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Seeing Shakira: Critical Reflections on Unspoken Rules of Whiteness
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Douglas, Alison M. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2022
This critical reflective essay highlights three significant moments in one White woman's ongoing efforts to move beyond performative equity work. Through this narrative, the author sheds light on the unspoken rules of Whiteness that limited her engagement with race, reflecting on ways that colorblind etiquette prevented her from seeing her Black…
Descriptors: Whites, Racial Attitudes, Equal Education, Literacy
Context in an Interdisciplinary Algebra Writing Assignment
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Staats, Susan; Batteen, Chris – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2009
Teaching mathematics in real-word contexts is a strategy to make math relevant for undergraduate students. However, very little research exists on students' methods of integrating contextual and mathematical knowledge through writing. This study uses an interdisciplinary writing assignment to investigate the relationship between students' written…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Undergraduate Students, Content Area Writing, College Mathematics
Creating and Evaluating Factual Study Questions For Developmental Students.
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Brothen, Thomas; Wambach, Cathrine – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2002
Presents a brief report that follows up earlier work in which the authors showed that most students complete their study question assignments and that non completion of study questions was related to poor performance on chapter quizzes. Suggests that instructors should add factual study questions to the list of helpful learning aids for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Programs, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
The Effectiveness of Strategic Reading Instruction for College Developmental Readers
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Caverly, David C.; Nicholson, Sheila A.; Radcliffe, Richard – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2004
Two studies examined the short- and long-term effects of teaching strategic reading to first-year college students in a stand-alone course. In study one, developmental readers (N=36) learned PLAN, a strategic reading heuristic. Significant pretest-posttest growth was found using cognitive, metacognitive, and affective measures, though no gain was…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Standardized Tests, Core Curriculum, Reading Skills
Burnout in Developmental Education: A Social Environmental Perspective on the Risk for Those Who Work With Students at Risk.
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Nieves, Edwin E.; Hartman, Kathleen A. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2002
Addresses how current conditions in the field of developmental education are fueling burnout among educators. Recognizes the role an educator's personality may play in burnout. Presents three cases of teacher burnout. Concludes that the strong argument for the social environmental perspective as a cause of burnout puts the identification and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developmental Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Using Factual Study Questions To Guide Reading and Promote Mastery Learning by Developmental Students in an Introductory Psychology Course.
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Brothen, Thomas; Wambach, Cathrine – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2000
Reports an evaluation of factual study questions as a component of an introductory psychology course taught to developmental students with a computer-assisted, mastery learning teaching method based on Keller's (1968) Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). Recommends that instructors of introductory courses, especially those that serve…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation