Striving to Increase Student Retention: A Best Practices to Improve Student Engagement & Success
Student retention is a major concern for many colleges. According to the Tinto Student Integration Model, for traditional students, social interaction with their institution is extremely important for retention. For non-traditional students, the Bean & Metzler Model shows that social integration with campus club memberships, faculty contact, and friends in class are most important for student retention. This session will show several class activities that can easily assist in accomplishing those key model points to increase student retention. These activities help students build a stronger connection with their instructors, classmates and with their campus. The instructional strategies that this session will provide are ones that have shown to be very effective in getting students to feel much more comfortable with coming to see instructors during office hours for class guidance along with feeling more comfortable using campus resources and friends for study groups. For many students, the first year of college can be overwhelming and intimidating. These activities have shown to ease that transition by helping students feel more at ease and connected to their campus. Assignment descriptions will be provided for session participants in a digital format so that they can be easily formatted and edited for personal use.
Retention Help - Utilizing Peer Mentors
Student retention is a huge issue in college, particularly during the first year. One method that has been shown to improve student retention is the incorporation of peer mentors in the classroom. This can be intimidating. This presentation will address how they can be implemented into a small classroom and also a large lecture classroom. Lessons learned from the implementation process insights gained into success and challenges we've experienced as we work to incorporate peer mentors into the classroom will be shared. Some specific examples on how one can successfully incorporate peer mentors into your classroom is provided in the presentation.
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Community of Practice Poster Presentation
Learning Portfolio - A Student's Path to Discovery, Learning and Reflection
Learning Portfolio can play a major role in creating significant learning experiences. They can help students to develop critical thinking skills and understand the importance of the work and knowledge they are gaining int heir college courses. These portfolios also give instructors the opportunity to better assess their students' strengths and weaknesses. This presentation will explore what a Learning Portfolio consists of and how to implement one in your classroom.
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Classroom Assignments and Technology to Assist in Student Retention
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Student Administered Polls: Building a Personal Connection to Learning
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Student / Teacher Communication - Retention Intervention
_The first year at a new college for a student can be quite intimidating especially when it comes to going to an instructor’s office to discuss class work and grades. It is so important though for students and teachers to build that connection for student success. In this presentation, we will be discussing five different strategies / lessons that have been shown to get students more comfortable with not only asking questions in class but also with getting them to start making a connection with their instructors. These strategies have been shown to be successful in a variety of themed learning communities.