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Laney FIN team discussion

Posted by Sonja Franeta on November 19, 2009 in Basic Skills in Context, Equity, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG), Fear, Identity, Integrative Learning, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Student Confidence with No Comments

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.

Door Number One

Posted by Sean McFarland on March 8, 2009 in Equity, Fear, Identity, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Metacognition, Multimedia, Student Confidence, Student Voice, Video Evidence with No Comments

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 what it takes to successfully repel a Zombie Student Attack on Chabot College!

The creation of Door Number One was generously supported by:

* SPECC (Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges), a joint project of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

*Chabot Student Services Funding for Retention Initiatives

*Chabot Enrollment Management Committee (CEMC)

*CLPCCD Office of Public Information and Marketing

The World In Your Hands

Posted by Sean McFarland on March 3, 2009 in Equity, Fear, Identity, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Metacognition, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Video Evidence with No Comments

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 College.)

Learning Community Impact Study

Posted by Katie Hern on February 3, 2009 in Equity, Integrative Learning, Learning Communities, Reading, Using Institutional Research, Writing with No Comments

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 engagement, learning, success, retention, persistence, and progress in the curriculum, and comparing these to students who enrolled in comparable non-learning community classes at the same time. As part of an equity analysis, the data is also disaggregated by age and ethnicity, showing that the program had a positive impact on the achievement gap African-American and Latino students often experience in the English curriculum.

Springboard_Impact_Study
Springboard_Impact_Summary_(Bar_Graphs)

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The Faculty Inquiry Network’s (FIN) purpose is to support professional development which includes: conducting faculty inquiry; revisiting basic skills assumptions; interpreting and integrating data; accessing student voices; developing students as co-inquirers; making visible; using technology for teaching and learning; creating and supporting new initiatives, curriculum and program development; constructing educational tools using digital media; and hosting dialogue around student and faculty learning.

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