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Pre-Reading Activity

Pre-Reading Activity. “Think about how ready you were for college . Do you believe you were prepared or unprepared? Why or why not? ”. The Poll. Conley Excerpt. Read the Introduction on pages 5 -7.

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Pre-Reading Activity

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  1. Pre-Reading Activity “Think about how ready you were for college. Do you believe you were prepared or unprepared? Why or why not?”

  2. The Poll

  3. Conley Excerpt • Read the Introduction on pages 5-7. • As you read, consider how your own experience as a college freshman relates to the definition of college readiness in the reading. • Write a statement pointing out specific examples from the definition of college readiness where you feel you were adequately prepared and where you feel you were underprepared.

  4. Speed Dating • Instructions: • Find the person in the room with the same number card as you. Sit across from each other. • People with a diamond card should sit on the inside of the square. Those with spades should sit on the outside of the square.

  5. First Date • “Studies describe the need for studentsto understand how to apply to college, how to manage financial aid issues, and, perhaps most importantly, how to adjust to college once they arrive” (p.5). • How did you know how to apply to college? • How have you learned to manage financial aid issues? • What did you know about adjustment to college life before you got here? Who taught you?

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  9. Second Date • “[General education] ‘gateway’ courses restrict access to majors and also tend to ‘weed out’ students who are incapable of succeeding in them. Failure rates in some of these courses approach 50 percent…” (p. 11). • Do you think you are having any experiences with a “weed out” course? • A popular belief in higher education is that students who do not succeed in general education courses do not “belong” in college. What is your response to this statement?

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  13. Third Date • “Writing may be by far the single academic skill most closely associated with college success” (p. 5). • Why do you think that writing is so closely associated with college success? • What do you need to do to improve your writing skills so that you can be more successful in college?

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  17. Fourth Date • All [of the skills associated with college success] require high degrees of self-awareness and intentionality on the part of students as they enter college” (p. 5). • Why do you think self-awareness is important for college success? • What drives your intention to finish college?

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  21. The Poll

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