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CCC AAA 090 Competencies

Institutional Learning Outcomes

Learning Objectives

Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)
Students should be able to:

Measurement

Unit 1:  Change Creating Success, Guiding Change, and Setting Goals (Chapter 1)

● Accept personal responsibility for academic success (I)

● Demonstrate appropriate student behavior (III)

● Set long- and short-term academic goals (VI)

Professionalism

Students should gain an understanding of the course requirements, topics covered in AAA and classroom expectations.

accurately describe instructor and classroom expectations for student responsibility, behavior, and attitude both in and out of the classroom.

Letter to instructor (HW assignment), classroom expectation activity (in-class assignment)

Students should be able to set short term goals for their academic performance.

set specific, measurable, realistic short-term goals (less than 6 months) for their performance in each class they are registered for this semester.

SMART Goals worksheet (in-class assignment)

 Students should be able to find information that will help them successfully navigate each course they are registered for this semester.

locate critical information such as instructor contact information, grading scale, attendance policies, and extra credit opportunities  for each of their classes.

AAA Scavenger Hunt (HW assignment)

Students should be able to identify campus resources for information and academic support.

locate information about  campus resources and academic support online.

AAA Scavenger Hunt (HW assignment)

Students should gain understanding of the differences between high school, community college and career.

identify major differences between college and high school in terms of diversity, technology, and responsibility.

In-class discussion; AAA Scavenger Hunt (HW assignment)

Unit 2:  Prioritize – Planning Your Time and Reducing Stress Time Management (Chapter 6)

Manage time effectively for academic purposes (IV)

Problem Solving

Professionalism

Students should learn best-practice techniques for creating and managing their study schedule.

develop effective personal study habits that minimize distractions, allow for appropriate breaks in study and create a study schedule.

Time Management Assignment - Study Schedule (HW assignment)

Students should gain an understanding of ways to improve their academic time management skills.

analyze current effectiveness of their time management by identifying where and how their time was spent.

Time Management Assignment - Log and Analysis (HW assignment)

Students should gain techniques on how to successfully complete large projects.

organize large assignments into smaller manageable parts and create a schedule to complete all assignments on time and in a realistic manner.

Time Management Assignment - Dates/Deadline Calendar (HW assignment)

Students should gain an understanding of ways to improve their personal time management skills.

demonstrate effective time management skills by balancing academic work with other activities such as social life, work, family and co-curricular activities in a personal time management system such as a schedule, calendar or planner.

Time Management Assignment - Study Schedule (HW assignment)

Students should develop awareness to physical and emotional stress and ways to manage them.

identify coping strategies and forms of stressors to decrease stress and anxiety.

Self care or other activity (in-class activity)

Unit 3:  Read- Building Successful Reading and Comprehension (Chapter 8)

Apply personal learning style to improve learning effectiveness (II)
 
Apply basic textbook reading strategies (VII) 

Apply active and critical thinking strategies to learning (XI)

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Students should learn active reading strategies to interact and engage with academic writing.

Demonstrate, through applying the academic reading strategies, comprehension of academic writing.

SQ3R Practice (in-class activity); Two Reading Mastery Study Sheets (HW assignments)

Unit 4: Record – Cultivating Your Listening Skills & Developing a Note-Taking System that Works for You (Chapter 9)

Apply personal learning style to improve learning effectiveness (II)


Apply active and critical thinking strategies to learning (XI)

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Students should learn a variety of strategies for listening effectively during class.

identify at least 2 specific strategies that will improve the ability to listening effectively during class.

In-Class Activity or Discussion

Students should gain understanding of various strategies to increase note taking effectiveness.

students should be able to demonstrate effective lecture note techniques.

Note-taking Practice (in-class activities); Cornell Notes assignment (in-class activity)

Unit 5:  Career Awareness and Research (Chapter 13)

Set long- and short-term academic goals (VI)

Critical Thinking

Professionalism

Written Communication

Students should be introduced to the self-exploration process of career awareness.

identify and explain (verbal or written) how core values, interests, personality type, and skills impact students’ short and long-term career goals.

Values, true colors/personality  (In-class activities) and Career Research Essay

Research a career option to learn how to make an informed decision about their short and long-term educational and professional goals.

Locate and describe the job tasks, skills, training, working conditions, salary, and job market related to their career path.

Career Research Project

Unit 6: Engage – Developing Your Personal and Academic Motivation (Chapter 2)

● Accept personal responsibility for academic success (I)

● Set long- and short-term academic goals (VI)

● Apply active and critical thinking strategies to learning (XI)

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Professionalism

Oral Communication

Student should gain an understanding of the different types of motivation and impact.

describe differences between external and internal motivation.

In-class activity; Midterm Test Question

Students should gain an understanding of possible strategies to increase intrinsic motivation in their own lives.

demonstrating application of an intrinsic motivation strategy.

In-class Activity (Grit Walk); Vision Board; Mindset Essay

Unit 7: Study – Developing your Memory, Study, and Test-Taking Skills (Chapter 10)

● Apply personal learning style to improve learning effectiveness (II)

● Apply effective test-taking techniques (IX)

● Apply techniques for improved memory (X)

● Apply active and critical thinking strategies to learning (XI)

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Students will be introduced to the stages of memory and how they relate to learning.

explain stages of memory and how it relates to their learning.

Question on Midterm Test

Students should be introduced to strategies to improve memory and learning material while studying.

Identify learning strategies to use during test preparation.

In-class Activities

Students should gain an understanding of personal learning styles that improve learning effectiveness.

Identify multiple learning modalities to understand material.

In-class Activity

Students should be introduced to strategies to improve test taking skills.

apply test taking strategies effectively on a graded exam.

Question on Midterm Test

Unit 8: Persist – Understanding the Culture of Your Community College (Chapter 3)

● Accept personal responsibility for academic success (I)

Problem Solving

Professionalism

Students should gain an understanding of course requirements for their degree.

design an academic degree, certificate or transfer plan.

Academic Plan assignment

Students should become familiar with student rights and responsibilities and student code of conduct.

students should be able to identify violations of the student code of conduct.

In class Activity

Students should learn about GPA and significance to achievement short and long term education goals.

student should be able to calculate term and cumulative GPA and understand impact of low grades.

AAA Scavenger Hunt; In-Class GPA follow-up activity

Unit 9: Prosper - Managing Your Money and Debts Wisely (Chapter 11)

● Accept personal responsibility for academic success (I)

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Students should learn the different types of financial aid that is available to students.

explain the difference between the types of financial aid, including grants, loans, work study, scholarships.

In-Class Activity

Unit 10: Navigating Finals Week & Course Wrap-up

● Accept personal responsibility for academic success (I)

● Manage time effectively for academic purposes (IV)

● Apply effective test-taking techniques (IX)
Time management

Professionalism

Critical Thinking

Students should engage in activities to reflect on and celebrate their semester.

Provide at least 2 examples of personal or academic growth from the semester.

In-Class Activity;  Post Assessment