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Huerta, Juan Carlos; Sperry, Rita – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
This article outlines a systematic and manageable method for learning community program assessment based on collecting empirical direct measures of student learning. Developed at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi where all full-time, first-year students are in learning communities, the approach ties integrative assignment design to a rubric…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Programs, College Students, Communities of Practice
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Rosen, Jody R.; Davis, M. Justin – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2014
This article describes the design of a learning community that paired an English Composition and a Public Speaking course at the New York City College of Technology (City Tech) and explains the embedded teaching strategies: flexible scheduling, integrated assignments, and a place-based (Brooklyn) focus. These tactics, developed with the aim of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Place Based Education, Writing (Composition), Public Speaking