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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March 11, 2010
Last October, many FIN teams as well as all of FIN Leadership presented at the Strengthening Student Success Conference held by the RP Group. We would like to see even more FIN teams there this year. The Faculty Inquiry Network is doing great work that should be shared with faculty and administration everywhere. This conference [...]
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Making Visible, Uncategorized |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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June 29, 2009
As I said yesterday, the conference for the English Council of California Two-Year Colleges would be a great place to share some of the amazing work we are doing. For those of you who have never been, ECCTYC’s conference is a very low-key, community building and idea-sharing affair. At the same time, all the ECCTYC [...]
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Making Visible, Proposals, Uncategorized |
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