Challenging Work and Student Engagement

April 7, 2009

Here’s a student sharing his experience as a learner in pre-algebra.

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Los Medanos College/English: Revised Inquiry Plan

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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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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