Posted by Katie on March 31, 2009 in Making Visible, Student Interviews, Video Evidence with 1 Comment
I think the best thing about the FIN experience so far is sharing our work with others, whether it be a coach, a student, a dean, or a college president. Not that we’ve ever been unwilling to share what we do–in fact, we’ve been working to publicize our successful program and staff development efforts. But the supportive environment of inquiry and the focus on making students’ learning visible, combined with the experience of sharing our inquiry process with others, reveals amazing things! Watching our lesson study video with Katie, our dean, our student co-inquirer Enrique, and our counselor team member Nancy helped us realize/vocalize hunches about how the way our program teaches grammar works for our 104 students, but might account for the lower success rate of our 100A students. More on this in a separate post.
- LPC Lesson Study and Katie Hern’s Visit
I posted before about how valuable Coach Katie's visit to LPC was . . . I have now posted the lesson study questions that informed our discussion of the lesson, which we watched footage of during our meeting. It was very interesting to consider the value and utility of the grammar lesson from the student's...
- The Case for Acceleration in Developmental English and Math
Exponential Attrition and the Promise of Acceleration
Katie Hern and Myra Snell recently collaborated to create an article for the RP Group's statewide newsletter Perspectives. The article argues that high rates of student attrition are structurally guaranteed in long developmental sequences and presents evidence from Chabot and Los Medanos colleges that one-semester, open-access courses are a promising...
- Intersecting Literacies: What Happened At the Working Conference
Hello and welcome to the home of Intersecting Literacies, a working conference held at San Diego Mesa College April 16th 2010. Here you will find materials passed out to participants as well as the responses and "queens" we collected. Stay tuned!
Click here for the Intersecting Literacies Multi-Modal Packet
Click above to see the Post its we...
- Mt. SAC Inquiry Event–April 23, 2010
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Mt SAC Save the Date
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- Laney FIN team discussion
Discussion about student expectations of college and difficulties Latino students have with the idea of going to community college. Also, the benefits of doing the interviews by Esdras.
http://www.vimeo.com/7586633...
- Marvin and Raul pairwork
An example of contextualized learning, using the think aloud method--student takes time to produce the words he is looking to express. Teacher coaches and other student helps. The student then uses motions in the repetition of recalled expression.
Marvin and Raul pairwork...
- Pre-Algebra Think Alouds
This video shows several students solving the same pre-algebra think aloud. The Cerritos College FIN Team is looking for statements revealing student metacognitive self-regulation (see elements and example statements below).
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Metacognitive Self-Regulation Elements
Problem Analysis ("This problem is asking ....")
Strategy selection based on problem requirements ("I need to make a table.")
Intentional use of strategy ("I'm going to...
- Mesa Cribs Writing and Video Assignments
Hello All!
At the Summer Institute, some of you asked to see the actual assignments we gave students for their essays and videos. Here they are. Feedback is very welcome, since we'll be revisiting the assignments for Fall.
Mesa Cribs Video Project
Cribs Essay Prompt...
- Info about ECCTYC Conference, Oct. 22-24
As I said yesterday, the conference for the English Council of California Two-Year Colleges would be a great place to share some of the amazing work we are doing. For those of you who have never been, ECCTYC's conference is a very low-key, community building and idea-sharing affair. At the same time, all the ECCTYC...
- Cerritos College FIN Progress Report, Summer 2009
Cerritos College FIN Progress Report, Summer 2009
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- LPC Lesson Study and Katie Hern’s Visit
I posted before about how valuable Coach Katie's visit to LPC was . . . I have now posted the lesson study questions that informed our discussion of the lesson, which we watched footage of during our meeting. It was very interesting to consider the value and utility of the grammar lesson from the student's...
Katie,
This is so awesome! Thanks for your reflection!