Human Growth and Development Course

LKG6 · Oct 12, 2005

Just got 1st test back yesterday, scored a 94 before the curve, so off to a good start. We finished up infancy in lecture last night so will be on to preschool years next week, yay!

The same here!

I got 94% on the first test.

Katie

arciedee · Oct 12, 2005

The same here!
I got 94% on the first test.
Katie

Congrats! :balloons:

J-9TylerTexas · Oct 12, 2005

Doing well in this class and took the second test today, but, I gotta get some of these papers due outta the way. I need to do 3 papers for Pysch, 3 for Human Growth and Dev, 1 for Govt, and research paper for Engl Lit. :rolleyes:

J-9

jaysma · Oct 13, 2005

I'm still here. We're studying chapters 7,8,9 & 10 for a test next week.

Our term papers can be turned in early at the end of the month. I decided to write on Grandparents raising their Grandchildren. I'm almost done with my rough draft. Fun, fun :rolleyes:

kayel · Oct 13, 2005

I'm still here!! I had a frustrating study-time in the last few days for the midterm today, which turned out to be seemingly easy. I have no idea how I did .. and I wanted to post here beforehand but I've just been feeling stupid, anxious and frustrated about the whole test thing.

Glad I got my first-test jitters out of the way and that I can breathe easier until next week when we get the marks back and have to start the heavy-reading again lol.

Good job, you guys, on all your tests you've been taking!! That's awesome!!

arciedee · Oct 14, 2005

I'm still here!! I had a frustrating study-time in the last few days for the midterm today, which turned out to be seemingly easy. I have no idea how I did .. and I wanted to post here beforehand but I've just been feeling stupid, anxious and frustrated about the whole test thing.
Glad I got my first-test jitters out of the way and that I can breathe easier until next week when we get the marks back and have to start the heavy-reading again lol.
Good job, you guys, on all your tests you've been taking!! That's awesome!!

Karen, I'm sure you did great. Those first test jitters can get to ya, though! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you

CapeCoralNurse2be · Oct 14, 2005

I'm taking this class too, via telecourse. I started it at the end of August. I got a 100% on my first test, and I just took test #2 yesterday and feel like I aced it as well. Pretty interesting course. It's especially interesting doing the chapters that involve the childhood stages that my own kids are in. I have a 3 year old and a 7 1/2 year old.

Marie

stpauligirl · Oct 14, 2005

hiyah
I'm taking this course this semester, doing it as a telecourse through my college, so I have a study guide, textbook, and some dvd's to watch, then I schedule my tests at the college whenever I'm ready to take them. I have the same textbook someone else mentioned, "The Developing Person Through the Life Span", by Kathleen S. Berger. I think the absolute best part of this course is the telecourse study guide that goes with it, because it really hits on all the key points I find I might overlook through the reading. This textbook is also well done I think.
Sounds like you guys have more interesting projects than I do though, I just have some papers I have to write on selected topics (like autism or child neglect). Quite a fascinating class though! To study I take all the key questions of the chapt from the study guide and write out essay type answers with all the pertinent terms defined, then do the quiz questions and note any further points I might have missed in my "essay" answer. Am getting an A in the course but I may be overstudying 'cause I find I'm putting in a lot of hours per test.
J-9

I might consider taking this class in this matter, one of my fellow A&P student has done it. Beats having to battle traffic, and it's great for mothers!

Maybe I'll do this one during the next summer session! I've taken Intro to Psych and Sociology....is the class in the same category of difficulty ( I didn't have any problems making A's in both)?

Your input is greatly appreciated

arciedee · Oct 14, 2005

I might consider taking this class in this matter, one of my fellow A&P student has done it. Beats having to battle traffic, and it's great for mothers!
Maybe I'll do this one during the next summer session! I've taken Intro to Psych and Sociology....is the class in the same category of difficulty ( I didn't have any problems making A's in both)?
Your input is greatly appreciated

I haven't taken sociology, but I think growth & development is probably about the same difficulty as intro psych. In fact we talk about a lot of the same people (Freud, Erikson, Piaget, etc.). And I find it to be a bit more interesting than intro. Good luck!

stpauligirl · Oct 14, 2005

I haven't taken sociology, but I think growth & development is probably about the same difficulty as intro psych. In fact we talk about a lot of the same people (Freud, Erikson, Piaget, etc.). And I find it to be a bit more interesting than intro. Good luck!

thanks, if it's more interesting that's so much better! Intro to Psych was rather dry:(

Sociology was a bit more interesting than Psych also....I had a very lively teacher which helped!

kayel · Oct 18, 2005

Well!!! Speechless (ha, I know, it hasn't happened before).

Here is the scene from HGD class today:

I come in, sit at one of the tables and chat with my friend, mainly about my little ducky that my son gave me to bring to school for my birthday (LOL). The teacher comes in and posts the marks from our midterm on Thursday. The people crowd up to see. My friend can not find her student number or mark -- the best she can see is a student number jumbled with the same numbers. Yeesh.

My mark is the third from the top, with my ancient student number. 88%. "Hmm," I think, "Rats, not as high as I wanted but likely better than I feared." Then I scan the other marks and discover it was the highest, with only three others in the 80's, many in the 70's, 60's, 50's and even a couple in the 40's.

I go back to my seat, feeling a little better about my mark than when I first saw it but SHOCKED that the marks were generally so low. The test was very ... not exactly hard .. but confusing/vague ... I dunno. I am glad that I managed to get the right answers but how much was chance and I still have an uneasy feeling about this course. Meanwhile, my poor friend still doesn't know what mark she got. We are getting the papers back on Thursday and going through the correct answers, which is good at least!

I am sooo glad, on the other hand, that I'm through my first test after nineteen years with a decent mark!! I can do this!! It made a nice little birthday surprise for me!!

Catsmeow · Oct 18, 2005

hehe, wtg on the good marks! :) :balloons: Wonder what the heck is going on with all those other low marks... hope the teacher writes ya all a better test next time. :madface: