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Your Quality Your Quality Enhancement Plan Enhancement Plan

(QEP):(QEP):

SAILSSAILSQEP Director Sarah Thomason

Adjunct Faculty WorkshopAugust 28, 2010

Students Achieving Improved Learning

Strategies

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Students will:

Demonstrate their ability to apply effective learning

strategies to core academic tasks.

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Fall 2010

Begin integration of learning strategy instruction

Gateway courses Non-gateway courses

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Choose one learning concept: Read to understand Listen actively Organize for effectiveness

Choose one of two strategies selected for each concept.

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Read to UnderstandGenerating questionsGraphic representations

Listen ActivelyTwo-column note-takingPowerPoint note-taking

Organize for EffectivenessAssignment CalculatorOrganized Notebook

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Receive training in how and why to use the strategy.

Workshop OpportunitiesSAILS Summer AcademyOne-on–one Conferences

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Directly teach the strategy to your students through modeling.

Embed the strategy in tasks or assignments of your choice. Provide feedback.

Use the appropriate rubric to assess the first and final tasks or assignments.

Submit data to Institutional Research.

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Evaluate student’s ability to:

Read to understand, Listen actively, or Organize for effectiveness

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Be informedwww.roanestate.edu/qep

Consider using one of the strategies in your class (next year is fine!)

Encourage students to use resources: learning center, library, student website www.roanestate.edu/sails

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Demo: Read to Understand Strategy

Generating Questions

1:00 and repeated at 2:0014