Category: Learning Abstracts
The Soft Side of Retention: Ways to Engage With Community College Students and Develop Their Best Possible Selves
Patricia M. Konovalov explores what community college educators can do to help students "develop their best possible selves."
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Taking the Why Out of the Equation: Formulas for Student Success
To address the disconnect between the stated goal of integrated curriculum and student perceptions of a lack of an integrated curriculum, the faculty at Atlanta Technical College first surveyed, then held a focus group with students and a group of colleagues who teach technical courses. As a result of these efforts, we have identified and integrated innovative active learning methods into classrooms that will help students to contextualize math and English requirements within the scope of their primary academic and career goals. These simple, yet crucial, steps help students discover the relevance of general education courses.
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Innovative Critical Thinking Assignments for Student Success
Critical thinking is a term that may mean different things to different people and that may vary to some degree depending upon the learning situation.
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