Institute for Student Success

Spring 2011 Workshop Materials

This page contains the slides, handouts and associated materials from the invited speakers at the 2011 Institute for Student Success. Looking for materials from another session? You can either email the campus presenters directly (a complete list of the workshops and presenters is available on the Event Schedule page), or send an email to institute@humboldt.edu and we can help you track it down.

Keynote: George Kuh

Keynote Presentation: What Matters to Student Success (.ppt)
Creating the Conditions That Matter to Student Success: Institutional Assessment Template (.pdf)
Taking Stock of What Matters to Student Success (.pdf)
Breakout Session: A Closer Look at Selected High-Impact Practices (.ppt)
High Impact Practices (Worksheet): What They Are, Why They Work, and Who Benefits (.pdf)

Plenary: Milton Randle

Plenary Presentation: Academic Excellence Workshops: Enhancing Learning Outcomes and Community Building for STEM Students and Beyond (.ppt)
Academic Excellence Workshop Participant Contract (.doc)
Plenary workshop problem (.docx)
Impact of Cooperative Learning in Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (.pdf)

Keynote: Barbara Millis

Keynote Presentation: Using Cooperative Learning Activities to Foster Deep Learning (.pdf)
Using Cooperative Activties to Foster Deep Learning: Supplemental Handout (.docx)
Breakout Session: Promoting Critical Thinking through Cooperative Learning (.pdf)
Promoting Critical Thinking through Cooperative Learning: Supplemental Handout (.docx)
Idea Paper #38: Enhancing Learning - and More! - Through Cooperative Learning (.pdf)
Idea Paper #47: Promoting Deep Learning (.pdf)
Cooperative Learning Structures (.docx)
Some "Send-A-Problem" Questions in a Geography Course
Structuring Complex Cooperative Learning Activties in 50-Minute Classes (.pdf)
Pro-Con-Caveat Grid (.ppt)
Collaborative Learning Activites: Roundtable & Structured Problem Solving/Numbered Heads Together (.doc)