Building a Better Student Developing Critical Thinking and Writing in the Community College from Freshman Semester to Graduation

Autor/inn/en	Varelas, Antonios; Wolfe, Kate S.; Ialongo, Ernest
Titel	Building a Better Student Developing Critical Thinking and Writing in the Community College from Freshman Semester to Graduation
Quelle	In: Community College Enterprise, 21 (2015) 2, S.76-92 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1541-0935
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; College Students; Critical Thinking; Skill Development; Writing Skills; Writing Assignments; Revision (Written Composition); Interdisciplinary Approach; Student Needs; College Freshmen; Remedial Instruction; Psychology; Writing Instruction; Teaching Methods; Discussion; Writing Across the Curriculum; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Collegestudent; Kritisches Denken; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Korrektur; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Studienanfänger; Förderkurs; Psychologie; Schreibunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Diskussion
Abstract	Students often enter community college with little proficiency in writing. The authors of this paper share a series of writing assignments designed to help students develop writing and critical thinking abilities throughout their community college experience. The first is a series of relatively low-stakes exercises aimed at helping beginning learners develop fundamental writing skills. The second is a structured formal writing assignment that provides support and revision opportunity, and requires the application of theory to real people. The final exercise is a series of formal and informal assignments combined with the attendant in-class discussions, which allow for the development of increasingly advanced writing and critical thinking skills. As a whole, this interdisciplinary approach engages students at different points in their skill development, and is sensitive to their needs at that point in time. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01