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By Mike Rose, and posted to his blog (Mike Rose's Blog) on August 13 2010; Rose published this piece as a commentary in the Chronicle of Higher Education; the original article is available (on the Chronicle site) is available by subscription only. In this piece, Rose proposes a National Center for the Study and Teaching of Basic Skills in order to elevate the importance of basic skills.

Founded in 1880, today the Conference on Basic Writing (CBW) is a special interest group of the Conference on College Communications and Composition (CCCC). The CBW's mission "is to create a network of basic writing professionals."

By Marisa A. Klages and J. Elizabeth Clark, in Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), v 28 (1), p. 32-49, 2009. Authors (both GSCC faculty) look at using ePortfolio with basic writers.

This article in the Aug 8 Chronicle of Higher Ed makes the bold proposal that "we need something grander and more comprehensive, something that will lead to a conceptual sea change in the way the nation understands and deals with the issue of academic underpreparation. "I propose that a wealthy foundation or consortium of foundations support with great fanfare a National Center for the Study and Teaching of Basic Skills. Such a center would have a long-term effect on education, social justice, and economic prosperity." Rose continues, something like the Smithsonian Institution or a National Endowment for Basic Studies.

ALP, developed at the Community College Baltimore County, is an innovative approach to basic writing programs that accelerates basic writing students through their developmental writing course and ENG 101 in one semester.

By Melissa Ludwig in San Antonio (Texas) Express-News Jan 21 2011. A pilot program in San Antonio points "students who test at the lowest skill levels toward shorter vocational programs or adult basic education" rather than the remedial classes at community college where they might previously have been assigned. The student profiled participated in a 10-14 week PACE program (combining basic education with college readiness skills) rather than the 4 semesters of remedial classes she would otherwise have been assigned.

An important compilation of articles about contexts, theories, and practices for the teaching of basic writing.

This important early (1977) discussion of basic writing made a woke the world up to the concept of teaching basic writing and still provides important insights today. Her work on error analysis is very useful.

By Mina P Shaughnessy. Published by Oxford University Press, 1977. This guide examines student errors in thousands of papers to better understand the nature of writing errors among incoming college students.

Trudy Smoke, Published in Journal of Basic Writing, Vol 20, No 2 Fall 2001, pages 88-96. This bookmark is to the citation in ERIC. Article is available through the ProQuest Research Library database.

By Serena Golden, April 11, 2011, Inside Higher Ed. Author writes about the neglected subject of basic writing, particularly at the Conference on College Composition. The members on the Council on Basic Writing are working to combat the inattention.

M.K. mentioned this article in Coffee Klatch, April 2011. P.A. is quoted in article.

Subtitle: Employers' Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce. Prepared by The Conference Board, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Corporate Voices for Working Families and Society for Human Resource Management, 2006.

TM uses this report in her class to stress the importance of writing in the work world.

These links are posted on Math DL, the MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library. The links point to a variety of probability-related resources, from rules of basic probability to famous problems to "randomizing gadgets."

By Mike Rose, The New Press: 2012. In this book, Rose looks specifically at the non-traditional students of community colleges, what their needs are, and how community colleges might serve them better. Rose is a popular education writer who frequently writes on basic skills and remediation.

This student resource provides professional tutoring in the subject areas of English grammar and writing, reading text marking and note taking strategies, and basic math.

Brochure from 43rd Annual Conference, New York State Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges. Y.H. intended to present "Keys for Students-Faculty Success in Community College Completion: LaGuardia Basic Skills Initiatives."

A program of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Statway focuses on helping community college students learn basic skills in statistics, data analysis, and quantitative reasoning as part of a one-year pathway. The ultimate goal of this pathway is preparation for college-level statistics. This home page to Statway also includes links to the project blog (called Pathways Connection) and to the project's mailing list. There are 19 community colleges affiliated with this project.

Although this paper highlights Adult Basic Ed/ELL it has some interesting conclusions about eLearning and assessment.

By Claire E. Weinstein, published in Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications, ed. by Keith W. Prichard, R. Mclaran Sawyer. Greenwood Press, 1994. This is an excerpt of Weinstein's article. Her basic premise is that developmental ed students often must learn how to learn. Full chapter can be purchased from this link. The book might be available in your college library, or via interlibrary loan.

By Sugie Goen-Salter, in Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), v 27(2), p 81-105, 2008. Goen-Salter's program intergrates reading and writing, in a innovative new measure to reduce the need for remediation. Article abstract is available on this page. For full text, check with your local college library.

RA's choice event was a presentation of Goen-Salter's program. PA provided the cite for this article, discussing the same program.

The Faculty Inquiry Network (FIN) "is comprised of community college faculty from across California, working in teams to investigate a complex problem in basic skills education..." (from Info page). Together, they have produced this beautiful blog which describes faculty inquiry ("a form of professional development") and includes resources and a toolkit. There is also an email subscription available, to better keep current with this project.