I’m a sophomore taking AP World History, and my teacher very much sets up the class as if it were a college course (about 2 classes and 3 hours of class time every week – we have block scheduling – one of which is lecturing and the other a quiz or test. We are also expected to read and digest the information ourselves, and without dong that, it’s nearly impossible to get an A or even B in the class.) Despite this, I really enjoy the class, as do most people in it. It’s really helped me buckle-down and learn what works for me when trying to retain information. My friends feel the same way, and we’ve been working to initiate a study group. What are some good locations for this?
OK (at least from my scarce knowledge of how college classes work) the whole assessment-every-week thing isn’t very college class-y, but I really mean the fact that we’re expected to do most of the initial learning ourselves.
It’s great that you’re taking the initiative like this. I’d recommend the school library, public library, coffee house, cafeteria table, hallway, chairs if your school has random furniture on balconies like mine, parks, etc, etc. How do you guys concentrate best?
Are you asking what colleges are like this?