It's Time to Complete Community College

Student Outcome Studies Show What It Takes to Succeed

S. deBoef (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2018
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-4053-7 (ISBN)

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Earning a college degree improves health and economic wellbeing. Thus, American taxpayers subsidize a majority of the cost of public colleges. At least half of all college students in the U.S. today attend two-year colleges; yet, fewer than half of these students achieve their educational goals. This book, written by an experienced community college teacher summarizes specific evidence-based methods to improve student learning and completion.
This book summarizes:
·student characteristics including socio-economic status, academic background, work/family commitments;
·instructional methods of work-pace, grading procedures, student practice opportunities, and feedback to students;
·institutional policies such as course scheduling, teaching loads, teacher training, availability of student services, commitment of administrators to using assessment to improve student learning outcomes.
If you are a college student/parent of a college student, college teacher/administrator, or concerned taxpayer; you are invited to read this book and join this discussion. It is unlikely that college completion rates will significantly improve without informed communities demanding institutional action.

Dr. S. deboef earned graduate degrees in Educational Psychology and Sociology and teaches Psychology and Sociology courses at a two-year college. She conducts research to develop strategies to enhance student learning outcomes because she believes that student success is critical for family and community well-being.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Community College Completion: Concern or Crisis?
Chapter 1: The Value of Two-year Colleges
Chapter 2: Measuring Student Learning
Chapter 3: Academic Inputs and Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter 4: Instructional and Institutional Practices and Learning Outcomes
Part II: How Do Instructional Practices Influence Student Outcomes?
Chapter 5: A Study of Student Outcomes in a Gateway Course
Chapter 6: Course Grading Practices and Work-pace
Chapter 7: Instructional Practices that Support Student Learning
Part III: Does Increasing Student Access Improve Student Success?
Chapter 8: The Continuum of Instructional Course Designs
Chapter 9: Patterns of Enrollment across Course Designs
Chapter 10: Improving Student Access and Learning Outcomes
Appendices
Appendix A: Systems Used to Determine Student Ability
Appendix B1: Criterion-referenced Work-pace 1 Syllabus
Appendix B2: Norm-referenced Work-pace 2 Syllabus
Appendix B3: Criterion-referenced Work-pace 3 Syllabus
Appendix B4: Norm-referenced Work-pace 4 Syllabus
Appendix C: Instructional Practices and Student Outcome Statistical Tables
Appendix D1: Example of a Face to face Paper Rubric
Appendix D2: Online Essay and Essay Response Rubrics
Appendix D3: Course Design and Student Outcomes Statistical Tables
References
About the Author
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.06.2018
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 232 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-4758-4053-5 / 1475840535
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-4053-7 / 9781475840537
Zustand	Neuware