Upcoming Presentations

2024 CSCC Annual Conference

April 18–20, 2024
Pittsburgh, PA

Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills in the Online Classroom: Importance and Strategies

April 19, 8:00–9:15 AM

Self-directed learning (SDL) skills and mindsets like self-efficacy, help seeking, and goal-setting are considered malleable factors for learning. Drawing on survey data and faculty interviews, we present evidence about their predictive validity with academic outcomes and strategies for promoting the development of these skills in online courses in community colleges.

Presenters

Jorge Mahecha, Research Associate, CCRC

Ellen Wasserman, Research Associate, CCRC

Access to Success: Insights and Strategies in Implementing Multiple Measures Assessment

April 20, 12:30–1:45 PM

CAPR, with support from Ascendium Education Group, are assisting colleges and states nationwide in the adoption and implementation of MMA practices that place more students, and allow more students to be successful, in college-level courses. This presentation summarizes insights derived from this work, focusing on the adoption of multiple measures assessment in open-access colleges in Arkansas and Texas. During the presentation, researchers will present cost analysis findings, explore supporting factors for implementation, and delve into specific strategies used by colleges to tackle common implementation challenges.

Presenters

Elizabeth Kopko, Senior Research Associate, CCRC

Dan Cullinan, Senior Associate, MDRC

English Language Learners in Community Colleges: Challenges and Opportunities

Though a significant number of English language learners (ELLs) and language minority students (LMs) begin their postsecondary education at community colleges, there is a dearth of knowledge on the policies, experiences, and outcomes of these learners. As community colleges increasingly restructure developmental reading and writing programs that have traditionally served this population, it is critical to better understand how issues of categorization, placement, assessment, curriculum, and pedagogy shape these learners' experiences and trajectories. This panel took a comprehensive approach to examining the experiences of ELLs and LMs in their pathways through community colleges from the point of their identification as language learners, to faculty considerations about curriculum and instruction, to issues of assessment, and language learning outcomes.

Participants

Research Associate
Community College Research Center
Heather Bobrow Finn
Associate Professor, Academic Literacy and Linguistics
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Sharon Avni
Associate Professor, Academic Literacy and Linguistics
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Rebecca Bergey
Researcher, Center for English Language Learners
American Institutes for Research
Stefani Relles
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology and Higher Education
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Blanca Rincón
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology and Higher Education
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Meryl Siegal
Professor
Laney College

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