Academic Support
Services
Instructional Services
Workshops
Instructional Services
offers a variety of workshops to complement students’
coursework and studies. Topics are developed in response to student
and faculty requests. Most workshops are one to two hours in length
and are scheduled in weekday and weekend timeframes. These “Successful
Student Workshops” offer different topics each semester. Examples
include:
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Time Management
Strategies
- Note Taking and Overcoming Assessment Anxiety
- Speaking with Style
- I’m in Control: Strategies for Making Research
Papers Manageable
- Sweaty Palm Syndrome: Overcoming Speaking Anxiety
- Graphing with Excel
In addition, students majoring in education register
for two seminars designed to assist them in preparing for tests
required by the Department of Public Instruction for teacher certification.
PST 029 PPST Preparation Seminar
The student learns strategies and reviews content relevant to the
abilities required for the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST).
Through discussion and practice, students are introduced to the
PPST formats, the skills tested, and the types of questions used.
They analyze their strengths and weaknesses in reading, writing,
and math and prepare for the test by learning test-taking strategies
and taking a practice test. This seminar begins the process of essential
preparation and provides the student with the opportunity to devise
a personal plan for further preparation.
PST 329 PRAXIS II Preparation Seminar
The student learns strategies
and reviews content relevant to the abilities required on the PRAXIS
II Subject Assessments, a state requirement for teacher certification.
Through discussion, practice, and content review, students are introduced
to the multiple choice test format and appropriate strategies for
addressing content specific questions. Students complete practice
tests, analyze their errors, and develop a plan for further preparation.
Further, students planning to pursue post-graduate
work can enroll in the following seminar designed to help them prepare
for graduate and professional school examinations.
PP 250 GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL
EXAM PREPARATION SEMINAR
The student learns how to prepare for graduate and professional
school examinations (GRE, DAT, MCAT, PCAT,
LSAT, and GMAT)Through taking the appropriate tests as practice
and preparation, students are introduced to objective test-taking
strategies and provided with an overview of analytical and logical
reasoning skills. Individual sessions review reading, writing, and
quantitative content areas. A final session considers individual
discipline areas in the sciences and in areas specific to taking
the LSTAT or GMAT.
For more information, call 414-382-6016, 800-933-3401
or e-mail Instructionalservices@alverno.edu
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