Manage Your Course Effectively

Successful completion of Family Studies 10–12 will depend in part to how well you manage your course progress. Consider the following tips for managing your course:

• When your course arrives, look through the Table of Contents as well as the Section Assignments to get a better sense of the overall structure and content of the materials.
• Do the sections in the proper order. If you have difficulty with your course, it is best if you wait for each section assignment to be graded before working on the next, so that you can benefit from corrections and comments. You should, however, keep on with the reading of the next section’s lessons while you wait. Use the checklist for your assignment, provided either in the course or by your teacher to keep track of your assignments.
• Keep a list of course section assignments and their due dates in your binder or post them at your desk—check off each one as you complete it.
• Don’t skip or omit section assignments. If you can’t do a question because you don’t understand it, you may contact your teacher for help.
• If you’re handwriting assignments, use blue or black ink, not pencil. It is all right to cross things out, so long as you do it neatly and what you intend to have marked is clear.
• Do one section assignment at a time and submit it immediately when you are finished. Try not to submit batches of section assignments.
• For section assignments, put your name and student number, at the top of every page in case pages get separated.
• Don’t submit the lesson activities unless your teacher asks to see them; however, be sure to complete all activities, as they help you to learn the material and prepare for the section assignments.
• Make sure all your work is your own. Don’t ever copy answers, either from a book, an internet resource, or another student. Plagiarism of any information is an offense. Make sure you reference all sources of information.
• Remember that your teacher wants to help you do well in the course. To be effective, learning should be a two-way conversation; contact your teacher if you have any questions or comments, using email, online discussions, blogs or journals.