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Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, CA

Overview

• Research on program effectivenessResearch on program effectiveness• Resources for faculty and studentsResources for faculty and students• Suggestions for using the textSuggestions for using the text• Do What You Are and PEPSDo What You Are and PEPS• Technology for the New Millennial Technology for the New Millennial

GenerationGeneration• Engaging students in learningEngaging students in learning

Program Results

Program Review 2000, 2005 Program Review 2000, 2005

The most significant finding is increased persistence.

Persistence

• Students who return the next Students who return the next semestersemester

• Approximately half of community Approximately half of community college students nationwide do not college students nationwide do not persist after the first semesterpersist after the first semester

College Persistence Semester to Semester5 Year Average

• All successful PDC students 89%All successful PDC students 89%• All students 63%All students 63%• A 26% difference A 26% difference

Student Confidence

• The course helped 62% of students The course helped 62% of students feel more confident about their feel more confident about their academic skillsacademic skills

Student Satisfaction

88% of students rated the course as very good or good.

Grade Improvement

• 72% of student agreed or strongly 72% of student agreed or strongly agreed that the course helped to agreed that the course helped to improve gradesimprove grades

College Success: A Study of Positive and Negative

Attrition

Community College ReviewCommunity College Review

The Successful Student

• Had a definite goal or college Had a definite goal or college majormajor

• Based on this research, choosing a major and career planning was included in our college success course.

Resources for Facultyhttp://www.cuyamaca.edu/collegesuccess

• Classroom exercisesClassroom exercises• SyllabusSyllabus• ResearchResearch• PowerPointPowerPoint• Internet LinksInternet Links

Suggestions for Using the Text

Features

• College, career and lifelong successCollege, career and lifelong success• Do What You Are and PEPS Do What You Are and PEPS • Interactive activities within chaptersInteractive activities within chapters• Quizzes and answersQuizzes and answers• Journal entriesJournal entries• Exercises at end of chapterExercises at end of chapter• College Success Website with resources College Success Website with resources

for faculty and studentsfor faculty and students

College Success

• MotivationMotivation• Time and MoneyTime and Money• Memory and ReadingMemory and Reading• Test TakingTest Taking• Taking Notes, Writing and Taking Notes, Writing and

SpeakingSpeaking

Career Success

• Personality and Related MajorsPersonality and Related Majors• Learning Style and IntelligenceLearning Style and Intelligence• Interests and ValuesInterests and Values• Career and Educational PlanningCareer and Educational Planning

Lifelong Success

• Communication and RelationshipsCommunication and Relationships• Critical and Creative ThinkingCritical and Creative Thinking• Maintaining a Healthy LifestyleMaintaining a Healthy Lifestyle• Appreciating DiversityAppreciating Diversity• Positive ThinkingPositive Thinking• Life StagesLife Stages

Applied Psychology Course

• Theory and practical applicationTheory and practical application• Academic rigorAcademic rigor• Transferable to state universitiesTransferable to state universities

Bridge

High School

Community College

University

Expectations for Students

• Read the text before coming to Read the text before coming to classclass• Short QuizzesShort Quizzes• Journal EntriesJournal Entries

• Focus your class on interactive Focus your class on interactive exercises and discussion rather exercises and discussion rather than lecture than lecture

Journal Entries

• A way for students to think critically A way for students to think critically about the subject matter and apply about the subject matter and apply it to their personal livesit to their personal lives

• Most answers should be a well Most answers should be a well developed paragraphdeveloped paragraph

• Show a model of what you expectShow a model of what you expect• Collect them at the beginning of Collect them at the beginning of

class class

Key Themes

•PersonalityPersonality•Learning StyleLearning Style

•Carl Jung and personality type

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Key Theme

• Choosing a majorChoosing a major• Career choiceCareer choice• Learning StyleLearning Style• CommunicationCommunication• Self-understandingSelf-understanding

Carl Jung 1875-1961

• We are born with natural We are born with natural preferences which we develop over preferences which we develop over a lifetime.a lifetime.

• Exercise: What is a preference?Exercise: What is a preference?

Resources

• Do What You Are HandbookDo What You Are Handbook• Psychometric ReportPsychometric Report

Located at Located at www.cuyamaca.edu/collegesuccess

Administering the DWYA

• Find a time when you are not tired Find a time when you are not tired or rushed.or rushed.

• There are no right or wrong There are no right or wrong answers. answers.

• Each type has their own unique Each type has their own unique gifts and talents.gifts and talents.

Getting Good Results

• Encourage students to give honest Encourage students to give honest answers.answers.

• What are some reasons students What are some reasons students would not give honest answers?would not give honest answers?

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Administering the DWYA

• The test does not measure:The test does not measure:• IntelligenceIntelligence• Psychological or emotional Psychological or emotional

healthhealth

Administering the DWYA

• Answer the questions Answer the questions honestlyhonestly to get the to get the best results.best results.

• Answer the questions Answer the questions how you usually how you usually are when you are not stressed. are when you are not stressed.

• Do not answer the questions:Do not answer the questions:• How you want to beHow you want to be• How you have to be at home, work or How you have to be at home, work or

schoolschool• How others want you to beHow others want you to be

Extravert or Introvert?

How we interact with the world and where we place our energy

E_____________________________|____________________________I Extraversion Introversion

Sensing or Intuitive?

The kind of information we naturally notice and remember

S_____________________________|___________________________NSensing Intuition

By Ian Jackson

Personality Exercise

• Write about the picture for 5 Write about the picture for 5 minutesminutes

Thinking or Feeling?

How we make decisions

T_____________________________|___________________________F Thinking Feeling

Judging or Perceptive

Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way

J_____________________________|_____________________________P Judging Perceiving

Exercise: Judging or Perceptive

• I can play anytime.I can play anytime.• I have to finish my work before I have to finish my work before

I playI play

The PEPS Learning Style Assessment• Measures preferences in 20 areasMeasures preferences in 20 areas

• PerceptualPerceptual•AuditoryAuditory•VisualVisual•KinestheticKinesthetic•TactileTactile

PEPS

• Immediate environmentImmediate environment• SoundSound• HeatHeat• LightLight• Design (formal or informal)Design (formal or informal)

PEPS

• EmotionalityEmotionality• MotivationMotivation• ResponsibilityResponsibility• PersistencePersistence• StructureStructure

PEPS

• SociologicalSociological• Self orientedSelf oriented• Peer orientedPeer oriented• Adult orientedAdult oriented

PEPS

• PhysicalPhysical• Time of dayTime of day• Food intakeFood intake• MobilityMobility

Using the Access CodeReminders for Students• The access code is on the inside cover. The access code is on the inside cover.

You can only use the access code once.You can only use the access code once.• Click on Click on RegisterRegister to begin. to begin.• Write down the email address and Write down the email address and

password you use to create your password you use to create your account.account.

• After registering, click on After registering, click on LoginLogin to to begin.begin.

Course Choices

• Face to FaceFace to Face• 22 sections22 sections

• Blended Blended • 22 sections22 sections

• OnlineOnline• 12 sections12 sections

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