Concurrent Sessions: 2008
Confirmed presentations for sessions for 2008
are listed below. Sessions are
in alphabetical order by the last name of the presenter. Where there is more
than one presenter, the session is listed by the presenter's name appearing
first on the proposal. Presenter name is listed first followed by name of university or college, presentation title, and presentation description. Day, room and time
of presentation will be added once the final schedule is complete.
Amy Abafo
University of Cincinnati
Graphic Organizers in College Reading and Writing Courses
Graphic organizers enhance and promote student learning, even at the college level. This presentation will show specific ways to incorporate a variety of graphic organizers into the post secondary classroom.
Maureen Andrade
Brigham Young University Hawaii
Cultural and Academic Adjustment for International ESL Students
This presentation describes a seminar that addresses the adjustment needs of international ESL students. Rationale for the course, course objectives and content, and assessment results will be shared.
Victoria Appatova
University of Cincinnati (CAS/CAT)
Effective Learning Environment from the Perspective of Developmental Students
This study determines a set of various factors that influence the effectiveness of student learning from the perspective of the marginally prepared learners.
Mary Carney Patricia Worrall
Gainesville State College
Composing Political and Economic Citizenship: Preparing Students for College-Level Critical Thinking, Research, and Writing
The panel will present methods for training underprepared freshman composition students in college-level critical discourse, research, and composition. The two speakers will discuss how to engage students in debate and analysis through a study of the Real ID Act of 2005 and Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed.
Idna Corbett
West Chester University
Promoting Student Engagement through Community Service
This session will describe how students in an Honors course develop leadership skills and connect with the local and global community through writing joint grant proposals with local social service agencies.
Debra Courtright-Nash
Ferris State University
Something Old, Something New: Games and Clickers in Writing Classrooms
Games can help students learn skills that might otherwise seem tedious; adding CPS response pads (clickers) ensures that even more students participate in the learning process. This session will offer a hands-on mini-lesson on sentence structure, using Sentence Scrabble with clickers.
Babette Cuadrado
North Dakota State University
Honorable Differences
Honorable Differences is an opportunity for people to critically think and learn about ethnic differences in a welcoming space in order to better teach and serve students without prejudice.
Chris Douse Mary Lehto B. Jane Ehle
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Pockets of Excellence ReDesigned through Collaboration
The presenters will share outcomes of a multi-departmental collaboration involving academic support, the First-year Experience, academic advising, and diversity and multi-cultural affairs. Their unified message is: Together, we support your learning.
Naomi Erdmann
Nazareth College
"Why Can't You Get Your Act Together?"
This session will focus on what is executive function and the role it plays in academic success. Practical suggestions will be given to support students who cannot "get their act together" because they lack conscious control of what they think and do.
Sharon Ferrett
Humboldt State University
The Ten Attitudes of Peak Performers
It takes more than high IQ to succeed in school, work or life. Attitude is key for success! This session focuses on attitudes and emotional qualities (EQ) that are so important to success in all areas of life. Practical examples, discussion and the ABC method will be addressed.
John Foreman
The University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Attracting Undergraduates to Academic Skills Supports
This workshop will focus on a menu of academic skills assistance. Conferees will be able to preview the academic skills supports and how each support is offered to undergraduate students.
Susan Frishberg
Landmark College
Teaching Foreign Languages to Students with Learning Differences
This workshop is designed for foreign language instructors who would like to improve their understanding of how learning differences affect students' learning in the foreign language classroom and how they can maximize opportunities for all students to be successful.
Brad Garner
Indiana Wesleyan University
Engaging Millennial Learners: Finding a Cure for Lecture Induced Mind Paralysis
This session will focus on a variety of ready-to-use, easily transportable strategies for engaging millennial students in their own learning.
Sharon Gritzmacher
Bemidji State University
Academic advising for athletes: What you need to know to increase graduation rates
This session will assist professionals in understanding the complexity of the advising process for student athletes. Case studies will be reviewed and a grade-tracking method will be demonstrated.
Sandra Harmatiuk
University of Notre Dame
Designing and Promoting a One-Credit Skills Course
The presentation will describe some of the issues addressed in designing the course and the problems in "selling" such a course to bright students.
Patricia Houston Marilyn Bossmann
University of Cincinnati
Problem Based Learning in the English Composition Classroom
Many underprepared college students can be considered "at risk." Acquiring the abilities to investigate problems collaboratively and to accept greater responsibility for learning are key to the academic and professional success of these students.
Charlie Johnson Cory Gonzales Cheri Bush
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Nina Scholars: An Academic Success Program for Foster Youth, Students with Disabilities and Returning Adults
The Nina Mason Pulliam legacy Scholars programs in Arizona and Indiana have experienced tremendous success with students who face some of the most significant barriers in education and life. This session will focus on the challenges faced and lessons learned while supporting underserved students at universities and community colleges.
Lloyd Sheldon Johnson
Bunker Hill Community College
Teaching from the Soul: Toward a Spiritual Pedagogy
This presentation will examine the classroom "community" and provide answers and evidence that suggest that so often our students, particularly Black and Latino, fail not because of "what" is taught, but "how" it is taught.
Peggy Jolly Rita Treutel
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Re-Configuring the Core Curriculum: Competencies, Best Practices, Assessment
Phoenix or Peacock? UAB's Vision and Mission Statements, supported by Strategic and Quality Enhancement Plans, implement standards, best practices, and assessment for the Core Curriculum.
Deborah Kellner
University of Cincinnati
The Link Between Literacy and Significant Life Experience
This presentation includes a discussion of the correlation between literacy and significant life experiences of developmental students. Significant life experiences prove to be closely intertwined as literacy habits are formed.
J.L. Kemp
McKendree University
From Dreams to Reality: Preparing Successful High-Need Students
Successful college students build a foundation for receiving higher education before they enter academia. This presentation will discuss the implementation of a teacher education program developed as the result of a longitudinal study aimed at improving the academic and social skills of high-need students.
Kristin Kohrt
University of Notre Dame
Competition Strategies
The Competition Strategies class was designed for students w hose performance is not meeting their expectations or who are not managing to adapt to the significant cultural change of university life. Using the concepts of Wellness (Spiritual, Physical, Occupational, Environmental, Emotional, Intellectual, and Social) the course helps students understand that everything they do involves making choices. The course provides students with strategies to achieve success and happiness in a competitive environment.
Patsy Krech Peggy Quinn
The University of Memphis
Group Work: A Recipe for Success
Activate group work and accelerate learning for your students. This interactive session will involve participants in experiential learning activities that support effective group work initiatives that lead to lifelong success.
Sandra Lee
UT El Paso
The Critical Thinking Toolbox: Opening Students' Minds
This presentation aims to offer tools with which to stimulate students' critical thinking skills as well as techniques which will train them to carefully evaluate the sources of their research.
Karen Ann Lewis
University of Kentucky
Peer Tutoring as a Model of Mentoring Successful Academic Strategies
Enhancing academic engagement: How to (and why) implement a proactive, preventative peer tutoring program with experienced, trained, supervised undergraduate students who have successfully navigated the courses for which they tutor.
Gregory Loving
University of Cincinnati, Clermont College
Highlighting as Reader-Generated Writing
This workshop demonstrates a highlighting method which creates reader-constructed summary sentences using words already on the page. The technique can be applied to writing, reading, critical thinking and assessment.
Gloria Lukusa-Barnett Eunice Merwin-Beck Helen Woodman
Ferris State University
Using Study Mate (Study Games) and Photo Story to enhance a College Study Methods Course
Engage today's college student in the activity of learning using StudyMate by Respondus to create games consistent with various learning styles, and Photo Story by Microsoft to teach study skills.
Ira Mayo
Rider University
Help! I Think That My Professor Is An Alien!
This interactive workshop is designed to help first year college students understand how college professors are different from HS teachers and will suggest strategies to effectively deal with college professors.
Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins
Prairie View A&M University
Enforce Policies in a Freshman Course Without Breaking a Sweat: Creating Structure in the Classroom Through Clear and Consistent Rule Enforcement
Are policies (and students' failure to adhere to them) getting in the way of teaching students academic survival skills? This interactive session will make rule enforcement clear and stress-free again.
Carrie McLean Shannon Brandt Kim Outing
NC State University
Integrating Diversity Development Into a First Year Retention
This presentation will discuss and show how diversity development was woven into the components of a first year retention program. Implications will be discussed for curriculum, programming, teaching, and assessment.
Molly Minus
St. Edward's University
Collaboration Across the University Equals Student Success and Retention
This presentation will describe several key retention initiatives that came out of a united effort and collaboration across the St. Edward’s University campus including faculty and academic and student affairs that resulted in a significant increase in retention and a vibrant curricular and co-curricular environment. Assessment data including student evaluation of first year experiences and retention statistics will be shared.
Kenneth Mitchell
The Renaissance Education Group
The ACADEMIC COACH: the emerging educational practitioner
This session explores coaching as a practice that can be used with at-risk students. Participants will learn coaching method and coaching tools.
Eli Nettles Janice Kinghorn
Antioch College
Quantitative Reasoning Assessment Instruments: Formative and Summative
Antioch Faculty will introduce and workshop QR assessment instruments designed to not only measure student learning but also to help faculty design more intentional QR assignments.
Phoebe Reeves
University of Cincinnati, Clermont College
Finding Beauty in Developmental Writing
What can we do to encourage creativity and confidence in developmental writing students? This workshop will examine creative approaches designed to generate rich and detailed prose from even the most insecure writers.
Anne Ritter
Washington State University
Helping Under-prepared Students Through Small-Group Writing Tutorials
Attendees will participate in a mock tutorial resembling the small-group tutorial system WSU uses to assist first-year composition students. Discussion of the tutorial's goals and benefits will follow.
Jennifer Rockwood Kate AbuAbsi
University of Toledo
First Year Film Festival
I propose to present to present data and information that will detail the development of a first year film festival at UT. The festival is designed as part of FYE's in-and-out of the classroom learning objectives and to support a memorable and successful first year. The festival has proven to increase first-year engagement and motivation as well as fostered student intellectual and social development.
Jennifer Rudolph Lorna Rodio
Massasoit Community College
Perk Up Your Under-Prepared Students' Research Skills @ the Research Café
Learn how MCC Libraries, collaborating with faculty, helped under-prepared students acquire research skills for their courses. Participate in a hands-on demonstration.
Lucinda Schweller
Sinclair Community College
Engaging Students In Their Own Learning
I will present ways (including hands-outs) that I help my students to become independent learners with an emphasis on helping them learn how to review and study for tests.
Sue Selde Denise LeClair
Creighton University
On YOUR Mark, Get Set, Study
This interactive workshop gives participants first-hand experience customizing study strategies to meet individual student needs using the MBTI and a modality learning assessment. Ready-to-use handouts are available.
Scott Seldin
College of Sante Fe
Supporting High Risk Students With Departmental Peer Mentoring Programs
Workshop premise: all college/university academic departments can actively support the scholastic performance and well being of their students by having a department member supervise a holistic, intra-departmental student peer mentoring program.
Marilyn Simon Brenda Refaei
University of Cincinnati (RWC)
Combining Pedagogies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) with a Service Learning Component for Freshmen
In this interactive session, participants will be able to determine the appropriateness/practicality of pairing introductory composition courses and courses in the students' disciplines, with an optional Service Learning Component.
Lyle Slack
Texas A&M University
Study Skills at the College Level; What's "Your" Angle?
Could you explain your "matrix" for enhancing college level study skills in 50 words or less? In this presentation, we will look at practitioner models and learn from one another.
Rita Smilkstein
N. Seattle Community College
Teaching the Way the Brain Learns for Student Self-Responsibility, Empowerment, and Success
This interactive session describes the brain's natural learning process and illustrates classroom-proven brain-compatible curriculum, lessons, pedagogy, and best practices that help underprepared students become naturally motivated, empowered, successful learners.
Kees Smit Aleid Knotte-Aalders
VU University, VASVU
Preparing Immigrant Students for Higher Education
The access program prepares international students, without an entry qualification, for university entry examinations and for general academic skills in the Netherlands. One learning activity is problem solving which involves reading skills in English, mathematics content and presentation in Dutch.
Lorraine Smith
Queens College, Flushing, New York
Taking a constructivist Approach to Content-Based Instruction
The presenter describes how taking a constructivist approach to teaching helps engage ESL students in learning college-level subjects while simultaneously fostering the development of their language skills.
Lisa Stubbs Briana Owens Witfield Felix
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Millennials Rise - When we give them a boost!
Learn how one four-year institution resurrected a comprehensive academic support program for the millennial generation. Hear how they gained faculty and administrative support for the program and how the students are taking advantage of these services.
Kenneth Takvorian
Mount Wachusett Community College
A Tool for Student Success
MYMATHLAB or EDUSPACE provide an environment in which students can learn at their own pace with multiple resources of learning / assistance available under the guidance / watchful eye of the instructor.
Barb Thompson
Columbus State Community College
It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Written Reflections on Community
Community and Civic Respo9nsibility is one General Education Outcome for Columbus State. A community service requirement in a freshman seminar course and in an advanced writing class addresses this core competency.
Karen Watt Jeffery Huerta Ersan Alkan
The University of Texas Pan American
AVID Strategies and the Success of First Generation College-Goers
Participants will learn how groups of first-generation college-goers have learned to navigate through their first year of college, using strategies learned in high school.
Karen Watt Jeffery Huerta Ersan Alkan
The University of Texas Pan American
Enhancing Learning for Mexican American (Hispanic) College Students in Gatekeeper Mathematics Courses
Participants will learn about effective strategies used for improving Hispanic student achievement in gatekeeper mathematics courses. This pilot project includes multiple interventions aimed at decreasing failure rates among first-generation Hispanic college-goers.
Denise Wilkinson
Virginia Wesleyan College
Modifying a First Year Seminar Program to Improve Student Learning
Virginia Wesleyan College revamped their first year seminar program to improve the quality of student learning. The presenter will discuss the changes that have been implemented to address this goal, along with program evaluation results.
Roger Wright Janis Walter Susan Bourke
University of Cincinnati
Mentoring Faculty: Our Duty to the Academy
How can experienced and successful faculty provide assistance to young or new faculty, graduate assistants and adjuncts to improve their teaching skills?
Sue Zientara
Davenport University
Teaching Academic "Advising" Survival Skills
This presentation will share the most often used advising formats as well as share ideas that will arm students with the best possible tools for completing a successful academic advising session.
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