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YOUR THOUGHTS AND NEEDS
- On your notecard, make a list
- f student success issues that
your students tend to have each semester.
- Examples – asking questions
SUCCESS STRATEGIES IN INRW USING CONNECT EMILY PEEBLES YOUR - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
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SYLLABUS ANALYSIS
- A discussion board assignment
is shown that asks students to post questions about the syllabus and respond to their classmates’ questions.
- The instructor can monitor the
posts, correct any inaccuracies in the students’ answers, and provide answers as well.
- The “Syllabus Analysis” Power of
Process assignment guides students through the reading process in order to help them annotate and analyze the syllabus.
- At the end of the assignment, the
students are prompted to ask any questions that they still have. The instructor can respond to those questions in the comment section of the grading view.
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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.
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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.
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THEMATIC UNIT – TRIUMPHING OVER ADVERSITY
- This unit
contains four readings and can be found
- n pages
554-573 in Common Places.
- This thematic unit
gives students four choices of writing topics that all relate to grit and perseverance.
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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.
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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
Connect enable the students to submit multiple drafts.
- This unit contains two
readings with Power of Process assignments.
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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.
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STUDENT SUCCESS ARTICLES WITH QUIZZES
- Each quiz contains
a PDF of the article and 9-10 questions.
- Each quiz is
automatically graded.
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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.
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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
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ADDITIONAL POWER OF PROCESS READINGS Two additional Power of Process articles are available that deal with student success topics.
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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.
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