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GE 101 Strategies for Academic Success

First Year Experience Course

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Textbook – Becoming a Master Student

by Dave Ellis 9th Edition

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Jefferson Community College Planner

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Course Description

Strategies For Academic SuccessStudents will be taught how to have a successful college experience both academically and personally. The focus will be on the development of practical knowledge and skills to assist students toward that goal. Topics include time planning, test taking, study techniques, critical thinking, community resources, and managing the personal and relationship issues that face many students.

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Students learn best when they are actively involved in the process. Research indicates that, regardless of the discipline or subject matter, students working in small groups tend to learn more and retain it longer than when other instructional methods are used. In addition, students who work in collaborative groups appear more satisfied with their classes.

B. G. Davis

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Approaches to Classroom Instruction

• Learning vs. Teaching

• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

• Collaborative Learning/Learning Communities

• Increase use of Technology

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Organization of Content

•Understanding Higher Education:Its Purpose,Value and Expectations

(Getting to Know Your College)

•Meta-Learning, Metacognition, Understanding Self, Personal Responsibility

(College Study Strategies)

•Goals Clarification/Career Exploration

(Why am I here? What am I going to do when I get out of here?)

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Understanding Higher Education: Its Purpose, Value and

Expectations

Understanding Higher Education: Its Purpose, Value and

Expectations

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Meta-Learning, Metacognition, Understanding Self, Personal

Responsibility

Meta-Learning, Metacognition, Understanding Self, Personal

Responsibility

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Goals Clarification/Career Exploration

Goals Clarification/Career Exploration

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Understanding Higher Education

•Students will be aware of the history and mission of the Community College, JCTC and KCTCS.

•Students will understand the differences between high school and higher education including roles and responsibilities, classroom behavior, codes of conduct, student rights the role of faculty, administration and staff, and expectations of faculty and others.

•Students will develop strategies for information management - use of internet, e-mail, word processing, World Wide Web research and the library for academic purposes.

•Students will be able to use academic and student support services as part of the college learning experience.

•Students will be aware of campus cultural and extra curricular activities.

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Meta-Learning, Metacognition, Understanding Self, Personal Responsibility

•Students will be able to identify aspects of their learning style and will be able to match learning style with specific study strategies.

•Students will be able to identify their strengths and weaknesses as students.

•Students will be able to monitor and evaluate their progress as students.

•Students will develop a positive self-concept of themselves as students.

•Students will become aware of blocks to self-responsibility and barriers to behavior change.

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•Students will able to balance and prioritize time and understand how time reveals priorities.

•Students will be able to effectively and efficiently manage their time, space, materials and tasks.

•Students will develop strategies for focusing attention/concentration and minimizing distractions.

•Students will be able to implement principles of learning and memory.

•Students will be able to implement strategies for active listening and effective note taking.

•Students will learn strategies for test preparation and test taking

•Students will be able to apply learning strategies to other academic areas

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Goals Clarification/Career Exploration

•Students will be able to relate present actions to future personal, academic and career goals.

•Students will clarify career interests.

•Students will develop an academic plan.

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College RDG 020/Improved Reading

Paired With

GE 101/Strategies for Academic Success

Instructor Communication

Knowledge of Paired Course Content

Student Progress

Student Planner

Teacher/Student Expectations

Shared Assignments

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GE 101 – Unpaired ( however most students will also be taking RDG 030)

Knowledge of content of RDG 030

Vocabulary in Context/Structure

Organizational Patterns

Main Ideas/Details

Summarizing

Reading Strategies for Texts

Critical Reading and Thinking Skills

Argument and Persuasion

Evaluating Sources (including online)

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Internet Resources for Strategies for Academic Success

Jefferson Reading/Academic Success Programwww.geocities.com/tdkest.geo

Adjunct Instructors http://www.geocities.com/jccadjunct

On Coursehttp://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Student%20Success%20Strategies.htm

Louisiana State Universityhttp://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/cas.nsf/index

University of South Carolinahttp://www.sa.sc.edu/edsupp/acadskil.htm

University of South Carolina – University 101http://www.sc.edu/fye/101/university_101.htm

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Supplementary Materials and Resources

Understanding Higher Education

KCTCS Catalogue

Student Handbook

Student Code of Conduct Book

Student Bulletin/Quadrangle

Disability Resource Center

Academic Support Center

Tutoring

Math Lab

Writing Lab

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Supplementary Materials and Resources

Meta-Learning, Metacognition, Understanding Self, Personal Responsibility

Course Manual for Becoming a Master Student

Videos

What do you want? Course Introduction

Be Here Now Power Process #2

The Learning Styles Inventory

Test Taking Strategies

Bias Awareness in a Multicultural World

Center for Humanities – Note taking

Sample Lectures for Note taking

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Goals Clarification/Career Exploration

Occupational Outlook Handbook

College Handbook

College Index of Majors

Career Section of Library

Schedule Planner and Registration Forms

SIGI Plus

Kentuckiana College Access Center

Advising Center

Supplementary Material

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Career Exploration

Students will relate present actions to future personal, academic and career goals.

Sample Activities

•Goals Worksheet

•Goals Paper

•Time and Goals Worksheet

•Lifeline Activity

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Career Exploration

Students will clarify career interests.

Sample Activities

•Career Exploration Paper/Project

•Job Search Activity

•Resume Building Activity

•Interest Inventory Activity

•Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

•Occupational Outlook Handbook Activity

•Class visit to Kentuckiana College Access Center

•SIGI

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Career Exploration

Students will develop an academic plan.

Sample Activities

•Career Exploration Paper/Project

•Class visit to Advising Center

•Program Curriculum Guide Search

•KCTCS Catalogue

•Registration Puzzle

•Schedule Planning and Preparation for Registration