INCORPORATING STUDENT SUCCESS STRATEGIES IN INRW USING CONNECT EMILY PEEBLES
YOUR THOUGHTS AND NEEDS • On your notecard, make a list of student success issues that your students tend to have each semester. • Examples – asking questions that are answered in the syllabus, an unwillingness to try to solve problems as they arise, etc.
SYLLABUS ANALYSIS The “Syllabus Analysis” Power of • • A discussion board assignment Process assignment guides students is shown that asks students to through the reading process in order post questions about the to help them annotate and analyze syllabus and respond to their the syllabus. classmates’ questions. At the end of the assignment, the • • The instructor can monitor the students are prompted to ask any posts, correct any inaccuracies questions that they still have. The in the students’ answers, and instructor can respond to those provide answers as well. questions in the comment section of the grading view.
SELF- REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS Students are asked to reflect on themselves as students. The questions require them to evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses as students and possible ways that they can ensure their own success.
GROWTH MINDSET ARTICLE • Students find an article on growth mindset from a reliable source. The link included in the instructions takes them to the San Jac library databases. • Using Power of Process, they’ll upload their article and use the reading process to annotate and examine the article. • This assignment also serves as a practice for reading and following instructions as well as basic computer skills that will benefit them in future classes.
THEMATIC UNIT – TRIUMPHING OVER ADVERSITY • This unit contains four readings and can be found on pages • This thematic unit 554-573 in gives students four Common choices of writing Places . topics that all relate to grit and perseverance.
MOTIVATION WRITING ASSIGNMENT • This unit contains two readings with Power of Process assignments. • There is also a writing assignment in which students summarize an article. • All writing assignments in Connect enable the students to submit multiple drafts.
PROBLEM SOLVING WRITING ASSIGNMENT • There is also a writing assignment in which students write a process essay about solving a real problem from their own lives. • All writing assignments in • This unit contains two Connect enable the students readings with Power of to submit multiple drafts. Process assignments.
CHAPTER QUIZZES • There are quizzes for each textbook chapter that can be assigned as proof that a student has read their chapter in preparation for class. • This reinforces the behavior of preparing for class ahead of time. • These quizzes are automatically graded.
STUDENT SUCCESS ARTICLES WITH QUIZZES • Each quiz contains a PDF of the article and 9-10 questions. • Each quiz is automatically graded.
RITE OF PASSAGE WRITING ASSIGNMENT Students are asked to reflect on a rite of passage they have experienced. They are asked to discuss how this change in their lives will affect them as a student.
CRITICAL THINKING, ANNOTATION, AND TEST- TAKING STRATEGIES • CRITICAL THINKING RESOURCES • POWERPOINT • STUDENT DISCUSSION BOARD ASSIGNMENT RELATED TO POWERPOINT • ANNOTATION RESOURCES • POWERPOINT • WEBLINK TO AN ANNOTATION CHECKLIST • TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES RESOURCES • POWERPOINT
ADDITIONAL POWER OF PROCESS READINGS Two additional Power of Process articles are available that deal with student success topics.
WRAP-UP • PLEASE REVIEW YOUR NOTECARD AND CIRCLE ANY STUDENT ISSUES THAT WERE NOT ADDRESSED, AND LEAVE YOUR NOTECARD WITH ME ON YOUR WAY OUT. • PLEASE EMAIL ME AT EMILY.PEEBLES@SJCD.EDU IF YOU HAVE ANY
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