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Helping Your Students Succeed Academical ly

Helping Your Students Succeed Academical ly. Some thoughts and recommendations. Overview. About Your Presenter Why Help Students with Learning & Study Strategies? Some Learning & Study Strategies for Course Success Resources Next Steps. Instructional Background.

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Helping Your Students Succeed Academical ly

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  1. Helping Your Students Succeed Academically Some thoughts and recommendations Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  2. Overview About Your Presenter Why Help Students with Learning & Study Strategies? Some Learning & Study Strategies for Course Success Resources Next Steps Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  3. Instructional Background • USMA Instructor • Loyola College (Baltimore, MD) • St. Vincent College (Latrobe, PA) • Loyola University (Los Angeles, CA) • UCLA Graduate School • CSU Long Beach (CA) • Grambling State University (LA) Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  4. Learner Support Background • High School • College • Corporate • Faculty Development • Publications • Presentations • Consulting Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  5. Consultant for 6 Arizona CC Cochise College, 1986, 2000, 2002, Scottsdale Community College, 1987 Paradise Valley College, 1987 Paradise Valley CC, 1987 Phoenix Comm. College, 1987 Central Arizona College, 1993 Pima Community College District 2003 UA/CC Title V Workshop 2005 Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  6. Why Study Skills For College Students? "Most university students have never been formally taught to learn how to study, either in high school or college.“Gardner, L. (1998). Why we must change: The research evidence. Thought and Action. 14 (Spring), 71-88 “Many drop-outs and flunk outs are bright enough to do good college work, but have never learned how to study effectively, nor how to take tests and do good written work.” Hodgkinson, H.L. (1985). All one system. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Educational Leadership, 17 http://www.lsche.net/resources/program_just.htm Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  7. Time Out . . . For Sharing and Questioning Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  8. Some Learning & Study Strategies for Course Success Time Management for Academic Success * Study reading Course Textbooks and Collateral Material Listening Notemaking * Writing Assistance Research Assistance Math Assistance Test and Exam Success Course Specific Skills Memory * Other: College Success: The First Week and Beyond * *Available from H & H at http://www.hhpublishing.com/hhstore/detail.html?sku=LAB_PACKET Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  9. Learning & Study Strategies Links • 1. Study Guides and Strategies, contains more than 100 items and translations of most items into 18 languages. http://www.studygs.net/ • 2. Chemeketa CC Study Skills Resources. Includes links to specific learning assistance from Accounting to Theater courses.Retrieved February 23, 2007 from http://www.howtostudy.org/ • Faculty Resources http:// www.lsche.net Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  10. More College Success & Satisfaction Resources (HO) Guide to Grammar & Writing http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ Purdue’s Writing Lab/OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center http://www.wisc.edu/writing/ Sierra Vista Library Free Tutoring Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  11. Time Out . . . For Sharing and Questioning Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  12. Ancillary Texts • Single Topic Study Skills LABS • Any Study Skills Text of Choice Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  13. Study Strategies: Can We Justify at the College Level? References to Answer Questions Like the Following: Do students need such programs? Do such programs work? Are programs cost-effective? Do they help to retain students? Are learning skills important for academic success? Why should we develop a learning assistance support program? Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  14. Traditional Solutions Instructor as Learning Skills Mentor • Overviewing the Course Text • Reviewing Student Notes • Feedbacking Student Projects • Instructor as Services Broker • In class Learning Skills Workshops • Referral to Support Programs • Recommend Skills Workshops • Supplemental Instruction Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  15. the web portal for Learning Support Centers in Higher Education Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  16. Student Support Possibilities Face to Face Computer Disk Correspondence CD Telephone E-mail Audiocassette Web Pages Television CMS Videocassette Courseware Blogs & Wikis Podcasts Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  17. Support Student Learning Support Student Learning Support Student Learning Support Student Learning Support Student Learning Learning Support Center Directors & Staff Everywhere Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

  18. Unfinished Business You can email me at flchris@cox.net with your questions and comments. Collegial dialogue never ends………….. Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

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