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Notes toward a new rhetoric : nine essays for teachers - 0 views

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    By Francis Christensen and Bonniejean Christensen, published by Harper & Row, 1978 (2nd edition). Essays for writing teachers.
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    RA excerpts an essay from this book, Week 8, Semester 3.
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Community colleges should be at the front line of economic recovery - 0 views

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    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.
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American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) - 0 views

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    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.
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Not all graduates ready to tackle college - 0 views

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    By Tina Marie Macias in the advertiser. com (Louisiana), May 20, 2011. The author cites analysis by The Daily Advertiser (the print newspaper) that "the majority of 2010 ACT-tested Lafayette Parish students did not meet college readiness benchmarks." The article also compares the ACT as an indicator against TOPS (Taylor Opportunity for Students Award, a local grant).
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Report: Over a third of students entering college need remedial help - 0 views

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    By Kara Spak, Chicago Sun-Times, May 31, 2011. This article cites a recent report released by the Alliance for Excellent Education, which finds that "as many as one-third of students entering higher education need to take some sort of remedial or developmental course...." Putting a human face on these statistics is the profile of one student who graduated from high school with a 3.0 GPA and a B in "College Algebra" but still needed to take a non-credit developmental math course when she got to community college.
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Why Fairfax should ax the substandard 'Standard Diploma' - 0 views

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    By Kristen Amundson, Op/Ed, The Washington Post, May 27 2011. Amundson argues that the state of Virginia is doing itself a disservice by allowing high school students to graduate with a "standard diploma." The diploma requires only three years of math, leaving many students unprepared for college math and thus required to enroll in developmental math.
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Personality Psychology and Economics - 0 views

  • The predictive power of personality measures is compared with the predictive power of measures of cognition captured by IQ and achievement tests. For many outcomes, personality measures are just as predictive as cognitive measures, even after controlling for family background and cognition. Moreover, standard measures of cognition are heavily influenced by personality traits and incentives. Measured personality traits are positively correlated over the life cycle. However, they are not fixed and can be altered by experience and investment. Intervention studies, along with studies in biology and neuroscience, establish a causal basis for the observed effect of personality traits on economic and social outcomes. Personality traits are more malleable over the life cycle compared to cognition, which becomes highly rank stable around age 10. Interventions that change personality are promising avenues for addressing poverty and disadvantage.
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    This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity.
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Learning Through Digital Media » A Digital Learning Tool Kit - 0 views

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    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.
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    D.W. mentioned in Coffee Klatch, April 2011.
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College Reading & Learning Association - 0 views

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    Hands Across Curriculum - partnerships for college success 44th Annual CRLA Conference, November 9-12, 2011, San Diego, CA
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    T.S. mentioned in Coffee Klatch, April 2011. She suggested co-presenting.
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5 reasons students would rather play Xbox than use the LMS - 0 views

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    Posted by dskmag on the blog Design for Learning, May 28 2011. This blog is written by Dean Groom, who has an interest in "embedding new pedagogical classroom practice to create authentic, realistic and relevant learning for today's learners." This post describes ways to make LMS (and online courses) more engaging, following a gaming/Xbox model.
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A Better Way to Teach Math - 0 views

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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.
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    K.S. mentioned in Coffee Klatch, April 2011.
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The Young and The Digital - 0 views

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    Website companion for book by S. Craig Watkins.
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    R.A. heard the author speak at Foothill about digital natives and literacies. Mentioned in April 2011 Coffee Klatch.
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100 New York Schools Try 'Common Core' Approach - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    High schools and standards - encouraging critical thinking / analysis /perspectives
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Submissions: Design the New Food Pyramid - 0 views

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    Food section of Good (online) magazine, posted Dec 4, 2010. Good Magazine provided sources and invited readers to post new versions of the food pyramid.
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    RA cited as inspiration for assignment, week 6, semester 3.
Lisa Levinson

Developing Discipline-Based Critical Thinking Skills via Use of Interactive Technologie... - 0 views

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    "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). "
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50 Interesting Facts about Pi - 0 views

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    on Random History.com, Posted July 3, 2009
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    K.P. posted link in March coffee klatch, in honor of Pi day.
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The New Humanism - 0 views

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    By David Brooks, The Opinion Pages, The New York Times, March 7, 2011. Growing interdisciplinary research into the importance of the unconscious parts of our minds, emotions and our relationships, and how these lead to a different view of human capital.
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    R.A. posted the link to this article in March's coffee klatch. "[article] seems to capture the complexity of our pedagogy and our classrooms..."
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Son of Citation Machine - 0 views

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    A citation creation tool built by David Warlick and the Landmark Project, 2000. It "is part of the Landmark for Schools Web site for teachers." The tool helps students create citations that are formatted correctly.
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    M.Z. presented this in class, week 12, semester 2, and again week 13, semester 4.
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Plagiarism Checker - 0 views

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    Designed by EDUC478 as a project for the University of Maryland at College Park Department of Education. This is a tool to allow students and faculty to review work for plagiarism.
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    M.Z. presented this tool in class, week 12, semester 2.
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Create a Works Cited Page from these books - 0 views

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    This is an online exercise where writers can practice creating a Works Cited page (MLA style). Books and articles are given, and there is a link to the correct version of the Works Cited page, so students can check their answers. There is no attribution, but this is a learning object presented by Wisc-Online. Items in this digital library were "developed primarily by faculty from the Wisconsin Technical College System...."
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    M.Z. used this resource in class, week 11, semester 2.
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