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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.

"The Education Commission of the States (ECS), in collaboration with Knowledge in the Public Interest (KPI), Policy Research on Preparation, Access and Remedial Education (PREPARE) at the University of Massachusetts Boston, seeks to leverage developmental education at postsecondary institutions as a critical component of state efforts to increase college attainment rates through Getting Past Go. The national initiative will help education policy leaders align state and system policy to increase the college success of the large percentage of students enrolled in postsecondary education who require remedial and developmental education."

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.

Mentioned by L.H. in Developing a Pedagogy Matters Manifesto.

By Gail O. Mellow and Cynthia Heelan (2008) This page is the announcement of the book from LaGuardia Community College and the text/video of Dr. Mellow's lecture for the Robert H. Atwell lecture.

Spearheaded by John Squires (who has since moved to Chattanooga State Community College), this page outlines the redesign, looking at impact on students, cost savings, lessons learned, and sustainability. All data as of June 2009.

One poster contributed that his school was working on a redesign of their developmental math program, based loosely on the redesign at Cleveland State. Part of Student Context: Community.

Produced by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Division of Information Technology at LaGuardia Community College, part of The City University of new York. September 2010. Includes profiles of the student body (general and entering students), enrollment profile, and demographics about degrees earned.

Part of the Contextualization discussion, backing up the statistic that, at LaGuardia, more students need developmental math than writing.

on the California Community Colleges Success Network.

Mentioned in Putting It All Together. Includes guidelines and resources for acceleration in developmental education.

A comprehensive evaluation of Achieving the Dream, a nationwide program designed to boost the academic success of community college students, reveals that overall trends in student outcomes at the first 26 institutions to join the project remained relatively unchanged after five years, even though the colleges adopted a wide range of strategies to improve them.

Posted online by Dr. Norman E. Cameron, Professor of Economics and Fellow of St. John's College.

Shared in Instructional Strategies:Reflection/Meta-cognition

On Virginia Western Community College website

Liz shared this in Instructional Strategies:Reflection/Meta-cognition

Located at Patrick Henry Community College, the Center emphasizes active learning and cooperative learning.

In Instructional Strategies: Peer Engagement

Professor Forrest Helvie, Norwalk Community College, Independent Reading Project

Author of this project mentioned in Pedagogy Cafe

By Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Cross, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.

This is included in the Pedagogy Matters! Book, category: Assessment. Also mentioned in Introduction to Formative Assessment

Two assessment techniques from this book mentioned in Instructional Strategies:Reflection/Meta-cognition: The Minute Paper" and "Muddiest Point." "They help teachers determine whether students are picking up on important ideas. Teachers get snapshots of where students are struggling so that teachers can adjust instruction--for example, spending more time reviewing a key concept. These strategies also benefit students. Students have to attend to what they have just learned, maybe synthesize concepts from various lectures, and articulate what they know and do not know. Students generally do not take time to think about their thinking, or to try to express their struggles. Therefore, they are unlikely to get to a stage where they can formulate solutions for problems they are having."

This program is offered by the Association of American Colleges & Universities, as part of its Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) initiative, and is a contribution to the national dialogue on assessment in education.

Mentioned in Introduction to Formative Assessment

on the Testing Center, York College - The City University of New York. Five scoring categories: 1. "Critical Response to the Writing Task and Text" 2."Development of Writer's Ideas": 3. Structure of the Response" 4. "Language Use: Sentences and Word Choice" 5. "Language Use: Grammar, Usage, Mechanics"

Mentioned in Introduction to Formative Assessment as an assessment rubric used.

This site offers various writing-related resources from grades 7-12, through college and for professional writers. Resources range from rules of various citation formats to proper cover letters and resumes.

Shared in Instructional Strategies: Peer Engagement

Published by Capital Community College, Hartford, CT. Various resources to help students learn more about grammar and writing.

Shared in Instructional Strategies: Peer Engagement

By Doug Lederman, April 4, 2011 Inside HigherEd The author discusses a new campaign by AFT Higher Education. The effort will have members of the American Federation of Teachers (represented by more than 200,000 college and university instructors, professional staff and graduate students) more directly involved in national and campus discussions on student success in higher education.

By Diana D. Woolis and Gail O. Mellow. This page is the abstract for the book chapter on the Emerald website.