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Why Old Arguments for Earning a Diploma Don't Resonate With My Students — and Which Ones Will

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In our current educational landscape, you have to either receive a traditional high school diploma or pass the General Educational Development exam to access most postsecondary schooling options, including trade schools and community colleges.

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Teaching Courses that Provoke Student Anxiety

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The pressure to solve problems, answer multiple-choice question, and write essays on an exam scares them. What’s causing the anxiety can be named, students can be encouraged, features of the course that create lots of anxiety can be identified and possibly modified, such as providing some choice as to the value of quizzes and exams.

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Teaching Courses that Provoke Student Anxiety

Faculty Focus

The pressure to solve problems, answer multiple-choice question, and write essays on an exam scares them. What’s causing the anxiety can be named, students can be encouraged, features of the course that create lots of anxiety can be identified and possibly modified, such as providing some choice as to the value of quizzes and exams.

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