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The Strategic Thinking and Learning Community: An Innovative Model for Providing Academic Assistance
Direct linkCommander, Nannette Evans; Valeri-Gold, Maria; Darnell, Kim – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2004
Today, academic assistance efforts are frequently geared to all students, not just the underprepared, with study skills offered in various formats. In this article, the authors describe a learning community model with the theme, "Strategic Thinking and Learning" (STL). Results of data analysis indicate that participants of the STL…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Helping Relationship, Learning Strategies, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedDavis, Denise M.; Clery, Carolsue – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1994
Describes the design and implementation of a Spiral Model for the introduction and repeated practice of study strategies, based on Taba's model for social studies. In a college reading and studies strategies course, key strategies were introduced early and used through several sets of humanities and social and physical sciences readings. (Contains…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Models, Remedial Reading, Skill Development
Download full textRada, Ruth B. – 1975
On the basis of a survey of the literature pertaining to the special education and guidance needs of the handicapped, a survey of existing programs at 47 California Community Colleges, the proceedings of advisory committee meetings, interviews with counselors, college health services staff, and representatives from community agencies working with…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Course Descriptions
Linn-Benton Community Coll., Albany, OR. – 1979
A project was undertaken to develop a set of individualized instructional materials for use in helping academically disadvantaged students to acquire the vocational, study, and learning skills necessary to succeed in secondary and postsecondary programs. In order to identify the industrial vocational concepts and related study and learning skills…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 22 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: a remedial reading program for Marine recruits; methods for improving reading flexibility and rate, spelling ability, vocabulary comprehension, and study skills in…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
Austin Community Coll., TX. – 1993
This 11-page report describes a project wherein a Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Program Improvement Grant was used to develop a curricular bridge between the academic English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) area and the vocational-technical business/office systems area of Austin Community College (ACC). The following project…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives
