The Community College Research Center (CCRC) has conducted a review of the literature around contextualized basic skills instruction (Feb. 2011). The study can be found at: Facilitating Student Learning Through Contextualization.
About Jan Connal
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Voices from the Field: Two Decades of Community Change Efforts
The Aspen Institute produced Voices from the Field III: Lessons and Challenges from Two Decades of Community Change Efforts (2010) to identify Lessons and Implications for Moving Forward: Progress Requires Better Alignment of Mission, Action, Capacity, Collaboration, and Learning. You can access the report here: Voices from the Field III
Completion by Design
Completion by Design, a signature Initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Postsecondary Success Strategy, is a five-year community college reform effort focused on increasing the proportion of and pace by which low-income young adults progress to postsecondary credential and degree completion. The reform organizers have assembled an important set of resources which you […]
Enhancing Program Performance with Logic Models
Logic Modeling self-paced course from University of Wisconsin – Extension, 2003.
The Heart of Student Success
The Heart of Student Success describes four key strategies to promote the strengthened classroom experiences that ultimately are requisite to both increased levels of college completion and deeper levels of learning. The key strategies are: Strengthen classroom engagement; Integrate student support into learning experiences; Expand professional development focused on engaging students; and Focus institutional […]
Inspiring Student Success
As California Community College instructors, we serve a diverse mix of students with dramatically varying goals and levels of academic preparation. Many are first-generation college students who have never been to a college campus, while others are returning from the workplace to upgrade their skills. They are a multicultural and multigenerational mix. Most of them […]
Regional OCLN Meetings
OCLN’s Spring 2012 BSI Coordinator meetings: *February 10* *March 9* *April 20* Please email Jan Connal ( jconnal@cerritos.edu) to be added to the regional distribution list for announcements.
