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1. San Diego Mesa College

   Revised Inquiry Revised Budget San Diego Mesa College: Student Footage Another Mesa Assignment/ "Where I'm From" Mesa Cribs Writing and Video And Video Assignments San Diego Mesa College: Video Reflection [vimeo]3196836[/vimeo] At San Diego Mesa College, a team comprised of English faculty, a counselor, and an institutional researcher is investigating a key question in basic skills: What keeps students from being...

2. San Diego Mesa College – Proposed Budget

   Faculty Inquiry Network Budget San Diego Mesa College 2009 Proposed Budget Hours Hourly$ Amount Faculty Release (%FTE) 0.04 12, 700 Faculty Stipends Student Co-Inquirers 2,873 Classified/Tech Assistance Benefits 1,427 Supplies and Materials $1,000 ...

3. San Diego Mesa College – Revised Inquiry Plan

   San Diego Mesa College At San Diego Mesa College, a team comprising English faculty, a counselor, and an institutional researcher is investigating a key question in basic skills: What keeps students more engaged in critical inquiry? The team has a hunch that student motivation in basic skills English classes will increase if they have the...

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1. 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...

2. The Space In Between– What’s Love Got to Do With It?

   On April 15, 2010, the De Anza College Office of Instruction, Office of Diversity and ICCE, and Office of Staff and Organizational Development presented their annual conference devoted to student success. The event, “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” brought together both students and faculty and was a huge success.  To facilitate an...

3. Think Aloud Videos of Art Course Students

   You are welcome to view the first Think Aloud video from our East Los Angeles College FIN team. This post is a revised version of a post on May 12,2010 by Linda Whitney. First, we explain our project and the background to this video. At East Los Angeles College, our Reading Apprenticeship FIG is a...

4. Mt. SAC Inquiry Event–April 23, 2010

   CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Mt SAC Save the Date Click here for the Registration Form...

5. FIN goes to Achieving the Dream!

   The Faculty Inquiry Network was well represented at the recent Achieving The Dream Conference held  February 2nd through the 4th in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tom deWit, Katie Hern, and Sean McFarland presented at 4 breakout sessions: Engaging Faculty and Staff in Student‐Centered Inquiry about Teaching, Learning and Student Success, Accelerating Students' Progress to College‐Level English and...

6. 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...

7. 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...

8. 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). [bliptv]2324152[/bliptv] 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...

9. Another Mesa Assignment/”Where I’m From”

   Some of you asked about assignments we use to help students become comfortable discussing their personal lives. We also discussed how "disclosure" can have a variety of effects. Here is an assignment we use at the beginning of class to help students open up while learning how to do a close reading, respond to text,...

10. Cerritos College Academic Habits of Mind Survey

    Cerritos College Habits of Mind Survey...