The best approach for getting a good grade in the class is to close off your personal feelings about what you need to do. Take yourself to the instructor and sit down with the test and go over every question you missed. Stay as open as you can be, don’t argue for your answer too hard. Try to figure out what this teacher is trying to get at – it will give you good insight into how they ask questions and what kind of answers they want.

When the next help session comes up be the first one there and last to leave. Even if you don’t say a word – the instructor knows you are earnest in wanting to understand the material and improve your score. If you are still completely lost – ask for tutor referrals from the instructor. It is one way the instructor knows you are going the extra mile to understand.

Trust me, this can make the difference between “getting it” and passing. You can also be a conduit for the other students to the teacher – so the teacher knows exactly where their teaching methods are not getting through to the class.

I am at the bottom of the class on multiple choice, but like you do better when I can explain myself. it is hard – no doubt.

good luck

I took a really tough political science course from a professor once. It was tough because there was no text book; he simply rambled on and on and on during lectures. We were to receive only two exams for that course; a mid-term and a final. He even gave us the essay questions well before the exams, but they were very broad and convoluted. He did, however, make us an offer: he said “Feel free to make appointments with me and I will be happy to provide you with answers.” Well I was the only one to take him up on his offer. I would sit in his office for hours as he droned on and on. The end result, though, was that I was the only one who Aced both the mid-term and the final. This is how I learned to make appointments with my profs!