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Reading, Thinking, Learning: Chabot Colleges Reading Apprenticeship FIG2010 Strengthening Student Success ConferenceCosta Mesa, CA10-07-2010Reading Apprenticeship (RA) DimensionsSOCIAL DIMENSION

Creating safety

Investigating relationships between Literacy and power

Sharing book talk

Sharing reading processes, problems, and solutions

Noticing and appropriating others ways of reading

COGNITIVE DIMENSION

Getting the big picture

Breaking it down

Monitoring comprehension

Using problem-solving strategies to assist and restore comprehension

Setting reading purposes and adjusting reading processes

PERSONAL DIMENSION

Developing reader identity

Developing metacognition

Developing reader fluency and stamina

Developing reader confidence and range

Assessing performance and wetting goals

KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING DIMENSION

Mobilizing and building

Developing content or topic knowledge

Development knowledge of word construction and vocabulary

Developing knowledge and use of text structures

Developing discipline- and discourse-specific knowledgeMetacognitive ConversationChabot Colleges RA FIG2008 ~ 20095 members: Accounting/Business, English, and Life SciencesProvide support and strategiesUnderstand reading strategies across disciplinesPlan implementation steps in 2009 ~ 2010Set up inquiry questions for 2009 ~ 20104 additional members joined in spring 2009:ESL, History, Math, and Physics

Chabot Colleges RA FIG2009 ~ 201011 membersInquiriesWhat do you want to understand better about your students and how they learn? How can you more fully incorporate metacognitive routines into your classroom?How will you assess the impact of these classroom routines on student learning?DiscussionsClassroom videos ~think aloud/modeling and talking to the textStudent case studiesExamples of CERAs (Curriculum- Embedded Reading Assessments)Student metacognitive log samplesExamples of business/accounting word problemsPre and post MARSI (Metacognitive Awareness Reading Strategies Inventory) results

Chabot Colleges RA FIG2010 ~ 2011RA professional development13 members:Anthropology, English, ESL, Geography, Psychology, and Physical Education 3-day RA training in fall 2010Implementation in spring 2011Original RA FIG members integrate into new RA FIG as mentors

Challenges in teaching reading and encouraging student reading?What have you tried or would like to do to improve reading?Classroom Case: History ~ Jane Wolford

Classroom Case: HistoryInquiry 2009 ~ 2010

Does practicing Reading Apprenticeship metacognative routines, such as think alouds, talking to the text, and think/pair/share, over the course of the semester result in getting students to do the reading independently and make sense of what they read?Classroom Case: HistoryModel Think-Aloud

ABIGAIL ADAMS, Letters to John Adams and His Reply (1776)Abigail Adams (1744-1818) plea that her husband remember the ladies was an initial appeal for a more equitable distribution of power. Feminists of a later era would spell out in detail Adams statement on the potential of male tyranny. On what basis do you think Adams alleged that all Men would be tyrants if they could? How did the revolutionary spirit influence her request and the argument of her May 7 letter? How did John Adams deal with the situation? What did he mean by the statement we know better than to repeal our masculine systems?Abigail Adams to John AdamsBraintree March 31 1776I long to hear that you have declared an independency-and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute, but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend. Why then, not put it out of the power of the vicious and the Lawless to use us with cruelty and indignity with impunity. Men of Sense in all Ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your Sex. Regard us then as Beings placed by providence under your protection and in imitation of the Supreme Being make use of that power only for our happiness.Classroom Case: HistorySample Assessment Questions for Abigail Adams Text

A primary source document is a(n):first-hand account of the events, practices, or conditions of the period under study.account written after the fact that typically comments on and discusses historical evidence.synthesis of first-hand accounts and commentary on historical evidence.account that is primary to the understanding of the historical period under study.Classroom Case: HistorySample Assessment Questions for Abigail Adams Text

We know Abigail Adams mostly through:her diaries and journals.biographies that were published after her death.her personal letters.the writings of her husband and children.

In her Remember the Ladies text, Abigail Adams advocated for:voting rights for women in the new republic.an equal partnership between husbands and wives in marriage.a more equitable distribution of power between men and women.an end to domestic violence.Classroom Case: HistoryModel Think/Pair/Share

HARRIET TUBMAN, Excepts from a Biography by her Contemporaries (c. 1880)Classroom Case: HistoryModel Think/Pair/Share

Questions to ask and answer while reading the Harriet Tubman textMake sure you label each part of this text. Write intro in the margins next to the introductory paragraph, and number each paragraph of the actual except.From the title, what is meant by Her Contemporaries?

What type of text is this and when was it written? What do you know about this time period?

What was Tubmans biography based on? Based on what you know about African slavery in the U. S., why do you think she had others write her story?

Why was Harriet Tubman called Moses? Where does this name come from originally, and how does this name tie into her fame as an historical figure?Based on a series of interviews by abolitionists, Harrier Tubmans biography described her escape from slavery, as well as her vital role in the underground railroad. Known as Moses, the deliverer of her people, Tubman (1820-1913) personally risked death and repeatedly returned to the South to lead as many as three hundred slaves to freedom. In what ways did Tubmans life contradict cultural assumptions about womans behavior?One of the teachers lately commissioned by the New England Freedmens Aid Society is probably the most remarkable woman of this age. That is to say, she has performed more wonderful deeds by the native power of her own spirit against adverse circumstances than any other. She is well known to many by the various names which her eventful life has given her; Harriet Garrison, Gen. Tubman, & c; but among the slave she is universally know by her well-earned title of Moses-Moses, the deliverer. She is a rare instance, in the midst of high civilization and intellectual culture, of a being of great native powers, working powerfully, and to beneficent ends, entirely unaided by schools or books.Classroom Case: HistorySample Assessment Questions for Harriet Tubman Text

We see evidence in the text on Harriet Tubman that many enslaved people endured all of the following except:physical abuse.the fear of being sold.the breaking up of couples and families.the strong desire to learn to read and write.Of all of the virtues embedded into the Cult of True Womanhood, Harriet Tubman's life was a direct challenge to which above all? purity.piety.submissiveness.domesticity.Classroom Case: HistoryDataQuestion TopicSp 09 (% correct)Fa 09 (% correct)Semester Average In what field did WWII worker Inez Sauer work? (reading overview)69.8%79.7%74.7%Where was M. Nakamura interned during WWII? (detail)56.6%60.8%58.7%Why was Nakamura sent away from camp? (detail)79.2%81.6%80.4%Rosa Parks & Montgomery bus boycott (detail)58.4%59.4%58.9%Who called for bus boycott? (main idea of reading)56.6%56.5%56.6%A. Moodys experience in CRM (reading overview)92.7%88.6%90.6%NOWs main goal (detail& main idea)50.7%33.9%42.3%Redstockings & view of males (detail)86.9%86.7%86.8%Redstockings chief task (main idea)71%60.3%65.6%Natl Black Feminist Org. problems (detail)65.2%39.6%52.4%NOW & LGBT (main idea)73.9%60.3%67.1%Classroom Case: HistoryDataClassroom Case: Physiology~ Patricia Wu

Metacognitive LogStatements/Confusions/IdeasI read in the textThoughts/InterpretationI wondered/I made a connection/I thoughtName: _______________________________Date: _____________Assignment: _______________________________________________________________Classroom Case: PhysiologyModelTalking to the TextClassroom Case: Physiology

Cell membrane components: phospholipids, proteins, carbo, and cholesterol. Since the membrane has a lot of lipid, does it mean only lipid-like material is able to get through?

Does diffusion happen outside of body?Ex. Perfume across the room.

Whats polar? Check chemistry?

If lipid solubles can diffuse through C.M., does it mean that polar things are not lipid soluble? Is it the same as lipophobic??? MUST CHECK!Student ExamplesClassroom Case: Physiology Statements/Confusions/IdeasI read in the textThoughts/InterpretationI wondered/I made a connection/I thoughtBrownian Motion

Hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic

First thing came to my mind just by reading the word Brownian motion it pertaining to some kind of movement than can be observed when mixed with other solution. It turns out that it is related to distinctive or remarkably amazing movement of large particles particularly zigzag.

There are several examples that I can think of when I read about different concentration of a solution. I wondered if our body fluids turned out to be hypertonic we wouldnt or I wouldnt be sitting here doing what Im doing now, typing. Because if our RBCs is in hypertonic environment our blood will eventually shrink and die. Hypotonic, same concept but instead shrinking it will burst either way it will die and we will not be able to survive it. Isotonic is the optimal concentration or ideal for our blood to circulate in our blood vessels freely and keeping us alive and kicking!!Name: Student ADate: 8/31/09Assignment: Membrane Permeability and TransportationStatements/Confusions/IdeasI read in the textThoughts/InterpretationI wondered/I made a connection/I thoughtThe rate of diffusion is proportional to the concentration differences that exist in the solution.

Osmosis

Clarification:When there is a concentration difference between environment one and environment two, water flows between them, from the least concentrated on to the more concentrated one. The bigger the difference the faster the process?

What would happen to a salt water fish and its cells if you put it into a freshwater aquarium?

Does anything affect the rate of diffusion/osmosis like temperature?

What is osmotic pressure in terms of osmosis?Name: Student BDate: 8/31/09Assignment: Membrane Permeability and TransportationStatements/Confusions/IdeasI read in the textThoughts/InterpretationI wondered/I made a connection/I thoughtI read in the text that serotonin, ADP, platelet-activating factor, and thromboxane A2 play a role in platelet aggregation.

Coagulation is divided into two pathways: an intrinsic pathway, and an extrinsic pathway.

If for some reason, one of these are missing, will platelet aggregation continue normally?

I thought this was interesting, since both pathways are triggered by different events, does that mean one pathway may be working more depending on the extent of the triggered event? For example, would the extrinsic pathway play a bigger role in creating cross-linked fibrin than the intrinsic pathway, if there was more tissue damage than collagen exposure? Is that even possible?Name: Student CDate: 11/4/09Assignment: Platelets and CoagulationStatements/Confusions/IdeasI read in the textThoughts/InterpretationI wondered/I made a connection/I thoughtPlateletsHomeostasisPlatelet activationCoagulationAnticoagulantsHemophiliaCell fragments produced in the bone marrow from huge cells called megakaryocytes. They are smaller than read blood cells, are colorless, and have no nucleus.The process of keeping blood within a damaged blood vessel. Has 3 major steps: vasoconstriction, temporary blockage of a break by a platelet plug, and blood coagulation.It beings the clotting processIt converts the platelet plug into a more stable clot.Prevents coagulationCoagulation disorder in which one of the factors in the coagulation cascade is either defective or lacking.Name: Student DDate: 11/4/09Assignment: Platelets and CoagulationResultClassroom Case: Physiology ResultClassroom Case: Physiology Improvement3-column metacognitive logClassroom Case: Physiology Statements/Confusions/IdeasI read in the textThoughts/InterpretationI wondered / I made a connection / I thoughtSolutions/Integration of ideas or thoughtsName: Date:Assignment:Improvement3-column metacognitive logStudent examplesClassroom Case: Physiology Statements/Confusions/IdeasI read in the textThoughts/InterpretationI wondered / I made a connection / I thoughtSolutions/Integration of ideas or thoughtsRate of diffusion

Semipermeable membrane

I cant remember learning this in prior science classes. I wonder if this lab entails us to predict the rate of diffusion when given proportional concentration differences in solutions. I wonder if this lab consists of measuring concentrations over a period of time.

I remember doing a lab on semipermeability in Bio 31 and Chem 30A. We worked with sugar water and calculated the rate of diffusion. Now I remember learning about rate of diffusion! I wonder what kinds of molecules are selected and excluded from cells.

The instructions provide an explanation of how molecules move in environments of high or low concentration and how the membrane is the gatekeeper of things moving in and out of cell.

I think the purpose of this lab is to be sure that I understand how cells have this semipermeable membrane and this concept will probably been one of the key points throughout this class. The lab addresses the passage of ions and other molecules through proteins embedded and partially attached to the phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane. I remember these proteins as integral and peripheral proteins. I am also reminded about the properties of enzymes: specificity, competition, and saturation.Statements/Confusions/IdeasI read in the textThoughts/InterpretationI wondered / I made a connection / I thoughtSolutions/Integration of ideas or thoughtsI dont think I have ever heard of the Brownian motion.

I cant remember the definition of hypertonic and isotonic!

What is the Brownian motion?

I think that hypertonic is when there is more solute on the outside than there is on the inside environment. I remember the beef jerky example when I think hypertonic. I forgot what isotonic means!

It looks as if the Brownian movement has to do with intrinsic kinetic energy (IKE). Results of IKE are molecules vibrating randomly at all temperatures above -460 degrees Fahrenheit which is A.K.A. absolute zero. There are large and small molecules, and the large molecules that can be seen moving in a zigzag movement are known as Brownian motion.

It turns out more or less I was on the right track. Isotonic is the EQUAL sharing of two solutions in 2 solutes and hypertonic solution has higher solute concentrations than the surrounding environment, like Beef jerky! RA change classroom teachingStudents are more engaged in readingStudents take responsibility for learningStudents practice critical thinkingInstructors gain deeper understanding of students dilemmas

Questions?

Contact Information:Chabot College: www.chabotcollege.eduJane Wolford: jwolford@chabotcollege.eduPatricia Wu: pwu@chabotcollege.edu

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