Basic Skills Resources

Basic Skills Resources

Journal articles

Barr, Jim, and Pam Schuetz. 2008. "Overview of Foundational Issues." New Directions for Community Colleges 2008, no. 144: 7-16. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 17, 2009).

Bahr, Peter Riley. 2007. "Double Jeopardy: Testing the Effects of Multiple Basic Skill Deficiencies on Successful Remediation." Research in Higher Education 48, no. 6: 695-725. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 19, 2009).

Bowles, Tyler J., Adam C. McCoy, and Scott Bates. 2008. "The Effect of Supplemental Instruction on Timely Graduation.” College Student Journal 42, no. 3: 853-859. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost(accessed February 20, 2009).

Bradley, Paul. 2007. "Supplemental Instruction Programs Showing Results." Community College Week 20, no. 1: 7-7. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 18, 2009).

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 2008. "Basic Skills for Complex Lives: Designs for Learning in The Community College." Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching . ERIC, EBSCOhost (accessed February 21, 2009).

Dolinsky, Beverly, Roberta S. Matthews, Gerald M. Greenfield, Phyllis Curtis-Tweed, and Scott E. Evenbeck. 2007. "Assessment Is Essential for Implementing Successful First-Year Experience Programs." Assessment Update 19, no. 6: 9-11. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 19, 2009).

Eades, Carol, and William M. Moore. 2007. "Ideas in Practice: Strategic Note Taking in Developmental Mathematics." Journal of Developmental Education 31, no. 2: 18-26. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 18, 2009).

Escobedo, Geneva. 2007. "A Retention/Persistence Intervention Model: Improving Success Across Cultures." Journal of Developmental Education 31, no. 1: 12-37. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 17, 2009).

Fike, David S., and Renea Fike. 2008. "Predictors of First-Year Student Retention in the Community College." Community College Review 36, no. 2: 68-88. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 18, 2009).

Goble, Lisbeth J., James E. Rosenbaum, and Jennifer L. Stephan. 2008. "Do Institutional Attributes Predict Individuals' Degree Success at Two-year Colleges?." New Directions for Community Colleges 2008, no. 144: 63-72. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 20, 2009).

Guillory, Raphael M., and Mimi Wolverton. 2008. "It's About Family: Native American Student Persistence in Higher Education." Journal of Higher Education 79, no. 1: 58-87. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 23, 2009).

Kuh, George D., Ty M. Cruce, Rick Shoup, Jillian Kinzie, and Robert M. Gonyea. 2008. "Unmasking the Effects of Student Engagement on First-YearCollege Grades and Persistence." Journal of Higher Education 79, no. 5: 540-563. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 17, 2009).

Lardner, Emily, and Gillies Malnarich. 2008. "A New Era in Learning-Community Work: Why the Pedagogy of Intentional Integration Matters." Change 40, no. 4: 30-37. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, EBSCOhost (accessed February 23, 2009).

Lockie, Nancy M., and Robert J. Van Lanen. 2008. "Impact of the Supplemental Instruction Experience on Science SI Leaders." Journal of Developmental Education 31, no. 3: 2-14. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 22, 2009).

Lowis, Mike, and Andrew Castley. 2008. "Factors Affecting Student Progression and Achievement: Prediction and Intervention. A two-year study." Innovations in Education & Teaching International 45, no. 4: 333-343. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 19, 2009).

Nygaard, Claus, Thomas Højlt, and Mads Hermansen. 2008. "Learning-based Curriculum Development." Higher Education 55, no. 1: 33-50. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 18, 2009).

Oriano-Darnall, Angela. 2008. "New Survey Helps Community Colleges Focus Up Front." Diverse: Issues in Higher Education 25, no. 13: 15-15. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 17, 2009).

Potts, Glenn, and Brian Schultz. 2008. "The Freshman Seminar and Academic Success of At-Risk Students.” College Student Journal 42, no. 2: 647-658. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, EBSCOhost (accessed February 23, 2009).

Sanchez-Leguelinel, Caridad. 2008. "Supporting ‘Slumping’ Sophomores: Programmatic Peer Initiatives Designed to Enhance Retention in the Crucial Second Year of College.” College Student Journal 42, no. 2: 637-646. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 22, 2009).

Schrader, P. G., and Scott W. Brown. 2008. "Evaluating the First Year Experience: Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors." Journal of Advanced Academics 19, no. 2: 310-343. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 19, 2009).

Scrivener, Susan, Dan Bloom, Allen LeBlanc, Christina Paxson, Cecilia Elena Rouse, Colleen Sommo, and Manpower Demonstration Research Corp. 2008. "A Good Start: Two-Year Effects of a Freshmen Learning Community Program at KingsboroughCommunity College." MDRC . ERIC, EBSCOhost (accessed February 18, 2009).

Stone, Susan I., Mimi Engel, Jenny Nagaoka, and Melissa Roderick. 2005. "Getting It the Second Time Around: Student Classroom Experience in Chicago's SummerBridge Program." Teachers College Record 107, no. 5: 935-957. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost(accessed February 18, 2009).

Tinberg, Howard, Donna Killian Duffy, and Jack Mino. 2007. "The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the Two-YearCollege: Promise and Peril." Change 39, no. 4: 26-33. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, EBSCOhost (accessed February 23, 2009).

Visher, Mary G., Heather Wathington, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Emily Schneider, and Postsecondary Research. 2008. "The Learning CommunitiesDemonstration: Rationale, Sites, and Research Design. An NCPR Working Paper." NationalCenter for Postsecondary Research. ERIC, EBSCOhost (accessed February 19, 2009).

Zaritsky, Joyce Ship, and Andi Toce. 2006. "Supplemental Instruction at a Community College: The Four Pillars." New Directions for Teaching & Learning, no. 106: 23-31. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 19, 2009).

Books

Flippo, Rona F., and Caverly, David C. Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research. 2nd ed. New York: Taylor & Francis Routledge, 2009. Available as an electronic book through Cabrillo Library.

Hunt, Lynne et al. The Realities of Change in Higher Education: Interventions to Promote Learning and Teaching. New York: Taylor & Francis Routledge, 2006. Available as an electronic book through Cabrillo Library.

Kirklighter, Cristina et al. Teaching Writing with Latino/a Students: Lessons Learned at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Albany: SUNY Press, 2007. Available as an electronic book through Cabrillo Library.

Lambropoulos, Niki and Zaphiris, Panayiotis. User-centered Design of Online Learning Communities. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 2007. Available as an electronic book through Cabrillo Library.

Web resources

California’s Basic Skills Initiative at Provides comprehensive coverage. Includes an Effective Practices database

Improving Library Services for Basic Skills Students and Courses: Sabbatical Report, Spring 2007, by Bonnie Gratch Lindauer, Rosenberg Library, CityCollege of San Francisco, 20 August 2007. This report summarizes a literature review, presents the results of a survey of California community college librarians regarding basic skills services, and presents specific recommendations to improve outreach and service.

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