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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.

College Board ACCUPLACER tests provide students with useful information about academic skills in math, English, and reading. Resource for students from The College Board

By Scott Jaschik, in Inside Higher Ed, March 18, 2010. This article the discussion of how to improve master's programs to better train community college writing instructors. It was held at the recent Conference on College Composition and Communication.

From C-SPAN, March 30, 2010. Speech was given at the Alexandria, VA., campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). The President is introduced by Dr. Jill Biden, wife of the Vice-President, and an instructor at NVCC. The President announced that Dr. Biden will host a national summit on community colleges at the White House this fall (see approx 18:10 on the video).

A GSCC connection - NH (GSCC instructor) also teaches at NVCC and was present for the visit. From her comments: "Jill Biden introduced him and some of her developmental English students were sitting behind me. When the President explained the changes in Pell Grants, they stood and shouted "Thank You." I was really moved because I am sure these grants will make a big difference for them in the future."

By CC (Community College) Times, published April 21 2010. This article reports on Bill Gates's visit to Foothill College to observe the Math My Way program. From the article, "Math My Way groups cohorts of students who have similar math skill levels." Students then work in small groups, and one-on-one with instructors, as well as using both computer and paper drills and games.

GSCC's own Kathy Perino is an instructor in this program, and is quoted in the article.

By Jim Stigler, Karen B. Givvin, and Belinda J. Thompson for Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (n.d.). This version is a draft. One goal of this paper, according to the abstract, is "how we might help turn around the alarming statistics that show that an enormous number of those students drop out of college because they aren't successful in math courses."

Carrie Glaser; Shae Issaacs; Jon Merrow; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); Learning Matters, etc. New York, NY; Learning Matters, Inc; Alexandria, VA: Distributed by PBS Home Video (2007). Documentary explores the paradoxes of the nation's 1200 community colleges.

By Jeffrey R. Young, in Technology (College 2.0), The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 27 2011. A variety of ways that college students are seeking "relevant" education outside of the classroom, some of which are more technology-reliant than others. The article cites the National Survey of Student Engagement (Indiana University) and states that "four of the eight 'high-impact' learning activities identified required no classroom time at all...."

Looks closely at learning outside of the classroom.

The State of Texas Academic Resource Link (STARLink) network provides over 150 hours of professional development programming annually to member colleges and universities. STARLink is an Agency of the Texas Association of Community colleges

A webinar about Learning Outcomes, "Developing and Assessing Course Learning Objectives," was recommended by R.O. in December.

By Michael W. Galbraith, and Melanie Jones in Journal of Developmental Education; 30.2 (2006): 20-27. Author's abstract: This article suggests that a balance of the art and science of teaching is essential if the learning and teaching process is to be a meaningful and rewarding educational journey. This notion is explored through a dialogue, held over a 3 year period, with a developmental mathematics instructor at a community college who discovered that technique alone was not sufficient to becoming a good instructor. An unusual situation occurred as a result of the dialogue: Discussion of research-based literature on college teaching and personal experiential reflectivity merged and resulted in an organizing framework for understanding the artistic and mechanic elements of effective instruction. Full text by subscription. Check with your local library. This is a link to the TOC on the National Center for Developmental Education's website.

By Elyse Ashburn in The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 9, 2011. A recently released national survey, commission by the Pearson Foundation, has revealed that one in five community college students had difficulty getting into at least one course they needed in fall 2010, and almost a third could not get into a class that they wanted.

J.E.C. shared this story. It offers some statistics. (Survey available on Pearson; will bookmark as soon as found.)

When black students reflected on the idea that everybody, regardless of race or ethnicity, initially struggles to adjust to college, their academic performance and longer-term well-being benefited, according to a paper published on Thursday in the journal Science.

By Thomas Bailey, Dong Wook Jeong and Sung-Woo Cho, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University in Economics of Education Review, Volume 29, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 255-270. "The purpose of this paper is to analyze the patterns and determinants of student progression through sequences of developmental education starting from initial referral. Our results indicate that fewer than one half of the students who are referred to remediation actually complete the entire sequence to which they are referred..."

For GSCC faculty, there is a copy of this article available in Coffee Klatch

Based in Washington State, the stated goals of this project are: (1) "aligning standards and expectations for mathematics....(2) increasing student success in completing math requirements in high school and college....(3) building capacity of teachers and instructors to align curriculum and instruction to standards....(4) communicating math expectations to students...." The project bridges the high school/college divide.

Produced by Ron Nief and Tom McBride of Beloit College, this year's "mindset list" for the incoming college class of 2015, born c. 1997. This page provides an overview of Beloit's mindset project, along with this year's list.

Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count. Cutting Edge Series No. 1 (2011) Guide is based on findings from Public Agenda's research into practices for engaging full-time and adjunct faculty in institutional change efforts toward increasing student success as community Colleges.

Presented by Dr. Robert Talbert of Grand Valley State University on YouTube; posted Sept 30 2011. This was presented (and recorded) as a one-hour AMATYC webinar. Talbert discussed flipping the college classroom in the context of teaching math.

DM shared a list of flipped classroom resources that were useful in his (home) department last year.

Scientists have discovered proof that the evolution of intelligence and larger brain sizes can be driven by cooperation and teamwork, shedding new light on the origins of what it means to be human. The study appears online in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B and was led by scientists at Trinity College Dublin: PhD student, Luke McNally and Assistant Professor Dr Andrew Jackson at the School of Natural Sciences in collaboration with Dr Sam Brown of the University of Edinburgh.

Scientific study of how working collaboratively enlarges brain size

By Jarene Fluckiger, Yvonne Tixier y Vigil, Rebecca Pasco & Kathy Danielson in College Teaching, vol 58, #4, 2010. Abstract is available on this page; full article is by subscription only, but may be available through your local library.

Gail Mellow recommended this article.

Published by the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE), 2012. This is the first of three annual reports to look at "strategies that appear to be associated with a variety of indicators of student progress and success." For more on this project, follow the tag CCCSE.