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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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 |
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June 29, 2009
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, [...]
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Reading, Student Voice, Writing |
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June 29, 2009
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
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Basic Skills in Context, Literacy, Making Visible, Reading, Writing |
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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 |
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March 21, 2009
Announcement! Lesson study accomplished (but we still have to survey the information gathered, so not completely accomplished but you get what I mean). Our lesson study was organized as a series of three classes with each class serving to build skills and synthesize ideas between the reading and statistical information in regards to social class. [...]
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Developing Questions, Integrative Learning, Learning Communities, Literacy, Math, Reading, Writing |
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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 |
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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 |
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February 26, 2009
Summary of Inquiry Plans for Data Collection and Analysis A. Zoom-Lens Data: Focusing on Students B. Mid-Range Shots: Focusing on the Classroom C. Wide-Angle Lens: Focusing on Trends in Institutional Data D. Additional Video Footage E. Inclusion of Student Voices Team Timeline/Calendar – Spring 09 & Summer 09 Summary Skyline College Non-native English speakers at [...]
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Career Technical Education, Developing Questions, Literacy, Reading, Revised Inquiry Plans, Writing |
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February 3, 2009
The following links provide an example of integrating different kinds of institutional data into an Inquiry into student learning. The Inquiry focused on understanding the impact a new learning community was having on participating students. It tracks the founding cohort of learning community students over a year and a half, looking at their rates of [...]
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Equity, Integrative Learning, Learning Communities, Reading, Using Institutional Research, Writing |
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