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The College Fear Factor : How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another / / Rebecca D. Cox.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674035485
  • 9780674053663
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/98019
LOC classification:
  • LB2328 .C77 2009
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Today's College Students -- Part 1. Students -- Chapter 2. The Student Fear Factor -- Chapter 3. Student Aspirations -- Chapter 4. "How is that Helping Us ?" -- Part 2. Classroom Dynamics -- Chapter 5. College Teaching -- Chapter 6. Professors Who "Come Down to Our Level" -- Part 3. Gatekeeping -- Chapter 7. Academic Literacies -- Chapter 8. Reimagining College from the Inside Out -- Appendix: The Research Studies -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Rebecca D. Cox draws on five years of interviews and observations at community colleges, where she shows how students and their instructors misunderstand and ultimately fail one another, despite good intentions. Eye-opening even for experienced faculty and administrators, The College Fear Factor reveals how the traditional college culture can actually pose obstacles to students' success, and suggests strategies for effectively explaining academic expectations.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674053663

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Today's College Students -- Part 1. Students -- Chapter 2. The Student Fear Factor -- Chapter 3. Student Aspirations -- Chapter 4. "How is that Helping Us ?" -- Part 2. Classroom Dynamics -- Chapter 5. College Teaching -- Chapter 6. Professors Who "Come Down to Our Level" -- Part 3. Gatekeeping -- Chapter 7. Academic Literacies -- Chapter 8. Reimagining College from the Inside Out -- Appendix: The Research Studies -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Rebecca D. Cox draws on five years of interviews and observations at community colleges, where she shows how students and their instructors misunderstand and ultimately fail one another, despite good intentions. Eye-opening even for experienced faculty and administrators, The College Fear Factor reveals how the traditional college culture can actually pose obstacles to students' success, and suggests strategies for effectively explaining academic expectations.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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