Online College Degree Guide | Midterm Exam
Most underachievers and crammers study their class syllabus more than any other document handed out in class throughout the semester. They want to know what percentage of their grade will be determined by each exam, quiz, and paper.
Almost immediately, these students begin calculating and recalculating the lowest grade they need in each area to achieve their goals and to "get by." Throughout the semester, students tend to recalculate "what they'll need on the final" based on their prior performances...in order to make sure they can just get by.
Surely no one is COMFORTABLE with these feelings though? Here again: Wouldn't it be great to psyche yourself to ELIMINATE those tensions that endure throughout the semester and only get worse and worse as finals draw nearer?!? As above, we are not going to even try to dramatically reshape your habits in one guide...BUT..what if you could keep the same rough tactics...analyzing and reanalyzing your potential final grades...planning how to "get by"--but you could make ONE CHANGE and get through the semester with less stress? The answer is ridiculously simple!: Even if it's "worth" a smaller percentage of your grade, PLAN FOR THE MID-TERM AS THOUGH IT WERE THE FINAL.
Psyche yourself to believe the MID-TERM [or each mid-semester quiz/exam] is THE MOST IMPORTANT factor in determining your final grade.
Put all of your emphasis there.
Once again, you'll be building a stronger FOUNDATION.
The effect will be twofold: 1) to at least some degree, you'll improve your grade early on in the semester leaving less to chance and 2) you'll most likely even perform better on the final because you will have learned the mid-semester material better AND because you will take that last exam with less stress & anxiety-- knowing you've already earned a respectable position in the grading curve to date! In a way it's sort of like a bowling psychology: Some bowlers are more likely to roll strikes and spares in the latter frames of the game when they've already done well in the first few frames.
Early achievement boosts their confidence and motivates better play.
A bowler who turns negative and "feels the game is lost" simply because they didn't do "that well" in the first few frames...probably will not do much better in the last few frames.
Get yourself OFF to a good start with your heels dug well into the new semester...and you should have a far better chance of withstanding anything that comes your way around final exam time...and, of holding your ground!
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