College of San Mateo Mathematics and Science Teacher Education Program: A Bay Area Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation with San Jose State University and San Francisco State University

The College of San Mateo (CSM), a community college serving the San Mateo County area of California, is part of a collaborative effort in the San Francisco Bay Area to improve mathematics and science teacher preparation. With funding mainly through the National Science Foundation, the project is locally referred to as the MASTEP Project (Math and Science Teacher Education Program). MASTEP partners include two California State Universities (San Jose State University and San Francisco State University), four community colleges (College of San Mateo, City College of San Francisco, Evergreen Valley Community College, and San Jose City College), selected K-12 schools, and a number of informal educational institutions and local industries. Activities at CSM include recruitment of future math and science teachers through an active future teachers club; tutoring, mentoring and advising through the activities of an integrated science center; and professional development activities and financial support for science and math faculty resulting in their significant involvement in curriculum reform. As a community college, CSM plays a major role in identifying and supporting future teachers and providing these students with courses that are models of effective teaching

Beyond a Meeting: A Case Study Examining the Impact of Data-Focused Professional Learning Communities on Teacher Practice and Student Learning

The increased professional demands on educators without parallel increases in funding encourage schools to continually search for practical solutions to equip teachers with the knowledge and skills needed to improve their instructional effectiveness. This qualitative research study explored this issue by examining how participation in a data-focused professional learning community (PLC) affected teacher practice and perceptions along with determining how data-focused PLCs contributed to student learning outcomes. The study participants were a team of mathematics teachers from a public middle school in the southeastern United States serving grades sixth through eighth. The findings from this study were summarized through three themes that also provided responses to the research questions used to frame this study. The results affirmed that collaboration as a member of a PLC attributed to changes in teacher practice such as enhancements to participant instructional delivery and professional knowledge. In turn, improved teacher effectiveness also benefited students as evidenced by student performance on a variety of indicators. These findings contributed to the body of literature by other researchers (e.g., Little, 1982; McLaughlin & Talbert, 1993) who concluded that participation in a PLC with a defined collaborative structure provided teachers with job-embedded contexts to enhance their classroom practices. Likewise, due to the process of data-focused PLCs relying heavily on teachers learning through collaborative inquiry and using data to inform their decisions rather than assumptions, schools that embrace this structure provide an opportunity for high-quality instructional practices to be nurtured and sustained while supporting continuous growth in teaching and learning

Applying learning analytics to students’ interaction in business simulation games. The usefulness of learning analytics to know what students really learn

Nowadays, different ways of communication and interaction among multiple actors are dominating learning processes. However, there are critical opinions that question the contribution of student interaction to real learning. This study applies learning analytics and data mining techniques to explore the online discussion forums of 362 business students at the bachelor and master levels, who participated in business simulation games between 2011 and 2016. The findings revealed that the most frequent contents in the students’ online discussion forums were related, firstly, to the parameters and features of the business simulation game, and, secondly, to elements that fostered the students’ learning process, while small talk or regular conversation did not appear to be relevant. In addition, the contents with predictive power over learning results were related to uncertainty, time, interaction, communication and collaboration, although none of these elements influenced teacher assessment of student learning. This study reveals the usefulness of learning analytics tools to gain a more wide and holistic view of the learning process of students, discovering new aspects that affect students’ learning resultsPeer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College: report from the Inspectorate (FEFC inspection report; 93/96 and 08/00)

The Further Education Funding Council has a legal duty to make sure further education in England is properly assessed. The FEFC’s inspectorate inspects and reports on each college of further education according to a four-year cycle. This record comprises two of these reports for periods 1995-96 and 1999-2000

AS-779-14 Resolution on Proposal to Establish the Center for Solutions Through Research in Diet and Exercise (STRIDE)

That the Academic Senate endorse the establishment of the Center for Solutions Through Research in Diet and Exercise (STRIDE

Community Rehabilitation Programs and Organizational Change: A Mentor Guide to Increase Customized Employment Outcomes

[Excerpt] For the purpose of this Guide, customized employment is defined as a process for individualizing the employment relationship between an employee and an employer in ways that meet the needs of both. Customized employment is based on an individualized negotiation between the strengths, conditions and interests of the person with a disability and the identified business needs of the employer or the self-employment business chosen by the job seeker. Job negotiation uses job development or restructuring strategies that result in responsibilities being customized and individually negotiated to fit the requirements of the job

Semantic discovery and reuse of business process patterns

Patterns currently play an important role in modern information systems (IS) development and their use has mainly been restricted to the design and implementation phases of the development lifecycle. Given the increasing significance of business modelling in IS development, patterns have the potential of providing a viable solution for promoting reusability of recurrent generalized models in the very early stages of development. As a statement of research-in-progress this paper focuses on business process patterns and proposes an initial methodological framework for the discovery and reuse of business process patterns within the IS development lifecycle. The framework borrows ideas from the domain engineering literature and proposes the use of semantics to drive both the discovery of patterns as well as their reuse

Collaborative learning teams: A strategy to foster self-directed language learning in a1 colombian students

76 Páginas.La principal preocupación de esta investigación tiene que ver con la implementación de estrategias de enseñanza para el fomento del aprendizaje auto-dirigido en Colombia. Por lo tanto, este reporte se centra en la implementación de “Equipos de Aprendizaje Colaborativo” (EAC) como una estrategia llamativa y motivadora que ayudaría a los docentes de inglés a fomentar un sentido de autodirección en los estudiantes de inglés con nivel A1 al igual que a incrementar su motivación. Los autores de esta investigación son cuatro docentes oficiales interesados en promover buenas prácticas pedagógicas, por tal razón, esta propuesta es una manifestación de como empoderar a los estudiantes con las herramientas apropiadas de aprendizaje con el fin de ayudarles a convertirse en mejores aprendices. Esta investigación fue desarrollada siguiendo los principios de la investigación acción puesto que ésta les permitió a los investigadores reflexionar sobre sus actúales prácticas pedagógicas, planear y actuar adecuadamente. Con respecto a los hallazgos y conclusiones, los investigadores encontraron evidencia del cambio que tuvieron los estudiantes después de haberse involucrado en el trabajo en equipo. Los estudiantes y los investigadores concluyeron que el trabajo colaborativo es una oportunidad de construcción de un ambiente de aprendizaje seguro en el cual los estudiantes pueden colaborar, interactuar y comunicarse efectivamente