I agree with all the advice so far; especially the On Course materials and
the advice to have the students reflect on questions that are open ended.
I think it would also be great to address the importance of using
metacognitive skills in the workplace. Spending serious time analyzing
assignments, reflecting on the Bloom's taxonomy level of assignments (e.g.
simply information gathering, application of principles, evaluating
information, etc.) and devoting enough time to communicating ideas
effectively and efficiently might be topics to consider.
I know you now have a plethora of ideas and information. But I think you
can rest assured that whatever you do that gets THEM involved in reflecting
and in talking with each other about ideas they may not have thought of
will be a big hit.
Good luck!
Saundra
Saundra Y. McGuire, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Academic Success
Adj. Professor, Department of Chemistry
B31 Coates Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225.578.6749 phone
225.578.2696 fax
www.cas.lsu.edu
http://chemistry.lsu.edu/chem/facultypages/mcguire/mcguire.asp
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What about Setting and Keeping Goals? Could they be split up into small
groups and brainstorm post grad goals, and then break down those goals
into more manageable steps/tasks and create a timeline?
Lindy
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I would suggest one topic under life management would be debt managament
- getting credit and managing it responsibly.
Suzanne
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Colleagues: I need help. I am scheduled to do a presentation tomorrow,
and the topic has just been changed, I'm looking for ideas, resources,
suggestions, etc.
I am supposed to present for an hour and a half to a group of 50
students who will be graduating in May. The topic is about time/life
management after college.
Any suggestions? THANKS IN ADVANCE. Sue
Sue Henderson
Assistant Director, University College at the Polytechnic Campus
7001 East Williams Field Road
Academic Center Building room 80, Mail Code 0180 Mesa, AZ 85212
(480)727-1457 * fax (480)727-1714
http://uc.asu.edu * http://east.asu.edu/learningcenter
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Hello, Lois--
The Study Mate software was just purchased by our college. It allows us
to input information in three formats: one-part (simple concept cards),
two-part (suitable for flash cards), and multiple choice. We need to
enter the information only once. It is then automatically transformed
into as many of the review formats as we choose. Pretty nifty!
A similar online service is available through Quia, costing about $45
per year for an individual subscription. See http://www.quia.com/ for
information on that program.
Sue
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Thank you, Sue!!!
You have some excellent resources associated with this and with your
study skills course. I am very interested in the Study Mate software.
Lois Martin, M.S.
Director, Academic Support Center
Goshen College
1700 South Main Street
Goshen, IN 46526
574-535-7576
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>The syllabus from my Speed Reading course can be accessed at
>http://www.dmacc.edu/instructors/smwickham/spdrding.htm
>
>This course focuses on vocabulary, comprehension, and flexibility in
>rate.
>
>Sue Wickham
>Academic Achievement Center
>Des Moines Area Community College
>2006 S. Ankeny Blvd.
>Ankeny, IA 50021
>Office: 515-965-7000
>FAX: 515-965-7080
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>Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:32 PM
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>Subject: College Reading Course Syllabi
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>Dear all,
>
>
>
>I forwarded the article, "What the ACT Reveals About College Readiness
>in Reading/blurb/pdf link to 63 page report", that was posted to the
>LISTSERV yesterday, to our faculty and staff with the following
>comments:
>
>
>
>"I thought this data was interesting and worth sharing. The article
>provides strategies for what high schools can do to improve readiness
>for reading. Unfortunately, I didn't see any suggestions in the
article
>on what we can do for students who are not ready to read college
texts."
>
>
>
>My e-mail resulted in a meeting today with our Campus Dean, Associate
>Campus Dean, Assistant Dean for Student Services, Developmental
>Writing/Reading Instructor and myself to offer a course from our
catalog
>called LEA 101: Speed Reading and Efficiency in Reading. The course
>description reads, "The aim of this course is to help the student
>develop the vocabulary and comprehension skills needed for studying
>college material. The student learns to analyze challenging materials
>for immediate understanding and interpret it for long-term memory."
>
>
>
>Since we have never offered the course before on our campus (we are one
>of 13 UW Colleges Freshman/Sophomore campuses in Wisconsin), I am
>soliciting your help to provide examples for textbooks and syllabi that
>you have used on your respective campuses for courses that match our
>course description. I posed a similar question back in May asking in
>general about reading courses you offer and found that several campuses
>teach a similar course. However, now that we are going to teach a
>course, I am look for specifics rather than having to start from ground
>zero in the course development process.
>
>
>
>Our plan is to offer two sections of LEA 101 as a one-credit,
non-degree
>course this fall. The course will be offered the first five weeks of
>the semester, twice a week for 75 min (i.e., T Th from 2:00 pm - 3:15
>pm). The target population will be our conditional admit students who
>scored less than a 17 on their ACT and/or students who place into our
>ENG 098: Basic Composition course based on the University of WI English
>Placement Test scores.
>
>
>
>I would appreciate any guidance you could provide.
>
>
>
>Thanks in advance for your help!
>
>
>
>Travis Ramage
>
>Coordinator of Adult Student Services/
>
>Academic Assistance Advisor
>
>UW-Barron County
>
>1800 College Drive
>
>Rice Lake, WI 54868
>
>Phone: (715) 234-8176 #5438
>
>Fax: (715) 234-8024
>
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