It's great, Katrina, that you have students who do homework while a program is in session and even more wonderful that some do online work during school breaks.

You're right, though, my interest right now, is a little different: I"m curious about whether anyone is expressly doing things to let students know that if they have to stop coming for some reason, they can continue to study on their own. Does anyone do that, and introduce students to self-study materials they can purchse or borrow, or online resources? 
Barb Garner 
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From: Katrina Hinson <khinson at future-gate.com>
Date: Thu May 11 18:42:04 CDT 2006
To: focusonbasics at nifl.gov, b.garner4 at verizon.net
Subject: Re: [FocusOnBasics 271]  Supporting out of school study

I'm not exactly sure I understand the question or if I read it
correctly. At first glance however, what springs to mind for me is my
students who study outside of class as well as attend on a regular or
semi-regular basis.  My most successful students are the ones who study
in and out of class. They'll ask for additional work or they'll work
online via several computer programs we use. They'll even actively seek
out information online to use as study aids such as math websites or
practice test websites etc.  We don't have any formal supports in place
for students but I do know that sometimes teachers will come by and say
'can you put John/Jane Smith in the database so they can do some work
online during Spring Break or Semester Break etc." Most of the time when
I've encountered students who are not actively participating in class or
in a program, it's usually because they don't have the time to devote to
studying whether it's because of work, family or personal reasons etc.
We do try to accomodate students though and our online component allows
us to help students who sometimes cannot attend a traditional classroom
setting.  At the moment that's all I can think of.


Katrina


>>> Barbara Garner <b.garner4 at verizon.net> 05/11/06 8:46 AM >>>

Research coming out the NCSALL Lab School in Portland, OR, finds that
many people who have participated in ABE or would be good candidates for
ABE study on their own. 

Has anyone's program taken this into account and put into place
supports for students who want to continue to study on their own when
not actively participating in a program? If so, what do these supports
look like? How has it gone?

Barb Garner
Editor, Focus on Basics
Sharon, MA
b.garner4 at verizon.net 

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