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O'Banion, Terry; And Others – 1994
Based on the premise that the purpose of teaching is to help students make passionate connections to learning, this book presents information on the context of teaching and learning in the community college, model practices and programs, and outcomes of effective teaching for teachers and institutions. The following 16 chapters are provided: (1)…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Educational Technology
Download full textAshby, W. Allen; And Others – 1996
This collection presents essays on contemporary issues facing community colleges written by fellows in Princeton University's Mid-Career Fellowship Program and dealing with such issues as critical thinking, faculty perceptions, educational technology, interdisciplinary courses, cooperative learning strategies, the college culture, faculty and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking
2001
This symposium on transfer of learning consists of four presentations. "The Influence of the Implementation of a Transfer Management Intervention on Transfer of Training" (Patricia R. Saylor, Marijke T. Kehrhahn) reports a study that evaluated effectiveness of transfer management interventions provided by a change facilitator in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Valverde, Leonard A., Ed. – 2002
This book aims to assist Latinos who are thinking about going to college. The book is divided into four parts and is organized by steps. Part 1 discusses preparing for college. Steps identify 10 new ways of thinking to get ready psychologically for the SAT or ACT exams and college itself; provide forms, tips, and a sample letter to assist in…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Freshmen, College Preparation, College Students
Wiecking, Kirk M.; And Others – 1987
Resulting from a Sacramento City College (SCC) project to improve teaching and learning by directly involving faculty in research to measure student learning outcomes, this document contains reports by seven SCC faculty members on their own classroom-based research projects. "Skills-Intervention Instruction," by Linda Briggs, describes a study…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Community Colleges, Economics Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Direct linkSwing, Randy L., Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2004
This second volume of "Proving and Improving" collects essays from the First-Year Assessment Listserv, which is hosted by the Policy Center on the First Year of College and the National Resource Center. Like the first volume, this one brings together the nation's leading experts and practitioners of assessment in the first college year.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Qualitative Research, Early Intervention, Institutional Research
Grosz, Karen S., Comp. – 1989
Designed as a resource on teaching and learning strategies geared specifically toward underrepresented community college students, this collection of articles and reports includes the following: (1) "Successful Teaching Strategies: Instruction for Black and Hispanic Students in the California Community Colleges," by Olivia Mercado, Cheryl Fong,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Black Students, College Role, Community Colleges
