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[Assessment 683] Call for articles: Taking Action to Stay in ClassMarie Cora marie.cora at hotspurpartners.comTue Mar 13 10:37:16 EDT 2007
Colleagues, The following announcement is from Silja Kallenbach, of the New England Literacy Resource Center. This issue of the Change Agent could be of interest to some of you on the List. The issue of persistence is directly affected by assessment. Some of the motivators that help students stay in class include: good diagnostic and on-going assessments that can provide formative information for both the teacher and student; processes and activities for helping students identify their goals for coming to class; classroom structures that allow students to watch their progress toward their goals; classroom tools, such as rubrics, that allow students to take command of their own learning. Perhaps some of you might be interested in writing or being a committee member for this issue. Also, I would be interested in hearing what types of assessment-related activities you do in your programs and classrooms that speak to the issue of student persistence. Thanks! Marie Cora Assessment Discussion List Moderator **************** Hello, The theme of the fall 2007 issue of The Change Agent is Taking Action to Stay in Class. Unlike the many wonderful writings on learner persistence that are already available from NCSALL and elsewhere, this issue of The Change Agent is about the external challenges (working too hard, health issues, lack of transportation or child care) that make it hard to keep coming to class and the ways that students are taking leadership to address those difficulties. I hope this angle resonates with some you and your students and that you will consider responding. Perhaps you are interested in serving on the editorial board for this issue? If so, let me know. I've attached a description of what that involves. The first meeting will be scheduled for late March/early April. Please circulate this call for articles for the next issue of The Change Agent to other adult educators and students. It is attached in two formats. Thank you! Silja ********************************************* Silja Kallenbach, Director New England Literacy Resource Center World Education 44 Farnsworth Street Boston, MA 02210 tel. 617-482-9485 fax. 617-482-0617 skallenbach at worlded.org www.nelrc.org Get free resources about ABE/ESOL-to-college transitions at www.collegetransition.org Teach critical thinking with The Change Agent, a social justice publication for the adult education community, available at www.nelrc.org/changeagent -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: call for articles - persistence.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 111904 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/assessment/attachments/20070313/39f9b81d/attachment.pdf -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Call for Articles - Persistence.rev.rtf Type: application/msword Size: 16243 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/assessment/attachments/20070313/39f9b81d/attachment.dot -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Bd.MemberCommitment.doc Type: application/msword Size: 20480 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/assessment/attachments/20070313/39f9b81d/attachment.doc
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