Saturday, February 11, 2006

It just happened - Gwendolyn just finished the last web-based test on her Nutrition course.  She is now DONE and very happy that it is over.  Her final average was 97.5%, which "should be good for a A".



This is her progress chart, now complete.  As you can see, she is smiling!


For each of the 22 chapters (652 pages), which were grouped into 12 exams, she had a 7 step process to study as follows:



  1. Pull all material from the course web site

  2. Type up the vocabulary for the chapter and make entries in table of acronyms

  3. Take all of the teacher-provided materials (except lecture) and reformat into G's personal style.  Then print .

  4. Take lecture, put into specially created word template - format using outline styles

  5. Read and highlight chapter, with the outline of the lecture open on the computer.  Augment outline as necessary.  Print.

  6. Review all printed material (i.e. actually study).

  7. Take test...


Each step gets colored in on the "control chart" - exhibit A. - Yellow for "in process", green for "done". Earned value, practices at home.


Congratulations, Gwendolyn!

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