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Lear Learning ning Pr Prog ograms ams Parents Weekend Presentation 6 February, 2015 Wendy Menefee-Libey Learning Programs Th The Wri e Writing Ce ting Cent nter er The Academic he Academic Ex Excellence Pr cellence Prog ogram


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Parents Weekend Presentation 6 February, 2015 Wendy Menefee-Libey

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Learning Programs

Th The Wri e Writing Ce ting Cent nter er

The Academic he Academic Ex Excellence Pr cellence Prog

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Wri Writing ting Ce Cente nter

“It’s not the music, man, it’s the words.”

  • Bob Dylan
  • Designed to help students develop the critical

and analytical tools to become clear and forceful communicators

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Wri Writing Cen ting Center ter

“It’s not the music, man, it’s the words.”

  • Bob Dylan
  • Designed to help students develop the critical

and analytical tools to become clear and forceful communicators

  • Individual writing consultations with trained

peer tutors

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Wr Writ iting ing Ce Cent nter er

“It’s not the music, man, it’s the words.”

  • Bob Dylan
  • Designed to help students develop the critical

and analytical tools to become clear and forceful communicators

  • Individual writing consultations with peer

tutors

  • All disciplines
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Wri Writing ting Ce Cente nter

“It’s not the music, man, it’s the words.”

  • Bob Dylan
  • Designed to help students develop the critical

and analytical tools to become clear and forceful communicators

  • Individual consultations with peer tutors
  • All disciplines
  • Any composing project at any stage of the

process

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Wri Writing ting Ce Cente nter

“It’s not the music, man, it’s the words.”

  • Bob Dylan
  • Designed to help students develop the critical and

analytical tools to become clear and forceful communicators

  • Individual consultations with peer tutors
  • All disciplines
  • Any composing project at any stage of the process
  • For all writers- novice, experienced and somewhere

in between– NOT REMEDIAL

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Writing Center Use 2002-2014

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 Individual Consultations Academic Year

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‘13-’14 Center Use by Origin of Assignment

50 100 150 200 250 300 350

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Acade Academic mic Ex Excellence cellence

“For excellence, the presence of others is always required.”

  • Hannah Arendt
  • Group tutoring workshops for core technical

courses facilitated by trained peer tutors- Bio 52 & 113, Chem 23, Eng 59, Physics 23, 24, and 51, Math 30, 35, 40,45,55, 60, 65, 70, & 80

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AE Schedule Fall 2014

All workshops held in Shanahan 1480

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Chem 23 S & E 9- 11pm 8- 10pm Physics 23 1-3pm 7-9pm Physics 51 1-3pm 7-9pm Math 30b, 30g, 35, 55, 60, &65 8- 10pm 8- 10pm 8- 10pm 8- 10pm Engineering 59 7-9pm 7- 9pm

7-9pm (on weeks with labs)

Biology 113 7-9pm

Facilitators: Chemistry - Marie Kirkegaard, Coline Devin, Shannon Wetzler, Maddi Hartley, Bruce Yan Physics 23 and 51- Aaron Rosenthal, Tasha Arvanitis, Marie Kirkegaard, Lin Yang, Jim Wu, Caleb Eades, Morgan Mastrovich, & Sophie Blee-Goldmam Math- Elizabeth Kelley, Nathan Hall, John Phillpot, Michael Baeder, Patrick Tierney, Eric Stucky, Angela Chin, Amzi Jeffs, Abram Sanderson, Kyle Shan, & Cheng Wai Koo Engineering- Jennifer Zheng, Tamara Savage, Sean Messenger, Steve Ibanez, Spenser Anderson, Akhil Bagaria, Ben Chasnov, Apoorva Sharma, Aarthi Sridhar, Nicky Subler Biology - Sherry Zhang, and Suzy Beeler

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Academic Academic Ex Excellence cellence

“For excellence, the presence of others is always required.”

  • Hannah Arendt
  • Teaches teamwork and collaboration skills
  • Emphasis on discovering and using good study

habits, problem-solving strategies and critical thinking skills- NOT remedial

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2013-2014 AE Attendance

Workshop Total Workshop Visits #Participants Physics 23, 24 813 135 Physics 51 361 105 Chemistry 23 438 149 Engineering 59 461 131 Combined Math (30, 35, 40, 45, 60, 65, 55, 70 & 80) 990 273 Biology 113 & 52 375 134

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Did AE Workshop Attendance Improve Your Understanding of Course Material?

(Fall ‘10-Fall ‘14, n=108)

greatly 29% a good deal 39% somewhat 28% not at all 4%

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