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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May 4, 2009
Skyline College’s process of inquiry has proven to be a wonderful collaborative effort that has great support from faculty, students, and administrators. You’d think that the campus research approval committee would be the last barrier to our success, and like us, you’d have another “think” coming. We are interested to know if any other colleges [...]
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FIN Grant Logistics, Proposals, Revised Inquiry Plans, Using Institutional Research |
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March 20, 2009
This 15 minute film offers an introduction to the iterative steps that underlie effective Faculty Inquiry. The film lays out four steps: 1. What Do We See? 2. How Can We See It Better? 3. How Can We Share It With Others? 4. Now That We See It, What Can We Do About It? INQUIRING [...]
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Developing Questions, Facilitating FIGs, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG), Revised Inquiry Plans, Using Institutional Research |
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March 10, 2009
A. Zoom-Lens Inquiry: Focusing on Students 1) What data will you gather and analyze on individual students? (e.g. student work, self-reflections, interviews, videotaped think-alouds or problem-solving) In the first two weeks of class, we asked the students to fill out a reading survey. Among other things, the survey asked them to identify “texts” they read [...]
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Equity, Reading, Using Institutional Research |
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February 27, 2009
A. Zoom-Lens Inquiry: Focusing on Students 1) What data will you gather and analyze on individual students? (e.g. student work, self-reflections, interviews, videotaped think-aloud’s or problem-solving) All the above. 2) How do you imagine this data will help you understand the problem/issue you’re investigating? In other words, how does the data connect to [...]
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Basic Skills in Context, Revised Inquiry Plans, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Using Institutional Research |
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February 26, 2009
College of the Siskiyous is focusing on what helps students become more intrinsically motivated as they navigate the intersection between student learning and students’ identities as outsiders or insiders in the college environment. The Inquiry team will use video footage to capture student reflections and experiences, as well as classroom discussions and athletic activities. One [...]
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Developing Questions, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG), Fear, Identity, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Math, Metacognition, Pre/Post, Proposals, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Teams, Student Voice, Surveys, Teaching Problem Solving, Using Institutional Research, Video Evidence |
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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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