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)

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)

Release Form

February 26, 2009

This is the release form to use when video taping anyone. Video Release Form

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Making Visible, Technology, Video Evidence | Comments (0)

Putting Together Student Teams

February 23, 2009

This post is about choosing student teams.

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Making Visible, Student Teams, Student Voice | Comments (1)

Survey of Students’ Metacognition and Reading

February 18, 2009

The attached article from the Journal of Educational Psychology includes a useful survey instrument for assessing students’ metacognitive awareness of their own reading strategies. This easy-to-use tool provides feedback to both students and faculty about how students are approaching their academic reading. The survey and scoring rubric are included in the appendix. Assessing Students’ Metacognitive [...]

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Literacy, Metacognition, Pre/Post, Reading, Surveys | Comments (1)

Learning Community Impact Study

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 | Comments (0)