SMART GRADES.NET™ Definitions

Academic aptitude may be defined as a set of characteristics, both innate and learned, that allow students to complete tasks, learn certain skills, or discern and apply values. Your academic aptitude may be enhanced, forgotten, or never used, but the important thing we want you to remember is that academic aptitude can be improved.

We are talking about the values and characteristics you must possess before an assignment is ever written or finished. You must be able to organize the assignment, budget time to research the subject, and meet deadlines. These non-writing skills are essential to completing the paper; they are the paper's foundation.

Let us give you another example of an academic aptitude. We know that some students are more precise than others; they take more time revising their assignments, checking their facts, and correcting their answers. You probably have friends or family members whom you would characterize as precise. They are generally the ones who are "neat freaks" about their desks, or who read directions for everything. They may also be more concerned about whether the quote marks go outside the periods in their English assignments. Precision-minded students get higher grades than most of their fellow classmates. Why? Because high school teachers and professors demand precision from their students, regardless of the course or the assignments.

For a better understanding of the elements of SMART GRADES.net™, we have placed the eight factors into an octagon.

If you choose to take the SSFI, each definition and its importance to SMART GRADES.NET™ will be explained on the results page.

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