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)

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)

A Teacher Wonders: Do I Really See My Students?

March 28, 2009

    This conversation represents the beginnings of a collaboration between teacher and student to explore learner identity and how students project themselves in and out of class.

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Fear, Identity, Student Interviews, Student Voice | Comments (1)

Door Number One

March 8, 2009

Door Number One offers introductory profiles of a dozen of the many Programs and Services offered at Chabot College. Students, Staff, and Faculty share their experiences and offer their perspectives about why these Programs and Services are so vital, and what students can expect if they just “Pick One.” And along the way, we see [...]

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Equity, Fear, Identity, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Metacognition, Multimedia, Student Confidence, Student Voice, Video Evidence | Comments (0)

Daraja: A Syllabus For Life

March 6, 2009

  The Daraja project, founded in 1988 at Chabot College is widely recognized as one of the best opportunities for success for underrepresented students, especially African-American students, in the California community-college system. In this film, current and former Daraja students speak candidly about their educational preparation before entering Daraja and then share their personal needs [...]

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Equity, Fear, Identity, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Multimedia, Reading, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Video Evidence, Writing | Comments (2)

The World In Your Hands

March 3, 2009

Welcome to an orientation film for the Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) at Chabot College. Take a walk with us and explore the experiences of five students and a counselor, and learn how DSPS helped them reach their educational goals.      (FIN employee Jamie Chandler made this film while a student at Chabot [...]

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Equity, Fear, Identity, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Metacognition, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Video Evidence | Comments (0)

Reading Between The Lives

March 3, 2009

  A long, long time ago, in a college about a quarter mile off Interstate 880…four students and a teacher, fueled by a SPECC grant, set out on an epic quest to ask the questions no one dared to ask about reading. Facing over 125 daunting student intake essays, 50 hours of intensive interviews, and [...]

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Developing Questions, Fear, Identity, Learning to Learn, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Reading, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Video Evidence | Comments (0)

The Sorceress’s Apprentices

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 | Comments (0)

Cerritos College Detailed Inquiry Plan Feb 09

February 28, 2009

Summary of Inquiry The Cerritos College inquiry project will combine two complementary collaborations to develop a deeper understanding about how developmental learners acquire the academic habits of mind needed to succeed in college. Too often, students at risk remain on the margins of the academic community and this project will investigate ways of moving them [...]

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Fear, Identity, Learning to Learn, Math, Metacognition, Pre/Post, Revised Inquiry Plans, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Surveys, Writing | Comments (0)

Umoja Math FIN Inquiry Plan

February 27, 2009

Summary This project focuses on students in the Umoja Scholars Programs at Los Medanos College and San Diego City College.  Umoja Community campuses utilize cohort and learning community models in concert with student services to improve the success and retention of African-American community college students.  Umoja classrooms involve a student-centered learning environment, timely and formative [...]

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Equity, Fear, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Math, Revised Inquiry Plans, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Surveys, Video Evidence | Comments (1)