2. Some thoughts and recommendations Cochise College Convocation August 15, 20111

3. Overview Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011 About Your Presenter Why Help Students with Learning & Study Strategies? Some Learning & Study Strategies for Course Success Resources Next Steps 2

4. Cochise College Convocation August 15, 20113 Instructional Background USMA Instructor Loyola College (Baltimore, MD) St. Vincent College (Latrobe, PA) Loyola University (Los Angeles, CA) UCLA Graduate School CSU Long Beach (CA) Grambling State University (LA)

5. Cochise College Convocation August 15, 20114 Learner Support Background High School College Corporate Faculty Development Publications Presentations Consulting

6. Consultant for 6 Arizona CC Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011 Cochise College, 1986, 2000, 2002, Scottsdale Community College, 1987 Paradise Valley College, 1987 Paradise Valley CC, 1987 Phoenix Comm. College, 1987 Central Arizona College, 1993 Pima Community College District 2003 UA/CC Title V Workshop 2005 5

7. Why Study Skills For College Students? "Most university students have never been formally taught to learn how to study, either in high school or college.“Gardner, L. (1998). Why we must change: The research evidence. Thought and Action. 14 (Spring), 71-88 “Many drop-outs and flunk outs are bright enough to do good college work, but have never learned how to study effectively, nor how to take tests and do good written work.” Hodgkinson, H.L. (1985). All one system. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Educational Leadership, 17 6Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011 http://www.lsche.net/resources/program_just.htm

8. Cochise College Convocation August 15, 20117 Time Out... For Sharing and Questioning

9. Some Learning & Study Strategies for Course Success Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011 Time Management for Academic Success * Study reading Course Textbooks and Collateral Material Listening Notemaking * Writing Assistance Research Assistance Math Assistance Test and Exam Success Course Specific Skills Memory * Other: College Success: The First Week and Beyond * *Available from H & H at http://www.hhpublishing.com/hhstore/detail.html?sku=LAB_PACKET http://www.hhpublishing.com/hhstore/detail.html?sku=LAB_PACKET 8

10. Cochise College Convocation August 15, 20119 Learning & Study Strategies Links 1. Study Guides and Strategies, contains more than 100 items and translations of most items into 18 languages. http://www.studygs.net /Study Guides and Strategies, http://www.studygs.net / 2. Chemeketa CC Study Skills Resources. Includes links to specific learning assistance from Accounting to Theater courses.Retrieved February 23, 2007 from http://www.howtostudy.org/ http://www.howtostudy.org/ Faculty Resources http:// www.lsche.net

11. Cochise College Convocation August 15, 201110 More College Success & Satisfaction Resources (HO) Guide to Grammar & Writing http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ Purdue’s Writing Lab/OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center http://www.wisc.edu/writing/ http://www.wisc.edu/writing/ Sierra Vista Library Free Tutoring

12. Cochise College Convocation August 15, 201111 Time Out... For Sharing and Questioning

13. Cochise College Convocation August 15, 201112 Ancillary Texts Single Topic Study Skills LABS Any Study Skills Text of Choice

14. Cochise College Convocation August 15, 201113 Study Strategies: Can We Justify at the College Level? References to Answer Questions Like the Following:References Do students need such programs? Do such programs work? Are programs cost-effective? Do they help to retain students? Are learning skills important for academic success? Why should we develop a learning assistance support program?

15. Traditional Solutions Instructor as Learning Skills Mentor  Overviewing the Course Text  Reviewing Student Notes  Feedbacking Student Projects Instructor as Services Broker  In class Learning Skills Workshops  Referral to Support Programs  Recommend Skills Workshops  Supplemental Instruction 14Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

16. for Learning Support Centers in Higher Education 15Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

17. Face to Face Computer Disk Correspondence CD Telephone E-mail Audiocassette Web Pages Television CMS Videocassette Courseware Blogs & Wikis Podcasts Student Support Possibilities 16

18. Support Student Learning Learning Support Center Directors & Staff Everywhere 17Cochise College Convocation August 15, 2011

19. 18 Unfinished Business You can email me at flchris@cox.net with your questions and comments. Collegial dialogue never ends…………..