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ContentsVolume 4, Number 1
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 Virginia Currency, 1777 |
A Message from the
President |
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| Starting Up a Course in Children's
Literature --by Susan Sharpe, NVCC |
The history of, audience for, topics covered and assignments given in a very popular children’s literature course at NVCC are detailed. |
| Graphing Calculators: The Newest
Revolution in Mathematics --by Martha Clutter, PVCC |
While there are numerous advantages to using graphing calculators, mathematic educators face challenges: teaching students when it’s appropriate to use graphing calculators, course content coverage, and evaluation methods. |
Teaching to the
Multiple Intelligences |
A VCCS Research Award Grant provided released time for the exploration and incorporation of Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory into classroom practices; service learning projects provided wonderful opportunities to teach to the various intelligences. |
| Innovations and Motivators from
the Master Teacher Seminar -- by Janet Laughlin, DCC and Phyllis Fleming, PHCC |
Teachers from across the country share their "best practice" motivators and innovations. |
| The Collaborative Research Paper -- by Joy Bashore, CVCC |
During a five-week period, pairs of students in English 112 work collaboratively on team-building activities, library research, research paper topic selection, outlining, paraphrasing and summarizing, and writing and editing a joint research paper. The peer evaluation techniques differentiate students’ share of the work so that two students might receive different grades for the joint project. |
| Supporting the Work Keys System -- by Louis McGintry, SSVCC |
McGinty seeks faculty’s understanding of and support for the Work Keys System, a system based on recognized educational philosophies and andragogical principles. |
| Integrating Workforce Practices
into the English Classroom -- by Donna Mayes, BRCC |
In English 137/138, Communication Processes, Mayes’ students complete research, reading and listening activities, interviewing skills and resume writing, business writing, collaborative group work, informative and persuasive speaking, and computer-assisted projects. |
| Technology and Community College
Faculty -- by Anne-Marie McCartan |
McCartan explores what VCCS faculty are using technology for instruction, how technology is being used, the purposes for using technology, and faculty work issues related to the use of technology. |
| Abstracts of VCCS Research Grants |