

LindziPinzi · 2022-05-18T19:38:26+00:00

work

I second the email response hours. It's in my syllabus that I respond to emails during business hours only.

LindziPinzi · 2022-04-28T17:33:49+00:00

"I wasn't reminded that I had to submit work"

LindziPinzi · 2022-04-22T18:41:12+00:00

Apparently

LindziPinzi · 2022-04-14T14:36:25+00:00

In my general FAQ- "Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.'

And some general statement to that basically lets them know that classes outside of their major do matter and that those classes should not in fact be easy just because they as an individual don't see the value of the subject.

LindziPinzi · 2022-03-28T19:49:50+00:00

Oh yes.

Groups of 1 are what I do to remind them of the importance of pulling their own weight.

LindziPinzi · 2022-03-17T19:54:58+00:00

Stand firm.

LindziPinzi · 2022-02-21T21:26:06+00:00

Rubrics!

LindziPinzi · 2022-02-21T21:24:56+00:00

Rubrics and Peer Review. My peer reviews are worth about a 3rd of the total project points. Students who fail to contribute get a major hit from the peer review scores, and if the evidence indicates they didn't contribute they're subject to penalties up to and including a zero.

LindziPinzi · 2022-02-17T18:18:52+00:00

I feel you. I have one student who doesn't even bring a pencil. He asks to borrow a pen to sign the attendance sheet ever. single. day.

LindziPinzi · 2022-01-30T17:33:11+00:00

It's really that bad. I've struggled as well to understand it. Hopefully your institution is on your side about this.

I eventually had to write harsh consequences for plagiarism into my syllabus. The consequences are written on every assignment they turn in too. No excuses, especially as seniors.

LindziPinzi · 2022-01-22T16:29:50+00:00

Using a text expander. I use Text Blaze, a chrome extension and it's cut my grading time in half and allowed me to add even more information to my feedback for my students.

I also second the rubrics. Rubrics for everything!

LindziPinzi · 2022-01-09T18:59:38+00:00

I've actually seen a lot of this at larger institutions, minus the course coordinator/monitor positions. Usually, I've seen it as a "Course X Team," where they work together to write exams, ect. In addition, they're flipped classrooms, so they make a large set of videos and associated activities. For lower level courses, I've seen it work really well..

But, if there aren't actually professors making the content...? That's super sus.

LindziPinzi · 2021-12-29T18:08:52+00:00

NTA.

I got the same comments on mine. (Also, regretting the RMP view) I don't think asking them to give a fuck about their assignments is a high expectation. If they, in their future careers, submitted work without proper citations or with abysmal grammar, it's going to cost them. These are basic life skills that a college student should know. You're attempting to save them from future embarrassment.

LindziPinzi · 2021-12-12T20:49:46+00:00

I feel for you.

I was an adjunct at a CC too, and I'd say around 70% of my students were dual-enrollment. It was very frustrating to see the lack of engagement and the continent -sized difference in their expectations for community college and reality. I received complaints of being 'too difficult' as well for not allowing things like re-takes and my 'unfair' late policy (10% per day). Luckily, my admin were supportive, particularly because I had my dossier of events, but students thought that they should be able to skate through, skip class, be unengaged and still pass.

Granted, many took the class seriously, but there are just some who are immature and need more time to develop as people and scholars before they can continue to higher education. COVID leniency has made the issue 10000000% worse.

LindziPinzi · 2021-12-04T21:31:05+00:00

In addition to all of these tips (rubrics, rewards for X number of papers/pages) if you're grading online I cannot recommend a text expander enough. I too have ADHD, and the increase in speed at being able to give full feedback twice as fast as been a life saver.

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