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

June 30, 2010

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 extension [...]

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Basic Skills in Context, Equity, Fear, Identity, Literacy, Metacognition, Student Confidence | Comments (0)

Think Aloud Videos of Art Course Students

May 12, 2010

Think Aloud videos of two art students. East Los Angeles College Reading Apprenticeship FIG.

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Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG), Learning to Learn, Literacy, Metacognition, Reading, Revised Inquiry Plans, Think Alouds | Comments (0)

Intersecting Literacies: What Happened At the Working Conference

April 20, 2010

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 [...]

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Equity, Integrative Learning, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Multimedia, Reading, Student Confidence, Student Voice, Technology, Video Evidence, Writing | Comments (0)

Mt. SAC Inquiry Event–April 23, 2010

March 25, 2010

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Mt SAC Save the Date

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Basic Skills in Context, Career Technical Education, Developing Questions, Facilitating FIGs, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG), Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Student Voice, Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Laney FIN team discussion

November 19, 2009

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.

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Basic Skills in Context, Equity, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG), Fear, Identity, Integrative Learning, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Student Confidence | Comments (0)

Marvin and Raul pairwork

November 12, 2009

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

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Basic Skills in Context, Career Technical Education, Integrative Learning, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Literacy, Performance Assessment, Student Teams, Student Voice, Think Alouds, Video Evidence | Comments (0)

Pre-Algebra Think Alouds

July 6, 2009

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). 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 [...]

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Making Visible, Math, Metacognition, Student Voice, Think Alouds, Video Evidence | Comments (1)

Cerritos College Academic Habits of Mind Survey

June 29, 2009

Cerritos College Habits of Mind Survey

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Identity, Learning to Learn, Metacognition, Surveys | Comments (1)

Cerritos College FIN Progress Report, Summer 2009

June 25, 2009

Cerritos College FIN Progress Report, Summer 2009

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Identity, Math, Metacognition, Student Interviews, Video Evidence | Comments (0)

LPC Lesson Study and Katie Hern’s Visit

May 14, 2009

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 [...]

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Basic Skills in Context, Developing Questions, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Video Evidence, Writing | Comments (0)