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Originally Posted by Lightdemon  Generally, in my experience, most students tend to favor professors who explain what their expectations are, what will be on the test, etc.
The first thing that most college students, me included, look for in a class is how to pass the midterm and final. At the first meeting of class, the typical questions are: Is the Final cumulative? Is it multiple choice? Will there be an essay question? Will we be graded on a curve? etc. The content of the class isn't really all that important it seems. What's important is how to get an A.
In classes that tend not to be "easy" are those in that do not have specific answers to certain questions. This leads students to an unfamiliar way of taking notes, as well as having difficulty finding answers to very generalized questions. Such classes generally requires one to give a speech or an explaination or an essay, instead of multiple choice or fill in the blanks type exams.
Do you find this generally to be true among college students? |
Yes, and it's even more true the worse the instructor is. However if the instructor is very passionate about the content and presents a good lecture that is both entertaining and informative driving the student to want to dwell deeper into the topic these become less important.