COUNS-120 Ch 7 Case Study Quiz
Which strategy outside the classroom would you suggest for Rita? Explore either taking a lighter workload or cutting back some work hours. Move out of her parents' house. Meet with her instructors and plead with them to give her a break on the participation portion of her grade. Quit her job.
Explore either taking a lighter workload or cutting back some work hours. Correct. Rita is too tired during her long evening classes after a full work day to participate and her grades will likely suffer as a result. If she could cut back on either school or work hours, she might have a better chance for success.
Rita has recently returned to college and started taking night classes. After high school, she started working full time in a law firm to make money, gain experience, and see if she would be interested in pursuing law school. She works full time during the day and lives at home with her parents. Rita's night classes are long, and she is usually very tired from her workday when she gets there. All Rita can seem to do is sit back in her lectures and take notes. She feels too tired to ask questions and participate in class activities. She knows that class participation counts for 20 percent of her grade in one class. Rita knows she can pass the class with at least a C by doing this, but it is not her best effort. She is trying to get good grades now so that when she applies to law school, she will have a competitive GPA. Rita wants to get As in her classes. What is NOT one of Rita's challenges in this situation? She lives at home with her parents. Her night classes are long. Rita works full time during the day. She wants to get all As in her classes
She lives at home with her parents. Correct. The fact that Rita lives at home with her parents is irrelevant. It is not one of the challenges she is facing.
What strategies should Rita NOT use in the classroom? To stay focused, listen only to facts and figures, not broader concepts or ideas. Take a seat close to the front of the class. Do the assigned reading. Warm up for class by reviewing chapter introductions and summaries, referring to related sections in her text, and scanning her notes from the last class.
To stay focused, listen only to facts and figures, not broader concepts or ideas. Correct. Although facts and figures are important, they will be easier to remember and will make more sense when you can place them in a context of concepts, themes and ideas.