July 13, 2010
“Community colleges are the point of entry to higher education for the majority of nation’s
first generation, minority and low-income students. But there is a harsh reality that these
students may not understand when they receive their English and Math placement results:
the more semesters of remedial courses a student is required to take, the more remote that
student’s chances of passing college-level Math or English and being eligible to transfer
or earn a degree…”
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Acceleration, Basic Skills in Context, Literacy, Making Visible, Math, Multimedia, Reading, Using Institutional Research, Video Evidence, Writing |
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June 25, 2009
For those of you interested in various models of basic skills acceleration, I just posted several PowerPoints, PDFs, and docs to the media library. Most of these programs were ones I learned about at the CCCC in SF this past March. Front Range Community College in CO has had great luck pairing basic skills courses [...]
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Acceleration, Learning Communities, Uncategorized |
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March 5, 2009
In Going The Distance, Chabot College students and faculty share their experiences in taking — and teaching — Distance Education courses. They speak candidly and with insight about: “How the availability of DE courses plays a crucial role in their college matriculation” “What it takes to succeed in the online setting” “How the workload compares [...]
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Acceleration, Equity, Making Visible, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Technology, Video Evidence |
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March 3, 2009
In this video, Chabot College Basic Skills students demonstrate and discuss effective reading strategies they have learned over the course of the semester. English Instructor Alisa Klevens discusses how she adapts Reading Apprenticeship concepts to meet the needs of these students.
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Acceleration, Fear, Identity, Learning to Learn, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Reading, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Video Evidence |
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