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First-Year Focus Group Session Look-in

First-Year Focus Group Session Look-in

          Focus groups can provide solutions or lead to wild goose chases. In this post, I allow you to listen in on a session in which students try to reconcile their past high school academic successes with their current college...

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7 STEPS FOR POST SPRING BREAK STUDENT SUCCESS

7 STEPS FOR POST SPRING BREAK STUDENT SUCCESS

Click on the clip to view the full video on YouTube. Students who are falling behind in college are far more capable of success than they may believe. As educators, parents, and casual observers of human behavior, we often see these students’ potential even as they...

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HOW TO IMPROVE MATH COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

HOW TO IMPROVE MATH COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Systems are designed to produce predictable results. In fact, expecting different results from the same system is a recipe for insanity. The relationship between professors and students is an academic system in which their interactions produce particular course...

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COLLEGE SUCCESS FUNDAMENTALS

COLLEGE SUCCESS FUNDAMENTALS

High school doesn’t always prepare students for college success. It tends to focus on studying content, whereas college focuses on producing outcomes. Some new thinking skills and a return to fundamentals can set students on the right track.THE ABCS OF ACADEMIC...

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STUDENT SUCCESS IN STEM FIELDS

STUDENT SUCCESS IN STEM FIELDS

Professors guide their classes through complex sequences, rules, and steps in the problem-solving process. Students then solve the problems along with them. They leave class feeling confident that they can solve similar problems on their own. But then they struggle...

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