1. What is the difference between high school and college?*
Structure/Freedom
Faculty
Tests
Grades
* Taken from the following website:

2. Structure High School College
You proceed from class to class all day
Your time is structured by others
You may have hours between classes (12-16 hr/wk)
You manage your own time

3. Faculty High school College
Remind you of assignments and due dates
Check you homework
Expect you to understand and follow syllabus
Assume you come to class prepared

4. Tests High School College
Make-up tests are routinely available
Frequent and usually cover small amounts of information (chapter)
Make-ups may not be an option
Tests tend to be infrequent and cumulative

5. Grades High School College
Most assigned work is graded
Extra credit projects are available
Not all work is graded
Generally speaking, extra credit is not available

6. High School College
Structure/freedom
Faculty
Tests
Grades
Other

7. Guiding Principles High School College
Structure- You’re told what to do
Teachers- High School is a teaching environment in which you acquire facts and skills
Tests-You’re expected to reproduce what you were taught
Grades- Effort counts
You’re expected to take responsibility for decisions
College is a learning environment in which you take responsibility for what you have learned
Tests-Mastery is seen as the ability to apply what you’ve learned
Results count

8. First Year Experience/Freshman Seminar Topics
Transition Issues
Acculturation process
Decision Making and Problem Solving
Motivation and Goal-setting
Time Management
Managing Stress
Skills Improvement
Getting the most out of textbooks- (SQ3R)
Note taking and active listening
Decoding Faculty
Test-taking Strategies
Critical thinking and Metacognition

9. Topics Assessment Tools Campus Resources Myers Briggs Type Indicator
Learning Styles Inventory
LASSI-Learning and Study Skills Inventory
Self-Directed Search
Campus Resources
Student Affairs resources
Using the Library
, Windows, and the Internet
Academic advising

10. Topics Student Development Theory
Multiple Intelligences Theory- Howard Gardener
Arthur Chickering’s Seven Vectors of Student Development
William Perry's Theory of Cognitive Development
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives