Professor Offers Tips to Help College Students Earn Better Grades

by elaineabadie

Ken Sufka, a University of Mississippi professor of psychology and pharmacology, has nine tips for students in his book, The A Game: Nine Steps to Better Grades. His book shows students that studying in college is not the same as studying in high school.

“For the past two years, we have distributed The A Game to all incoming Provost Scholars,” said Associate Provost Noel Wilkin. “The sensible and useful strategies are important for all students, even those who have been successful in high school. College is a different learning environment than high school and these easy-to-implement tools will be helpful to students who want to be successful in college.”

Sufka wrote the book in order to compile the information he had been giving students for years into a convenient form.

“I saw that students had truly horrible habits in preparing for class or exams, or some had habits that might have been successful in high school, but they weren’t working in college,” said Sufka. “I’ve seen huge gains in exam scores, and I’ve seen grades go from D’s and F’s to A’s and B’s.”

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