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by David Bornstein, Opinionator commentary, New York Times, April 19, 2011. Author discusses a successful new elementary school level math curriculum, Jump Math, in use in Canada and England. The founder of Jump Math, John Mighton, believes the key is in teachers working with students to break math problems down into steps, that can be further broken down. When students are successful at mastering a step they have the confidence to go on.

K.S. mentioned in Coffee Klatch, April 2011.

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.

Site dedicated to teaching and learning with digital media, from faculty, librarians, students and staff at New School. Tool Kit suggests resources for different areas of digital learning.

D.W. mentioned in Coffee Klatch, April 2011.

Hands Across Curriculum - partnerships for college success 44th Annual CRLA Conference, November 9-12, 2011, San Diego, CA

T.S. mentioned in Coffee Klatch, April 2011. She suggested co-presenting.

Website companion for book by S. Craig Watkins.

R.A. heard the author speak at Foothill about digital natives and literacies. Mentioned in April 2011 Coffee Klatch.

By Susan Coleman Goldstein from the Do Your Job Better column, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 5 2011. While on sabbatical, Goldstein, an English professor, takes a computer class at her school and finds herself distracted by the Facebook activity going on at her fellow student's computer terminal. In this piece, she thinks and re-thinks her own in-class policy regarding social media.

According to their "About AACC" page, "The association represents almost 1,200 two-year, associate degree-granting institutions and more than 11 million students." This is a great "go-to" site, with a variety of statistics, demographics and "Fast Facts" as well as information on the White House Summit and related federal initiatives that pertain to community colleges.

By Thomas J. Snyder in The Hechinger Report, May 3 2011. Snyder, president of the nation's largest state-wide community college (Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana), argues that governors who cut funding to community colleges are being short-sighted, and argues for the importance of community colleges in the economic recovery.

By Jay Matthews in the Class Struggle column, The Washington Post, May 5 2011. Matthews writes about the recently published study, Assessing Developmental Assessment in Community Colleges (see tag assess_study), which finds that it might be the assessment process itself that is failing developmental ed students, rather than the content or delivery of the developmental ed courses.

By Katherine L. Hughes and Judith Scott-Clayton, published by Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, Feb 2011. From the report description: "This paper examines the extent of consensus regarding the role of developmental assessment and how it is best implemented, the validity of the most common assessments currently in use, and emerging directions in assessment policy and practice." A PDF of the full paper is available from this web page.

"This article provides a rationale for incorporating the development of critical thinking skills into the online learning environment. The author also presents possibilities for building these cognitive skills into online classes. She maintains that incorporating critical thinking skills is a necessary component of learning; these skills assist learners to evaluate and link the abundance of information and ideas that is available via information communication technologies (ICTs). "

Part of The Aspen Institute, "The purpose of the Aspen Prize is to recognize community colleges with outstanding academic and workforce outcomes in both absolute performance and improvements over time. By focusing on student success and lifting up models that work, the prize will honor excellence, stimulate innovation, and create benchmarks for measuring progress." (Program Summary)

on Essay Start. Essay Start offers essay samples, tips, a step by step guide, articles and online resources.

MZ assigned this in week7, semester 3.

on Guide to Grammar & Writing, sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut.

MZ assigned this in week 7, semester 3.

Custom edition of Tobey, Slater Beginning Algebra (7th E) for Sinclair Community College. Published by Pearson Custom Publishing, 2006.

EK uses this custom edition in his course, week1, Semester3

Presented by Atul Gawande, author of Better. Posted to website 5minLife, Videopedia in the Health section. For more on Gawande and Better, follow the gawande tag.

NH assigned in Week 1, semester 3.

By Atul Gawande. Published by Metropolitan, 2007. This book, written by a doctor, looks at how doctors try to match their best intentions with best performance.

Published in Newsweek with no author credit or date. According to a GSCC faculty member, the author is James Dillard.

NH uses this for a writing assignment, week 1, semester 3.