I have been working as a lecturer for almost five years. That's why I know what I and my colleagues pay attention to when giving grades. I believe that almost every student can improve their grades relatively easily. Provided that when he writes he has his reader, i.e. his lecturer, in mind and knows what is important to him. From my own experience, I can say that term papers with a poor layout, a confusing structure and inconsistent footnotes have lost the chance of getting an A before the decimal point before I even start reading them. Even a lot of little things that can be done in five to 20 minutes can improve the quality of many homework immensely. A lot can be achieved with these two tricks:
Conduct short interviews
Do one or two short interviews, even if you only do an 18-page paper! Now you think that's an exaggeration? Is not it! This is a great way to turn a mediocre assignment into an above-average effort. For example, if you have to write a paper on the topic of “Instruments of Marketing” (or something else), then your old classmate, who has been working in the marketing department of a medium-sized company for two years now, could also be a useful practical interview partner. It is not absolutely necessary to immediately interview the head of a well-known advertising agency for Germany. Save this for your master's thesis or doctoral thesis. Formulate four to six interesting questions and call your friend (or whoever). Write down the answers and turn them into one or two pages of your work. You can even do it in 20 minutes. And don’t forget to mention the practical interview in the introduction. After all, you want the lecturer to notice your performance!
Establish a “limitation” sub-item
Use the introduction to include a subheading “limitation” and get into the habit of doing this for every written work. “Confinement” is your best friend within your work. You write in there all the things that the reader of the work (your grading lecturer) might expect because of the title, but which you don't even deal with because...
...the work only focuses on a specific sub-topic or
...the small scope of the work does not allow for further excesses.
Now your lecturer can't simply say: “I would have expected subtopic X and Y from you”. You do your work more precisely and therefore better. The first version of a containment can be implemented in 15 minutes!
With these two simple tips alone, the grade on an assignment can be raised. There are many more tips on how to turn a 2.7 into a 1.7 in my seminars. As a Uniglobale and allmaxx reader you get special conditions . I not only give these on the topic of “improving grades”, but also on exciting topics such as “great lifestyle as a student” .
About the author:
Hardy Landmann has been working as a lecturer for various universities and academies since 2011. He knows what he and his colleagues pay attention to when giving grades. He previously worked in the banking sector for ten years. His seminars provide concrete tips and no general advice. His topics are aimed at actively improving working, learning and living conditions.
