S. Deboef

It's Time to Complete Community College (eBook, ePUB)

Student Outcome Studies Show What It Takes to Succeed

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Earning a college degree improves health and economic wellbeing. Thus, American taxpayers subsidize a majority of the cost of public colleges. At least half of all college students in the U.S. today attend two-year colleges; yet, fewer than half of these students achieve their educational goals. This book, written by an experienced community college teacher summarizes specific evidence-based methods to improve student learning and completion.
This book summarizes:
student characteristics including socio-economic status, academic background, work/family commitments;instructional methods of work-pace, grading procedures, student practice opportunities, and feedback to students;institutional policies such as course scheduling, teaching loads, teacher training, availability of student services, commitment of administrators to using assessment to improve student learning outcomes.If you are a college student/parent of a college student, college teacher/administrator, or concerned taxpayer; you are invited to read this book and join this discussion. It is unlikely that college completion rates will significantly improve without informed communities demanding institutional action.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475840544
• Artikelnr.: 50905152

Autorenporträt

S. deboef earned graduate degrees in Educational Psychology and Sociology and teaches Psychology and Sociology courses at a two-year college. She conducts research to develop strategies to enhance student learning outcomes because she believes that student success is critical for family and community well-being.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Community College Completion: Concern or Crisis?
Chapter 1: The Value of Two-year Colleges
Chapter 2: Measuring Student Learning
Chapter 3: Academic Inputs and Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter 4: Instructional and Institutional Practices and Learning Outcomes
Part II: How Do Instructional Practices Influence Student Outcomes?
Chapter 5: A Study of Student Outcomes in a Gateway Course
Chapter 6: Course Grading Practices and Work-pace
Chapter 7: Instructional Practices that Support Student Learning
Part III: Does Increasing Student Access Improve Student Success?
Chapter 8: The Continuum of Instructional Course Designs
Chapter 9: Patterns of Enrollment across Course Designs
Chapter 10: Improving Student Access and Learning Outcomes
Appendices
Appendix A: Systems Used to Determine Student Ability
Appendix B1: Criterion-referenced Work-pace 1 Syllabus
Appendix B2: Norm-referenced Work-pace 2 Syllabus
Appendix B3: Criterion-referenced Work-pace 3 Syllabus
Appendix B4: Norm-referenced Work-pace 4 Syllabus
Appendix C: Instructional Practices and Student Outcome Statistical Tables
Appendix D1: Example of a Face to face Paper Rubric
Appendix D2: Online Essay and Essay Response Rubrics
Appendix D3: Course Design and Student Outcomes Statistical Tables
References
About the Author
Index