GE 101 Strategies for Academic Success

1. GE 101 Strategies for Academic Success First Year Experience Course

2. Textbook – Becoming a Master Student by Dave Ellis 9th Edition And Jefferson Community College Planner

3. Course Description Strategies For Academic Success Students 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.

4. 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

5. Approaches to Classroom Instruction • Learning vs. Teaching • Critical Thinking/Problem Solving • Collaborative Learning/Learning Communities • Increase use of Technology

6. 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?)

7. Understanding Higher Education: Its Purpose, Value and Expectations

8. Meta-Learning, Metacognition, Understanding Self, Personal Responsibility

9. Goals Clarification/Career Exploration

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. 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)

16. Internet Resources for Strategies for Academic Success Jefferson Reading/Academic Success Program www.geocities.com/tdkest.geo Adjunct Instructors http://www.geocities.com/jccadjunct On Course http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Student%20Success%20Strategies.htm Louisiana State University http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/cas.nsf/index University of South Carolina http://www.sa.sc.edu/edsupp/acadskil.htm University of South Carolina – University 101 http://www.sc.edu/fye/101/university_101.htm

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Career Exploration • Students will relate present actions to future personal, academic and career goals. • Sample Activities • Goals Worksheet • Goals Paper • Time and GoalsWorksheet • Lifeline Activity

21. 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

22. 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