4-5 page essay about the transitions of high school students to college and their struggles.

Kevin Delrisco

04/04/17

ENC 1102

Unit 3 Annotated Bibliography

Woods, Chenoa S. and Mariana Preciado. "Student–Mentor Relationships and Students' College Attitudes." Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, vol. 21, no. 2, Apr-Jun2016, pp. 90-103. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/10824669.2015.1127767.

· The author does a pretty good job at describing the trouble high schoolers go through when studying for the SAT. Students tend to spend endless hours studying trying to push up their SAT scores trying to get into a good school. If more teachers started trying to prepare students for college life, the students would be more comfortable for the transition. Students that have been told what to expect aren’t as concerned when it comes to college.

Goodboy, Alan K., et al. "Students’ Experiences of Bullying in High School and Their Adjustment and Motivation during the First Semester of College." Western Journal of Communication, vol. 80, no. 1, Jan/Feb2016, pp. 60-78. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/10570314.2015.1078494.

· There are many causes for stress a student can be going through, problems which can stick with them later in life. In this article an experiment was conducted to see if college students have ever experienced bullying throughout high school. It could be any sort of bullying, verbal, physical or even cyber. The study was to see if someone being bullied in high school was affected by being thrown into a new environment. Students shouldn’t be bullied when entering a new environment and it is extremely important that they contact their advisors.

Haynes, Tara L., et al. "The Effect of Attributional Retraining on Mastery and Performance Motivation among First-Year College Students." Basic & Applied Social Psychology, vol. 30, no. 3, Jul-Sep2008, pp. 198-207. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/01973530802374972.

· The transition from high school to college can be difficult if one isn’t prepared for it. At times people are overwhelmed with the stress surrounding them, leading them to harm themselves. It is extremely important that a situation never gets so serious that a student harms himself or others. Students are forced to face new challenges when in college, from being independent to being able to handle a new type of work load. From a study that was conducted, it was shown that some students fail to return to their second year of college. Students need to be kept motivated and encouraged to continue facing new challenges in their life.

Dyck, Delfien, et al. "Can Changes in Psychosocial Factors and Residency Explain the Decrease in Physical Activity during the Transition from High School to College or University?" International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 22, no. 2, Apr. 2015, pp. 178-186. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1007/s12529-014-9424-4.

· Transitioning into college for the first time can mean a lot of changes for the incoming freshman. In this study, it seems that students begin to lack physical activity when becoming a college student. There can be many factors to this change, students can be overwhelmed with the amount of work at school, or simply not have a gym nearby or any way to exercise. Time management can also be a big factor when a student needs to work, study, go to school, and manage their daily activities.