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How Would You Help This Student?

By Mona Pelkey, United States Military Academy, West Point

The interactive feature "How Would You Help This Student," which highlights case studies, has now moved to the Learning Center Exchange online discussion forum. Check it out by clicking on the link below:

http://www.learningassistance.com/forums/

Marcus is a second-semester freshman, and by anyone's standards, he is a "good" student. He has referred himself to the learning center because he says he needs help in figuring out what he is doing wrong. He reports that he works hard and studies "constantly," but the payoff doesn't seem to be worth the effort. Marcus seems to care (in fact, he says he worries) a lot about his grades, which are pretty good (mostly Bs). Marcus isn't happy, though. He wants more As because he is already thinking about grad school. He says he can't spend any more time studying than he already does, and he seems exhausted and stressed out when he comes to see you.

You ask him if he attended freshman orientation, and he says yes. His transcript indicates that he has already completed the freshman study skills course.

How will you help this student?

Questions or comments? Contact the author at Mona.Pelkey@usma.edu.

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