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Improvisation: Not Just for Kids
Get PDFThis article argues for the use of improvisation in various subject areas as a way to help students engage with the subject matter
Using Affective Assessment to Understand our Students’ Identities as Readers (and Non-Readers)
Get PDFIn this article, the author provides a rationale for assessing students’ affective characteristics as they relate to reading, presents examples of assessments she designed, and discusses the benefits of such assessments for faculty and student
A Follow-up Study to Compare Success Rates of Developmental Math Students
Get PDFThe authors present follow-up data to their 2003 comparison of student success in developmental math courses offered for three credits versus five credits
A Simple Alternative to Grading
Get PDFThis article presents methodology for using contract grading as an alternative to traditional grading and includes the author’s research on how her community college students responded to this new approach in their English courses
Universal Design for Learning: Application for Technology-Enhanced Learning
Get PDFThe authors illustrate how the concept of Universal Design can be used to enhance community college teaching and learning
Solving the ESL Writers’ Dilemma
Get PDFThe author explains how he uses a classical teaching method to help his English-as-a-Second Language students combine intention, language, and genre for academic writin
Researching the Quest: Are Community College Students Motivated by Question-and-Answer Reviews?
Get PDFThe author presents his research on and use of question-and-answer reviews as an active strategy for motivating and reinforcing student learning
Are New Faculty Prepared to Teach Diverse Learners?
Get PDFThe author examines the preparation of community-college faculty, especially those recently hired, to teach the varied students our institutions enroll
The Influence of Learning Communities on the Interaction Levels of English Students
Get PDFThis study investigates whether learning communities significantly increase the level of interaction of community-college students enrolled in developmental English