I need to attend a Collaborative Study Group workshop put on by AVID which will help me teach my students how to study in groups to help prepare them for high school.
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My school is a challenging campus as we draw from a variety of socioeconomic and ethnically diverse groups.
On my campus, there are a large number of students who will be first-time college-bound students -- some of them first-time high school graduates in their families! What a tribute to their families! My students have the drive to learn, to achieve, and to succeed enough to get them into college. All they need to succeed is dedication along with a guide to help them learn how to study, how to be proud of their work and have confidence in themselves!
My Project
Collaborative Study Groups is an excellent tool for all students to learn and use starting in middle school. My students will use this skill all through their middle school, high school and college careers to study difficult material.
I remember being in school, especially middle school and never learning how to study or be part of a study group.
I look back now and think how wonderful it would have been to have been taught this skill and how much of a difference it would have made for me in high school and college!
At this workshop, I will learn the process of collaborative study groups to teach my students. Many students at this age have not learned the process of studying and the benefit that can be gained from a study group.
At this workshop, I will be given written materials that I will be able to bring back to my math students to begin teaching and conducting collaborative study groups right away. I will be shown examples of study groups in progress in school by actual students. It will be an excellent learning opportunity for me.
Our site is focusing on becoming AVID school wide this year and into the future! One of the main components of AVID is tutorials or Collaborative Study Groups in the content classes. This is a skill that needs to be taught in order for students to be as successful as possible.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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