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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for all of these helpful replies, this board is so great. During Passover I ask myself, why is the Special Needs board so much more pleasant and helpful than all other dcum boards :-)

DS is at a medium sized college, and according to him he visits his profs/TAs with regularity, both before exams/big papers and afterwards, and they’ve given him general but not nearly as specific feedback on exams (and generally) than that which the humanities prof above explained they would do. The feedback is basically what I indicated, that he clearly knows the material but isn’t applying it or making connections to real world examples, that he isn’t taking what he has learned and analyzing it. This is part of what is concerning about DS’s difficulties - he’s still having them after having discussions with the profs and trying to implement/improve where they say his defecits lie.

He is and always has been an avid reader and follower of news, history, politics, so he isn’t lacking real world context. (In fact, I think that’s part of how he skated through his high school history and social science classes pretty easily.)

He hardly had any writing exposure in mcps, that is true, but usually this problem has been happening on midterm or final exams, which I think are more reading then short answer type questions, vs lengthy research papers.

Also, it sounds like many students at his college are getting close to straight As, so I don’t think this is a case of all the freshmen need to get used to college grading- he’s in the minority and feels very demoralized.

I know it sounds like I’m just shooting down all of your good advice. I promise I’m digesting it and will encourage DS to use any/all of it he finds useful. I did order the referenced book and will encourage DS to use talking points like those encouraged by the professor.

If anyone has more tips on how DS can practice and grow his analytical and application skills, I’d appreciate them.

Thanks again from OP.[/quote]

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