Volume XXXVI, No. 7 | February 28, 2014 On Layers, Loops, and Learning Over the past decade we have made huge strides in understanding the wonders of brain development. If there are a hundred billion neurons and every neuron has the possibility of one to 10,000 synaptic connections to other neurons, the complexities, [...]
Volume XXXV, No. 29 | December 6, 2013 The Sandbox—Not Just an Instructional Materials Resource Center Background Lone Star College-CyFair opened its doors in 2003 as a one-campus/two-location concept. The idea was to have two locations—a bigger campus that the majority of the students would attend and a smaller location that would be easily accessible from [...]
Volume XXXV, No. 27 | November 15, 2013 A Community College and School District Special Education Partnership In spring 2012, Parkland Area School District (PASD) approached Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC) about developing a learning support class on the LCCC campus to help the PASD special education students better transition into the community. [...]
Volume XXXV, No. 28 | November 22, 2013 Spirit Becomes Act: Creating Your Own Instructional Support System It was an unbelievable sight—325 students, faculty, and community members ready to reenact the Union army's 6th Corps march to Gettysburg. It wasn't money that enabled this moment. Neither was it a program, a pamphlet, a [...]
Volume XXXV, No. 26 | November 7, 2013 Forming a Psychology Club This article describes the groundwork, resourcing, implementation, and research topics of a new psychology club at El Centro College (ECC) and may serve as a template for others wishing to start a psychology club on their campuses. Determining the Best Approach [...]
Volume XXXV, No. 25 | November 1, 2013 Establishing a Campus-Based GED to College Transition Program The challenge of educating adults lacking a GED is daunting. Classes offered through literacy centers/community agencies tend to focus primarily on GED completion and not on helping adults make the transition to college. San Antonio College's GED [...]
Volume XXXV, No. 23 | October 18, 2013 Cultural Attitudes Toward Education A commentary on the effect of our culture on education Education, from a general perspective, is any learning that we obtain from different media. Education does not start on our first day of kindergarten, nor is it limited to the [...]
Volume XXXV, No. 20 | September 27, 2013 Help is at Hand! Accurate and thoughtful communication, delivered quickly and efficiently, is often difficult when the expectation does not allow for a delay in response time. Like many institutions, Shelton State Community College has worked to improve how we respond to the needs of [...]
Volume XXXV, No. 19 | September 20, 2013 Conversations with Canadians Our campus, like campuses across North America, is faced with numerous challenges and opportunities associated with increased enrollment of international students. Learning to relate to other cultures is essential for today's students for social, political and economic reasons, yet some research suggests [...]
Volume XXXV, No. 17 | September 6, 2013 “Heroes” Increase the Genesis of STEM Scholars One day after a lecture/discussion on the cardiovascular system, the class took a quiz on the topic. Although all of the students did very well on the quiz, only one received a perfect score. When we started reviewing [...]