January 11, 2009
Faculty Inquiry at Cerritos College (Frank Mixson and Jan Connal) As part of the Cerritos College Faculty Inquiry project (SPECC), participating faculty began a process of thinking deeply about their teaching practices within a selected developmental class. Throughout the semester, participating faculty researchers were mentored in a sequence of guided reflections by faculty outside their […]
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Developing Questions, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIGs), Faculty Portfolios |
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January 11, 2009
adapted from, “Asking Their Own Questions: Some ESL Students Take Chare of Their Reading,” Annie Agard (Laney College) In this presentation, Annie Agard presents a whole range of evidence gathered from her ESL classes. In this PowerPoint presentation, Agard shares many different findings from her classroom research on her ESL. class. The evidence is not […]
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Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIGs), Faculty Portfolios, Performance Assessment, Pre/post Testing, Reading, Surveys, Uncategorized |
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January 11, 2009
from The Power of the Pursuit, Suzanne Crawford, Lydia Alvarez, and Lynn Serwin (Cerritos College) ———- adapted from “Sample Rubrics for Writing Assignments,” by Lynn Serwin The rubrics below can be modified for any assignment. I used them for the types of assignments listed, but they can be used for anything. The rubrics for adding […]
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Faculty Portfolios, Performance Assessment, Writing |
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January 11, 2009
from The Power of the Pursuit, Suzanne Crawford, Lydia Alvarez, and Lynn Serwin (Cerritos College) ———- Two Versions of a Student Self-Assessment Survey, Suzanne Crawford Surveys mapping student progress in using more effective and detailed language in writing: 2006 survey: Hello English 20 Students! As you all know, we have been working this semester to, […]
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Pre/post Testing, Student Confidence, Surveys, Uncategorized, Writing |
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January 11, 2009
A Carnegie Perspectives repost By Pat Hutchings The author of this month’s Carnegie Perspectives is Pat Hutchings. Pat is Carnegie’s vice president, and among her many responsibilities is her deep involvement in Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC), a joint initiative of Carnegie and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to address basic skills […]
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Carnegie Perspectives, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIGs) |
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January 11, 2009
A Carnegie Perspectives repost By Vincent Tinto Over the past several years, the Carnegie Foundation has had the privilege of working with community colleges in California. That work has brought home both the great strength of these institutions and the challenges they face. It has also created occasions for us to interact with others working […]
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Carnegie Perspectives, Institutional Data |
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January 11, 2009
A Carnegie Perspectives repost By Pat Hutchings and Lee Shulman It’s hard to find a campus in these days of number crunching and accountability that doesn’t have some kind of office of institutional research. These offices vary a lot, with large research universities supporting a staff of a dozen or more, and small colleges sometimes […]
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Carnegie Perspectives, Developing Questions |
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January 11, 2009
A Carnegie Perspectives repost By Molly Breen Every year hundreds of thousands of students begin their higher education in community colleges. Of course, these institutions also bring in large numbers of new faculty. For both groups, students and faculty alike, there are plenty of challenges to go around. Imagine yourself in the shoes of a […]
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Carnegie Perspectives, Developing Questions, Faculty Portfolios, Video Evidence |
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January 11, 2009
A Carnegie Perspectives repost By Rose Asera If I asked you—as an educated adult—what you remember about learning to read or to do basic arithmetic, you might recall some fleeting images: being read to by a parent or studying a book with big letters and pictures at your school desk. But by now these skills […]
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Carnegie Perspectives, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIGs), Student voice |
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January 11, 2009
A Carnegie Perspectives repost Michael C. Burke (College of San Mateo; Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Foundation) In Mathematics and Democracy, Lynn Arthur Steen describes quantitative literacy as “a habit of mind, an approach to problems that employs and enhances both statistics and mathematics.” What characterizes this habit of mind, this way of thinking? Why is it […]
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Carnegie Perspectives, Developing Questions, Integrative Learning, Teaching Problem Solving |
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