AVID: ADVANCEMENT VIA INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION

1. AVID: ADVANCEMENT VIA INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION [L. avidus]: eager for knowledge Mike and Sharon Ballard

2. The Purpose of AVID • The purpose of AVID is to restructure teaching methods to ensure student success at four year colleges and universities. • AVID also advocates open access to a rigorous curricula for most students.

3. The AVID Student Profile Students With Academic Potential: • Average to High Test Scores • 2.0 - 3.5 GPA • College Potential with Support • Desire and Determination • First to Attend College • Historically Underserved in 4-year Colleges • Low Income • Special Circumstances Meets One or More of The Following Criteria:

4. Curriculum Elements Writingto Learn Inquiry Collaboration Readingto Comprehend

5. WRITING • Prewrite; Draft • Respond; Revise • Edit; Final Draft • Class & Textbook Cornell Note-taking • Learning Logs & Journals • INQUIRY • Skilled Questioning • Socratic Seminars • Quickwrite/Discussion • Critical Thinking Activities • Writing Questions • Open-Minded Activities W I C R • READING • SQ4R (Survey, Question,Read, Recite, Review) • KWL (what I Know; Want to Learn; Learned) • Reciprocal teaching • “Think-alouds” • COLLABORATION • Group Projects • Study Groups • Jigsaw Activities • Read-Arounds • Response/Edit/Revision Groups • Collaborative Activities

6. Why AVID Works • Places low-achieving students in rigorous curriculum and gives them the support to achieve therein • Provides the explicit “hidden curriculum” of schools Constructing School Success: The Consequences of Untracking Low Achieving Students, Mehan et al, 1996

7. Why AVID Works • Focuses on academic success of low-achieving students as a school-wide issue, with significant portions of the school culture mobilized toward their success.

8. AVID College Graduates • 95% are enrolled in a college or university • 71.1% are attending a four-year university • 23.7% are attending a two-year college • 75% of the graduates are working either full or part-time to send themselves through college CREATE, Center for Research and Evaluation in Education, 1999, Palo Alto, CA (AVID students in California schools)

9. Commonly Held Misconceptions about AVID • AT RISK Program NO! • Affirmative Action Program NO! • School Within A School NO! • For All Students NO! • A “Silver Bullet” NO! • A Quick Fix NO! • Free NO! • A Categorical Program NO! • Only Affect A Few Students NO!

10. Today’s Focus • Learning Outcomes and Expectations • Teacher as learner: • Keep content area in forefront of thinking throughout the day • How can these practices be incorporated into your content area? • How do they fit your delivery and teaching style? • Practice metacognition (knowing what you know)

11. Practice Time • Let’s make our own sheet of Cornell note paper and get ready to practice the skill. • Set up your paper in Cornell Note style

12. First & Last NameClass TitlePeriodDate Topic Class Notes Questions, Subtitles, Headings, Etc. 2 ½” Three to four sentence summary at bottom of last page of notes

13. Assignment & Instructions • In the large, right hand column, take notes like you normally would. • You may use any style of note-taking you wish: • outline format, • narrative format, • symbols, • short hand, etc.

14. The Hidden Curriculum • Quick write questions: • How did you learn the skill of note taking? • How did this skill contribute to your success?

15. Why take notes? • Cornell note taking stimulates critical thinking skills. • Note taking helps students remember what is said in class. • A good set of notes can help students work on assignments and prepare for tests outside of the classroom.

16. Why take notes? • Good notes allow students to help each other problem solve. • Good Notes help students organize and process data and information. • Helps student recall by getting them to process their notes 3 times. • Writing is a great tool for learning!

17. Assignment & Instructions • Comparenotes with a partner. • Talk about what you wrote and why. Look for gaps & missed information. • Both partners should feel free to add to their notes.

18. Assignment & Instructions • With your partner(s), create questions in the left hand column. • These questions should elicit critical thinking skills. • Levels 3through6 in Bloom’s Taxonomy.

19. Brief Review of Bloom's Taxonomy 1.KNOWLEDGE: recalling information 2.COMPREHENSION: understanding meaning 3.APPLICATION: using learning in new situations 4.ANALYSIS: ability to see parts & relationships 5.SYNTHESIS: Use parts to create a new whole 6.EVALUATION: judgment based on criteria

20. Assignment & Instructions • On your own, in the space provided at the bottom of the page, complete a 3 or 4 sentence summary of what you wrote in your notes. • (the summary…)

21. Subject: Why take Cornell notes? Date: 6/10/03 P R O C E S S M a i n I d e a s ( i n p u t ) P R O C E S S M a i n I d e a s ( i n p u t ) ( o u t p u t ) ( o u t p u t ) Can be used to provide an outline of chapter or lecture. Organized by main ideas and details. How can Can be as detailed as necessary. Cornell notes Sequential -- take notes as they are given by instructor or help me text in an orderly fashion. organize my After class, write a summary of what you learned to ideas? clarify and reinforce learning and to assist retention. Can be used as study tool: Which side for 1. Define terms or explain concepts listed on left side. diagrams? 2. Identify the concept or term on the right side. Can be used to provide a "big picture" of the chapter or Why use lecture. thinking maps? Organized by main ideas and sub-topics Limited in how much detail you can represent. Simultaneous - you can use this method for instructors who jump around from topic to topic. After class, you can add questions to the left side What are the Can be used as a study tool -- to get a quick overview benefits to me? and to determine whether you need more information or need to concentrate your study on specific topics.

22. Summary is added at the end of the notes(not a the end of each page) • Summary is the last component of Cornell Notes

23. Example (Questions about it ) (Diagram copied during lecture) • How do the ticks find the cattle? • Why don’t the ticks usually kill their host? • How could tick infestations in cattle impact humans?

24. Assignment & Instructions Your questions should reflect: • Information you don’t understand or want to discuss with your teacher/tutor. • Information you think would go good on an essay test. • Gaps in your notes.

25. Don’t forget the heading: Name, Class, Period, Date What goes where? Topic Questions, Subtitles, etc., go here on the left hand column. Remember, strive for higher level, critical thinking questions. Notes go here, in the large right hand column. A 3 to 4 sentence summary down on the bottom of the last page of notes

26. Grading Rubric