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Teaching unprepared students : strategies for promoting success and retention in higher education / Kathleen F. Gabriel ; foreword by Sandra M. Flake.
Van Pelt Library LB2331.2 .G33 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabriel, Kathleen F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Developmental studies programs.
- Underprepared college students.
- College dropouts--Prevention.
- College dropouts.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 145 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2008.
- Summary:
- This book provides professors and their graduate teaching assistants - those at the front line of interactions with students - with techniques and approaches they can use in class to help at-risk students raise their skills so that they can successfully complete their studies. The author shares proven practices that will not only engage all students in a class, but also create the conditions - while maintaining high standards and high expectations - to enable at-risk and under-prepared students to develop academically, and graduate with good grades. The author also explains how to work effectively with academic support units on campus. The ideas presented here - that the author has successfully employed over many years - can be easily integrated into any class.
- Contents:
- Unprepared and at-risk college students : myth or reality?
- Philosophical foundations : yes, they can!
- The first week of class : sharing a mission for success
- Begin with consistent contact : attendance that matters
- Learning styles and the science of learning : tapping brain power
- Embracing learner-centered education : engaging students
- Interweaving assessment and teaching : any questions?
- Techniques for promoting academic integrity and discouraging cheating : playing by the rules
- Epilogue: Final thoughts : promoting a richer campus environment .
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781579222291
- 1579222293
- 9781579222307
- 1579222307
- OCLC:
- 182779491
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