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More than Grades: Seeing your Student's Character Strengths

It’s about that time in the semester that parents anxiously await grade updates from their college students. Enough of the semester has passed to produce more than a few graded assignments. While professors are, in general, notoriously behind in grading and entering grades into Learning Management Systems, by mid-term, a student should have enough information to make an educated estimate about their progress in a course. Of course, for some students and for some courses, this is encouraging news. For other students and for other courses, the news can be equally discouraging.

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Why I Think College is Hard

I started recommending a new tool for my clients to use as a way for them to test themselves and identify gaps in their knowledge before major tests. It's a cool visual/mind-mapping resource called Coggle. Before I recommend any tool for clients, I try it out to discover what's easy and what might be hard for a new user, so I created a visual representation of what I call "College Success/Becoming a Self-Directed Learner." I like the outcome.

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collegeLynn Palazzo