Journal of College Reading and Learning articles from March 2002

Journal of College Reading and Learning archives from March 2002

Burnout in developmental education: a social environmental perspective on the risk for those who work with students at risk.
March 22, 2002... Current conditions in the field of developmental education are fueling burnout among educators. Addressing this field-specific burnout, with its own unique causes and solutions, is important for both the educators and the students they serve....

How to build a web site in six easy steps.
March 22, 2002... Instructions are given in non-technical terms for building a simple web site using Netscape Navigator or Communicator's web editor. The six steps include: (1) organizing information, (2) creating a page and a background, (3) linking files (4)...

Translating learning style theory into developmental education practice: an article based on Gregorc's cognitive learning styles.
March 22, 2002... The concept of learning style has gained credibility as a construct that affects individual students' learning preferences and respective successes and failures in schooling situations. Because student success in developmental education...

Brief report: what developmental educators should know about learning styles and cognitive styles.
March 22, 2002... Learning styles are a popular topic. Learning styles and the educational issues associated with this concept have been discussed at length in earlier work (Lemire, 1987, 1988, 1996, 1998). The basic problems associated with the uses of learning...

Using learning styles inventories to promote active learning.
March 22, 2002... The results of learning style inventories can be used to create personal learning profiles that will empower students to become active learners and successful participants in their own education. Recent educational research suggests that active...

Using a reading strategy to foster active learning in content area courses.
March 22, 2002... Research indicates that active learning is desirable in the college classroom in lieu of a passive lecture style. The dilemma of many professors is how to introduce active learning in a traditional lecture course. K-W-L, a reading strategy,...

The reader's handbook: reading strategies for college and everyday life.
March 22, 2002... The author claims the handbook was written to fulfill four important trends in reading instruction: 1) to be a major resource material for reading curriculum courses; 2) to be a supplemental resource material for students who are taking reading...

Case study: "it's due tomorrow": tutoring under a deadline.
March 22, 2002... In this case study, an undergraduate brings into a writing center a poor and partial draft of a research paper due the next morning. This situation raises questions of what a peer tutor should do in such a predicament, what a tutor's...

A question of procrastination or ineptitude (an analysis of the case study "it's due tomorrow: tutoring under a deadline").
March 22, 2002... It is tempting to read this case as a parable of procrastination: Once there was a college student who put off writing his essay until he had too little time left. He went to the writing center for help, but there were so many...

Case study response: oh what a difference a deadline makes--or does it?
March 22, 2002... It's due tomorrow." As tutors in learning assistance and writing centers, we've all heard these words, and we've all met students like Mike, who bring in a poor and incomplete draft at the last minute, hoping to get a bit of help on a...

Brief report: creating and evaluating factual study questions for developmental students.
March 22, 2002... Factual study questions focus students' attention on the important elements of their textbooks. This brief report follows up earlier work in which we showed that most students completed our study question assignments and that noncompletion of...

Commentary: protecting lear in a storm.
March 22, 2002... Recently I started class by asking my community college students whether or not it was worthwhile to study King Lear. They had just finished their final drafts of a thesis paper on various symbols and themes of the play after struggling...

Commentary: Math Problem Solving and Mental Discipline the Myth of Transferability.
March 22, 2002... It is alleged by math teachers and their supporters (whom I will refer to from now on as "math types") that math problem solving (the kind of problem solving found in such subjects as Algebra or Geometry) actually transfers to skill in real or...