Ben Cox
School: | College of Charleston |
Department: | Mathematics |
Location: | Charleston, SC |
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School: | College of Charleston |
Department: | Mathematics |
Location: | Charleston, SC |
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Exams: The tests were all essay. If you're not a good writer, she recommends using the University Lab. They help out a little. We did quite a bit of reading, too. Some of it was boring.
Homework: No homework was given. If you consider reading homework. The reading tended to be boring. Dr. Cox instructed us to do some research before class about the material we were about to cover in class.
Textbook: The book was cheap online. Other than that we read a few passages from the text. It's a little heavy.
Exams: The tests were graded fairly objectively, although there isn't always agreement over what is a grammatical error. Sometimes she seemed to treat English as more of a science than it actually was.
Homework: One oral presentation, one 5-10 page paper, some take-home exams which were not taken up but were very educational, and readings from the books.
Textbook: The Troyka book is very useful. I didn't use the Weaver book as much.
Exams: She gave all her tests as in-class essays including the final. If you an A test average then your exempt from the final. They were pretty easy for me as long as you understand the readings and take good notes.
Homework: There wasn't really any homework just to read the selected stories she assigns for discussion on the next time you have class.
Textbook: I would recommend getting the book. All the tests are essays on what you read and how you understand it. So if you dont have the book then you wont do well on the tests.
Exams: Dr. Cox graded very fairly, and in the favor of her students. She would write on the test some things that could have improved your essay.
Homework: Research assignments were due almost every class. Just some outside research to prepare you for what we were about to talk about. We just had to print a little info about the topic. They are all on the syllabus given the first day of class so really you could just print it all in one day and be set for the semester.
Homework: one presentation, reading
Textbook: good text...still use it today!
Exams: The tests were sort of difficult because you really don't know what she wants you to write. If you don't answer the question the way she wants you to, its wrong And the grading is confusing because she just puts letter grades on the paper and doesn't give an explanation about why you got this grade
Homework: The homework was reading the assigned materials and printing info about the authors.
Textbook: It was helpful and you definately need it.
Exams: The tests were very easy. She would give 2 passages from whatever story or poem that we covered in class since the last test, and we'd basically reiterate what was discussed in class.
Homework: Reading mostly, but it wasn't ever a big deal. We would also go over the reading in calss.
Textbook: She does use the text, and most of the definitions come straight from the book.
Exams: Pretty fair. Just involved responding to a passage or question in essay form. She gives you the whole period and is lenient if you are a slow writer.
Homework: She occasionally required a little reading and/or looking up information on an author.
Textbook: The book is pretty much your standard college level literature book. Nothing really more can be said.
Exams: The final consisted of 30 grammatically incorrect sentences which you had to correct.
Homework: review english grammar... sometimes some reading!
Textbook: We used 2 textbooks. the troyka handbook and a teaching grammar book. the troyka handbook was very useful, but the teaching grammar book was hardly ever used.
Exams: the tests were actually pretty easy b/c dr. cox lets you know exactly what she wants on the tests and goes over every little detail she wants to include.
Homework: a little bit a reading every now and then but nothing over 10 pages a night and a coulple of assignments of printing information off the internet
Exams: The more you write the better your grade. So be prepared for writer's cramp. But, when she grades she will mark off for fragments and other grammar errors. And we had to write a paper 7-10 pages for our final.
Homework: It was a lot of reading. And answering questions about the material. Be prepared to READ A LOT!!!
Textbook: We used the book and the Bible together in class. But, make sure you have the correct Bible.
Exams: We never knew the grade we made on our finals
Homework: READING articles from the book.
Exams: Our midterm was a short essay test or about four questions, the only other graded assignment was our final which was a 7-10 page essay
Homework: Reading from the Bible and a small textbook
Textbook: It was a helpful textbook and I recommend having it, but its not necessary to the course; however, be sure to have a Bible and that its the right translation.
Exams: cox teaches the lit the way she interprets it. if you analyze and interpret the lit any other way, it will be counted wrong on the tests and papers. even if you have adequate support for your conclusions, if you don't spew back whatever she said from class, it's wrong.
Homework: one or two papers, answer questions from end of stories. the usual for english.
Textbook: it's a regular english textbook. weighs a thousand pounds, has a bunch of lit and a bunch of analysis questions.
Exams: I gave a presentation (i worked very hard on it) and she gave me a C. I don't care that much about getting a C if i know that i didn't do the work, but i honestly did. Others that she seemed to like more or were of a minority group could get away with incorrect english and what seemed to me to be a presentation that was thrown together. Her final is not very hard (common sense stuff), but she did not teach the stuff that was on there.
Homework: No homework, except for the research for the presentation.
Textbook: you are forced to regurgitate the horribly boring and hard to understand information in one of texts in the form of summaries. The other book is actually useful and i intend to keep it.
Exams: The test had absolutely nothing to do with what was taught!
Textbook: YOu had to buy it to do the chapter summaries, but you can do that in a day adn then return the book so you don't have to pay for it.
Exams: Very subjective in her grading in my opinion.
Homework: There was one paper and one classroom project where we had to research and "teach" a subject in grammar.
Textbook: There were two textbooks. One we used - the English handbook was very helpful and I'll be keeping mine to use later. The other was rubbish. Thankfully we didn't have to use it much. It was wasted money.
Exams: The tests basically test your comprehension of certain poems and stories you read over the course of the semester. Very easy if you use alot of literary terms and define certain aspects of the stories or poems to show your overall comprehension. She grades fair, and is very understanding.
Homework: Usually optional out of class assignments that were very easy. You didn't get a grade on most of them, just that you did them helps your overall grade. If you lack a few points to a better grade, say you have a 88 or 89, she would up it to an A depending on your class participation.
NOTE: if you don't like poetry or have trouble writing essays about it, she will change that for you very quick. She explains them very well and makes it easy to write 2-3 pages over a 4 line poem.
Textbook: We used the text book every day and it is important to take all the notes you can because it helps alot on exams.
Exams: The tests were explications of stories and poetry we read during the semester. They are short excerpts taken from the story or poem and you are to the best of your ability, analyze what you interpreted from the particular assignment.
Homework: Reading and out of class writing.
Textbook: Our class used the textbook nearly every time the class met.
Homework: some reading
Textbook: Waste of money.