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Zimmerer, Mary; Skidmore, Susan Troncoso; Chuppa-Cornell, Kim; Sindel-Arrington, Tricia – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Skill and drill remediation in developmental reading courses do not prepare students for reading tasks in future college-level courses. When a skill and drill model is replaced with a model that utilizes contextualization, students engage in relevant activities with authentic texts to prepare students for college-level activities. The reading…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
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Martinez, Ted; Bloom, Nena; Whipple, Amy V.; Chischilly, Steve – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2018
Northern Arizona University (NAU) has been operating a National Science Foundation-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates program for 18 years. The program works with tribal and community college faculty to recruit students traditionally underrepresented in the sciences for a 10-week summer research experience at NAU. Since 2006, 77…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Student Participation, Equal Education, Undergraduate Students
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Talahongva, Patty – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2009
Each semester, hundreds of children find themselves on the campus of a tribal college or university. While their parents are busy working toward that associate's or bachelor's degree, the children are getting their own dose of college life. From Ilisagvik College in Barrow, Alaska--the "northernmost accredited community college"--to…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Higher Education, American Indians, American Indian Education