Supporting Students After Exam Challenges

The session after an exam, especially the first one, can be rough.

Everyone’s feeling a mixed bag of emotions about it, and it might be quiet at first.

There are a few steps you can take to adequately address the exam without promoting unhealthy

ideas or mindsets. Acknowledge For one, it’s important to acknowledge that

students might not have done as well as they might have wanted to, but also not to

dwell on it. It’s good to remind them they can drop an exam! These exams test

different skills than what they might have been used to in high school, so it’s natural

and expected to have a harder time. It’s a canon event for many intro chemistry students to do poorly