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Volume 11, Number 1
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 Virginia Currency, 1777 |
| Call for papers - spring 2007 edition of Inquiry | |
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Learning to Listen to Students |
The author shares a teaching method that promotes student engagement and involvement in class reading and discussion. |
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Engaging Kinesthetic and Multimodal
Learners of Economics using Contemporary Films |
This author delineates an alternative to traditional textbook teaching of economics: using contemporary films to bring concepts and practices to life. |
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Learning in the Lecture Classroom: Quick and
Easy Suggestions for a More Interactive Classroom |
The author provides practical ways to engage students in active learning in the classroom. |
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Patrick Henry Community College Crafts Initiative: A Work in Progress |
The author explains how her college has worked with other institutions as part of CraftNet, a program supporting arts and crafts education and business in the surrounding communities. |
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International Travel and Learning from a
Community College Perspective |
The authors share thoughts based on their college’s international travel experiences as an encouragement to others who want to pursue international education at their own community colleges. |
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The VCCS Online College Orientation: A Faculty Survey and Syllabi Analysis
to Determine Delivery Methods of Course Objectives |
Given the increase in VCCS colleges offering college orientation courses online, the author recommends further research to determine the efficacy of the Web-based version of college orientation. |
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Conceptual Physics in the VCCS |
The author argues for increased and widespread teaching of conceptual physics courses in the VCCS, both to benefit a broad range of students and to support science programs at the colleges. |
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Learning-Centered Learning: A Mindset Shift for
Educators |
The author presents philosophical learning assumptions that support the construct of learning-centered learning. This 21st-century construct supports learning environments that create intrinsic motivation, accommodate individual learning-style characteristics, give increased control to individual learners, and see all learning as multidimensional. |
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Success Model for Low-Income Students |
The writer examines the impact of integrating the academic and counseling services on the success of low-income students and delineates a model organization for the delivery of such services. |
