Teaching Unprepared Students: Success & Retention Strategies
Increase Student Success Rates
There are more unprepared students arriving on college campuses than ever before.
It’s no surprise why. Societal expectations about attending college have grown and increasing numbers of students are responding by enrolling in higher education.
Unfortunately, many of them are arriving on campus unprepared for the rigors of postsecondary education.
The number of college students with defined learning disabilities has tripled on campus, while many other students simply have inadequate reading, writing, and study skills.
Kathleen Gabriel, Ph.D., of California State University, Chico helps faculty members and college officials navigate this difficult terrain as she shares her practical strategies for improving at-risk students’ skills and increasing student success rates in this 90-minute seminar.
Our advice prepares you to provide the necessary support so that students can meet course requirements and complete their college programs.
The seminar covers:
- Descriptions and definitions of unprepared students
- How to identify the unprepared students in your classes
- Current success rates of at-risk students
- Strategies to increase student engagement with course material
- Specific actions to help raise class attendance
- Ways to decrease at-risk student “avoidance” behavior
- Techniques to improve retention and comprehension levels
- How to implement “learner-centered” teaching methods
- Helpful ways to interact with at-risk and unprepared students
- Methods to assist students with weak reading, writing, or study skills
Several actual learning activities are included that can be adapted to your own courses.
Who will benefits
- Faculty members
- Instructors
- Lecturers
- Teaching assistants
- Instructional designers
- Faculty development team
- Faculty evaluation team members
- Department leadership
- College and university administrators
Experienced presenter
Kathleen Gabriel, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Professional Studies in Education Department of California State University, Chico and the author of Teaching Unprepared Students: Strategies for Promoting Success and Retention in Higher Education. Dr. Gabriel has developed academic support programs for at-risk college students at the Universities of Kansas and Arizona. Her success led to her becoming a Faculty/TA Development Specialist at the University of Arizona where she created and facilitated workshops for faculty and teaching assistants.
Recorded: 4/1/2010
Running Time: 90 minutes
Audio with PowerPoint
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