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)

The World In Your Hands

March 3, 2009

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 [...]

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The Sorceress’s Apprentices

March 3, 2009

In this video, Chabot College Basic Skills students demonstrate and discuss effective reading strategies they have learned over the course of the semester. English Instructor Alisa Klevens discusses how she adapts Reading Apprenticeship concepts to meet the needs of these students.     

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Acceleration, Fear, Identity, Learning to Learn, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Reading, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Video Evidence | Comments (0)

Los Medanos College Puente/Math

February 27, 2009

SUMMARY In collaboration wit h the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, this project aims to address the low persistence and success rates within developmental Math across the state. Instead of the standard three- to four-semester developmental path toward Calculus, this project will create an open-entry, one-semester accelerated course that prepares students for transfer-level [...]

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Identity, Literacy, Math, Student Confidence, Student Interviews | Comments (1)