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Geology Field Trips as Performance Evaluations
Get PDFThe author details his experience in using geology field trips to provide hands-on learning for his students and opportunities to assess student learning of key course concepts
Examining the Impact of a Comprehensive Approach to Student Orientation
Get PDFThe author presents research on the benefits of providing students with more than one form of orientation to college
Rescuing Reading at the Community College
Get PDFThis article describes the results of a two-year reading project begun in 2005 at Thomas Nelson Community College
Empowering Faculty through Assessment
Get PDFThis article explains how faculty and administrators at Lord Fairfax Community College have made assessment a vital practice across campus
Working with Disruptive Students
Get PDFThe authors discuss what educators can do to address disruptive student behavior in a way that not only will preserve the learning environment at our institutions by also may assist students in their growth and development
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Get PDFCover art: “Running Fields” by Kreela Moore, a student at Piedmont Virginia Community College
Student Support Services for the Underprepared Student
Get PDFThis essay considers statistical reports on underprepared students, the history of developmental education, the characteristics of underprepared students, and the reasons it is imperative that we provide these students with a college-level education
Increasing the Success of Online Students
Get PDFIn this article, the author presents ways that colleges can use student readiness, orientation, and support to increase the likelihood for success of their online students
Germanna’s Treasure Trove of History: A Journey of Discovery
Get PDFThe author shares the rich historical setting of Germanna Community College’s Locust Grove Campus, as well as the classroom and college activities and events that have grown alongside his discoveries