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This is why we’re here.

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This is why we’re here.

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  1. With approximately 75% of incoming California community college students under-prepared for college-level English, and under 15% of those entering at the under-prepared level ever going on to complete a transfer-level course, the instruction of writing is a matter for everyone (Legislative Analyst’s Office, 2007, p.8 ) This is why we’re here.

  2. The Learning Template

  3. The California Community College system provides instruction to approximately 25% of the community college population in the U.S. • Nearly 2.6 million students The CCC system has 112 college campuses and 71 off-campus centers

  4. 80 % of firefighters, law enforcement personnel, and emergency medical technicians in California receive their training at the state’s community colleges

  5. What exactly is “Basic Skills”?

  6. Here is a definition of basic skills proposed in Basic Skills as a Foundation for Success in California Community Colleges: “Basic Skills are those foundation skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and English as a Second Language, as well as learning skills and study skills, which are necessary for students to succeed in college-level work”(Center for Student Success, 2007).

  7. Basic Skills writing and reading courses • parts of speech, grammar, sentence/paragraph structure • 2nd grade to 9th grade writing and reading levels

  8. 70-85% of all California community college students assess into some sort of basic skills class when they first enter our institutions. Only 27.3% of them actually enroll in basic skill level classes. ~ Basic Skills Initiative Here are the facts from the Chancellor’s Office’s Report on Basic Skills:

  9. Approximately 1,925,000 students out of 2,500,00 assess into Basic Skills. • Of these, approximately 526,000 actually take a Basic Skills class. The percentages in numbers:

  10. Approximately 1.4 million students who assess into Basic Skills classes never take any Basic Skills classes…

  11. Where are the rest of the students that assessed into a basic skills course? They are sitting in your classroom, wrestling with the material that you teach and struggling mightily to succeed.

  12. These may be the students who: • turn in poorly written assignments • misuse vocabulary or course terms • completely misunderstand writing tasks • apparently do not complete reading assignments or do not understand them. If a Basic Skills need is the issue, what can you do about it?

  13. Help students create a “learner identity” for themselves. • Integrate metacognition (learning about learning) into assignments. • Integrate pre-writing and pre-reading steps into assignments. • Create manageable “chunks” of learning that include discrete steps for both “pre-learning” and “post-learning.” Here’s the big picture:

  14. Students with a learner identity: • understand how to be learners • are able to plan and complete reading and writing tasks Without a “learner identity” they may get bogged down by a writing task, turn in assignments late, or not turn them in at all. What’s a “learner identity”?

  15. reflecting on the learning process • “self-evaluation” of writing/reading processes • verbal or written reflection on reading annotations or notes. What is Metacognition?

  16. periodic assessments of progress on longer written assignments • reflections on learning after group work or presentations • written summary of errors and a plan for finding and fixing them next time • analysis of work on quizzes, tests, and exams Simple ways to integrate metacognition into any assignment:

  17. Why are you interested in the topic you chose? • What ideas did you reject and why? • How did you plan your work on the assignment? • How did you deal with outside distractions? • Did you spend enough time on this assignment? If not, how much time should you have spent? • What will you do differently for the next written assignment? Possible questions for student Self-Evaluation of written assignment:

  18. Emphasize planning. • Require periodic “reports” on their progress. • Create structured activities for identifying, and correcting errors before due dates. • Require reflection and self-analysis both before and after an assignment is submitted. • Your grading job will be greatly eased! Structure Written Assignments

  19. The writing process

  20. Approximately1.82 to 2.08 million students in the California Community College System may have basic skills needs. ~ Basic Skills Initiative

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