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Direct linkDarling, Felicia – Teachers College Press, 2019
"Teachin' It!" is a hands-on guide to cutting-edge research and classroom strategies that redress the graduation gap in community and open-access colleges. Drawing from the author's 30 years in the education field as a math and college skills instructor, teacher educator, and researcher, this book describes an asset-based model that…
Descriptors: Barriers, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Risk
Peer reviewedWood, J. Luke – About Campus, 2012
"Open access" is a core mission component of the community college. Through this mission, public two-year colleges provide postsecondary opportunities to nearly all individuals desiring further education. However, access is not necessarily synonymous with success. Many students, including black males, have concerning levels of success, or the lack…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Males, Educational Strategies
Marchionda, Denise – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2010
Students often view their course grades as a mysterious equation of teacher-given grades, teacher-given grace, and some other ethereal components based on luck. However, giving students the power to earn points based on numerous daily/weekly assignments and attendance makes the grading process objective and personal, freeing the instructor to…
Descriptors: College Students, Writing Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, Grading
Juzwiak, Chris; Tiernan, Monette – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2009
In the year 2000, what started as an isolated pedagogical gambit at Glendale Community College (GCC) in Southern California has evolved into a program-wide initiative to revise the developmental composition curriculum and boost student learning outcomes. One instructor, frustrated with poor student motivation and success in his precollegiate…
Descriptors: Writing Workshops, Instructional Materials, Educational Technology, Writing Instruction
Kasten, Susan, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2010
The classroom practices discussed in "Effective Second Language Writing" reflect various trends and methodologies; however, the underlying theme in this volume of the Classroom Practice Series is the need for clear and meaningful communication between ESL writers and their readers. While approaches differ, two core beliefs are constant: ESL…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Linguistics
Wandersee, James H.; Clary, Renee M.; Guzman, Sandra M. – American Biology Teacher, 2006
Writing can be a powerful tool for learning biology. Writing assignments in biology could help students personalize and understand the biology knowledge they are studying. In this article, the authors present the "Botanical Sense of Place" (BSP), a convenient and easy-to-use writing template that they developed to elicit and probe students' prior…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Plants (Botany), Botany, Biology
