Academic Support:

Library Resources

The following items have been shared with you by GU/TRIO professionals who used them successfully in their programs. You are invited to do the same. Take five minutes to share a document that you use in your program. It could be an activity, form, or program handbook. If we all share a little, this will become a more powerful online program manual for the community. Send to edpractices@eoa.org and share the same on the national and program-specific listservs. The newest items are listed at the top.

Arendale, D. R. (Ed.). (2023). Course-based learning assistance: Best practice guide for academic support program design and improvement (3rd ed). National College Learning Center Association; Alliance for Postsecondary Academic Support. <https://nclca.wildapricot.org/publications>

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Arendale, D. R., Abraham, N., Barber, D., Bekis, B., Claybourne, C., Edenfeld, K., Epps, K., Hutchinson, K, Jimenez, J., Killingbeck, K, Pokhrel, R., Schmauch, N., & Woodruff, R. (2022). Antiracist activities and policies for student-led study groups. Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 5(1), 12-29. <https://doi.org/10.36896/5.1sc1> Issues of race and marginalization do not often intersect with publications related to developmental education and learning assistance. They have been spaces that ignored these issues. This guide to antiracism policies and practices for student-led study groups is based on a careful review of scholarly articles, books, and existing guides. While much has been written about culturally-sensitive pedagogies for K-16 classroom instruction, little has emerged for guiding peer study groups regarding antiracism practices. This guide helps address this gap in the literature. In addition to its use for academic study groups, this guide is useful for faculty members to incorporate antiracism learning activities and pedagogies into their courses. This guide identifies effective learning practices that can be adapted and adopted for use in supporting higher student achievement, closing the achievement gap, increasing persistence to graduation, and meeting the needs of culturally diverse and historically-underrepresented students.

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Arendale, D. R. (Ed.). (2022). 2022 Postsecondary peer cooperative learning programs: Annotated bibliography. Unpublished manuscript, University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development, Curriculum & Instruction Department. ERIC database. (ED628254). https://z.umn.edu/peerbib and the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy< https://hdl.handle.net/11299/254251>

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Arendale, D. R., & Lilly, M. (Eds.). (2014). Guide for Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) group facilitators. Unpublished manuscript. Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN. ERIC database. (ED546634) < hdl.handle.net/11299/200395>

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Connections to Tutoring, Larry Ramos, Director, Talent Search, Wichita State University (KS). The use of <iTutor.com> to facilitate the provision of tutorial services and connections to tutoring services provides academic support in a virtual setting. After students download weekly homework assignments from the school district’s website or receive those assignments by mail, they may request tutoring assistance via the program’s website, or email, text, or call to their assigned Talent Search Program Educational Advisor. Information including the student’s name, email address, phone number, grade, and subject is collected by the program and forwarded to the iTutor.com team for further correspondence and instructions for students on logging in and tips on gaining the best experience possible from the online teacher. iTutor.com teachers download the assignments from the school district’s website for maximum effectiveness. Tutoring is offered Monday-Thursday for one hour in math and language arts.