Hi Jetaun,
I was looking at my midterms grades over spring break and was sort of surprised to see that I had a B in Moreau this semester. I've looked over my individual grades and thought about my effort and performance and was hoping we could discuss them.
I understand the 130/150 for integration, as I did forget to attach the media aspects for the prompts. I, however, was more surprised by my participation grade. Last semester, I was definitely more active in class discussions and thinking back it was likely for a few reasons.
Firstly, I was generally more comfortable with the students in my class. In my section last semester, there was a fairly even mix of people from all the dorms on mod quad, and I was friends or acquaintances …show more content…
I would say I do the coursework 80 to 90 percent of the time, and regarding the material I do read and watch, I would say that I put a serious effort into understanding that content. As for the weekly responses, I conscientiously try to integrate the coursework and my reflection and I see that reflected in my weekly response grades. In my class last semester, we managed to go over and reflect on the coursework, but I feel that our discussions were more "organic". I believe that we stayed on topic (mostly) but instead of trying to dig through the readings/videos, we related their general themes to current issues we were facing on campus. Instead of directly asking us questions, my instructor often prepared powerpoints with additional articles, videos, and series of questions which we usually broke up into small groups to discuss. I completely understand that was an extra effort she took on her part, but I do believe that it allowed for us to engage more deeply in discussion and focus more on the issues that we personally found most relevant and relatable. We would then regather and share our thoughts collectively afterwards. [As a side note-- earlier in the semester, I was at a talk by Paul Manrique, the Co-Director of the Moreau First Year Experience, and he explained that one of the greatest difficulties was consistency amongst the difficultly of the coursework, but I also see the same issue across the different sections. I completely understand that it is impossible to make every class the same especially with so many different instructors and students, but I think it is possible to make each section better with constructive feedback, which Mr. Manrique also explained.] I believe that approach was successful because it was extremely engaging, it gave us additional material to reflect on (not just the coursework
I was looking at my midterms grades over spring break and was sort of surprised to see that I had a B in Moreau this semester. I've looked over my individual grades and thought about my effort and performance and was hoping we could discuss them.
I understand the 130/150 for integration, as I did forget to attach the media aspects for the prompts. I, however, was more surprised by my participation grade. Last semester, I was definitely more active in class discussions and thinking back it was likely for a few reasons.
Firstly, I was generally more comfortable with the students in my class. In my section last semester, there was a fairly even mix of people from all the dorms on mod quad, and I was friends or acquaintances …show more content…
I would say I do the coursework 80 to 90 percent of the time, and regarding the material I do read and watch, I would say that I put a serious effort into understanding that content. As for the weekly responses, I conscientiously try to integrate the coursework and my reflection and I see that reflected in my weekly response grades. In my class last semester, we managed to go over and reflect on the coursework, but I feel that our discussions were more "organic". I believe that we stayed on topic (mostly) but instead of trying to dig through the readings/videos, we related their general themes to current issues we were facing on campus. Instead of directly asking us questions, my instructor often prepared powerpoints with additional articles, videos, and series of questions which we usually broke up into small groups to discuss. I completely understand that was an extra effort she took on her part, but I do believe that it allowed for us to engage more deeply in discussion and focus more on the issues that we personally found most relevant and relatable. We would then regather and share our thoughts collectively afterwards. [As a side note-- earlier in the semester, I was at a talk by Paul Manrique, the Co-Director of the Moreau First Year Experience, and he explained that one of the greatest difficulties was consistency amongst the difficultly of the coursework, but I also see the same issue across the different sections. I completely understand that it is impossible to make every class the same especially with so many different instructors and students, but I think it is possible to make each section better with constructive feedback, which Mr. Manrique also explained.] I believe that approach was successful because it was extremely engaging, it gave us additional material to reflect on (not just the coursework