Counseling-Enhanced Dev LCs - Welcome to Skagit Valley College辅导增强开发LCS -欢迎斯卡吉特谷学院.ppt

Counseling-Enhanced Developmental Learning Communities and Student Success Skagit Valley College Session Topics Learning Communities at SVC Literature/data behind the pilot project Overview of project Course and assignment design Research design Results to date Feedback and continuous improvement Faculty perspectives Session Topics Learning Communities at Skagit Valley College Developmental Learning Communities Research and Data Project Overview Planning, Goals, Integrated Assignment Example Research Design Results to date Learning Communities at SVC Learning Communities at SVC Curricular Learning Communities have been offered at Skagit since 1986 and required for the transfer degree since 1993 Approximately 50-60 LCs are offered at SVC each year, about half are fully collaborative Student outcomes: develop/deepen an understanding of the connections among disciplines and, for composition LCs, to support development of academic writing Learning Communities at SVC Fully Collaborative Feast or Famine (Nutrition and Sociology) Sm (Human Sexuality and Mass Communication) Stating the Matter (Chemistry and English Composition) Developmental (federated, co-enrollment) Reading Between the Numbers (developmental Math and Reading) Learning Communities at SVC Federated Celluloid Science - science majors enroll in an introductory film course and one of the courses required for their major , with the explicit purpose of exploring how films portray scientists, scientific practices, and concepts This, That, and the Other - students co-enroll in a research paper course and one of several social science courses, with the goal of researching topics specific to their field of study Background: Research and Data Related to Learning Communities Research Literature: Tinto (1998) Lessons Learned Making pedagogical choices: Different strategies for different needs Making appropriate placement: Assessing student education needs Lessons in Implementation Using pilot programs Bu