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    Deceleration and Habits of Mind in ENA 101 by Lalit Bajaj

                 While progress in the writing is an integral part of a student’s success in ENA 101, there is some connection of a student’s mastery of the writing process with how they would potentially advance to that mastery, using “Habits of Mind.” According to Arthur L Costa and Bena Kallick, in Habits of Mind: A Developmental…

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    Habits of Mind Homework (Activity) by Rochell Isaac

    The Habits of Mind are an identified set of 16 problem solving, life related skills, necessary to effectively operate in society and promote strategic reasoning, insightfulness, perseverance, creativity and craftsmanship. The understanding and application of these 16 Habits of Mind serve to provide the individual with skills to work through real life situations that equip…

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    Habits of Mind Activity by Rochell Isaac

    Habits of Mind Activity  This activity might work as an ice breaker early in the semester. Provide students with an overview of a strength,  then introduce students to  Habits of Mind. You may also provide student with a visual chart. You can access a  Habits of Mind Chart Here.  According to CliftonStrengths (Gallup’s assessment tool to measure talent themes),  “A strength…

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    Teaching With the ENA 101 Framework

    The ENA 101 Framework Click below to download a copy of the ENA 101 Framework visual. History of ENA 101 and the Development of LaGuardia’s ENA 101 Framework ENA 101 at LaGuardia began in 2010-2011, guided by Heidi Johnsen, who developed the first iteration of the course based on the national model of acceleration introduced…

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    Introduction to Deceleration & Habits of Mind for Faculty by Rochell Isaac

    Deceleration and Habits of Mind: Accessing the Cognitive Domain in ENA 101 Rochell Isaac A fallacy around the pedagogy of Accelerated learning is that instructors need to do more with less and at a faster pace which naturally leads to less academic rigor. Our ENA 101 course at LaGuardia— a co-requisite model of acceleration—is designed…

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    ENA 101–Composition I Accelerated

    Course Description 3 credits; 7 hoursFulfills “Pathways: Required Core” In this course students write coherent essays in varied academic formats, both in and out of class, responding to culturally diverse materials and using appropriate technology. Studentsin this course will fulfill all stated objectives of English 101. Three additional hours each week support students with lower…

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