Showing posts with label Higher education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Higher education. Show all posts

Remedial Classes for Nontraditional Students

Are you taking remedial classes?

Some students worry about taking remedial, or "catch-up" classes. But they may be required to take them because of a test score. Don't worry. taking a remedial class is really a good thing. You get to refresh your skills and become better prepared than (maybe) some other students in higher classes.

I took a remedial math class (099) in college. I was glad, too. For the first time, I could understand what was going on with formulas and algebra. I can't say it was really FUN, but I felt like I accomplished something by the end of the class. The teacher was great, and explained everything step by step.

And you may already know that getting a lower score on one or more subjects does NOT mean that you will be a low achiever or have a low IQ. You may have stupendous scores in other areas. Having to take a remedial class just means that at one point or another, you missed learning a step or concept, and needed extra help that you just have not gotten so far.

Today's students often can access extra help and bring their skills in every subject up to par early, before they go on to higher education. But if this did not happen for you, you CAN catch up and start with all the skills and knowledge you need to take a high level class.

Learn more:
A College Boards site article: Are There Remedial Courses in Your Future?
From WiseGeek: What are Remedial Classes?
Study: More College Students need Remedial Classes (from CBS Minnesota)

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New Information and Links from the Nontrad Twibe

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Are you on Twitter? You can join the Nontrad Twibe there. This is a nontraditional student interest group. From there you can find Twitter postings of interest to nontraditional students of all ages.

Here are some recent postings from the Nontrad Twibe:

SophieMaddox: Exclusive Scholarships for Stay at Home Moms Going Back to College ...: With the scholarships ... http://bit.ly/bjLy4N www.sophiemaddox.com
 
SophieMaddox: program $ 10000 Obama's Science allows mothers to go to college ...: With a college education,... http://bit.ly/cZqBOU www.sophiemaddox.com
 
JeannetteMarie: RT @Comm_College: RT @aacu: Excellent article on the ridiculous frenzy to speed up college students’ time to degree: http://bit.ly/9G66yC
 
drwetzel: How is Continuing Education Evolving http://shar.es/mGSLh #in
 
NortheasternCPS: The amount of time college students spent studying fell from 40 hours per week in 1960 to 27 hours per week in 2003 http://n.pr/c5EZaO
 
CourseAdvisor: RT @jlwill: How Facebook Can Jeopardize Your Chances of Being Accepted to College | Online Degree Finder: http://bit.ly/dDdVo7
 
CourseAdvisor: 10 Tips to Help Pay for College http://bit.ly/b38ys6
 
ScholarBuysWeb: RT @rrodgers: Mashable: 6 science teaching websites-->http://bit.ly/aJSMWI #scholarbuys
 
There are even more great articles and links at the Twibe site:

Nontraditionally Yours,
-Betsyanne
Some of my links!
The Nontrad site and blog
The Betsyanne page and blog
My Squidoo Pages and referral

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