College Knowledge
What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready
1. Auflage Mai 2008
384 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Although more and more students have the test scores and
transcripts to get into college, far too many are struggling once
they get there. These students are surprised to find that college
coursework demands so much more of them than high school. For the
first time, they are asked to think deeply, write extensively,
document assertions, solve non-routine problems, apply concepts,
and accept unvarnished critiques of their work. College
Knowledge confronts this problem by looking at the disconnect
between what high schools do and what colleges expect and proposes
a solution by identifying what students need to know and be able to
do in order to succeed.
The book is based on an extensive three-year project sponsored
by the Association of American Universities in partnership with The
Pew Charitable Trusts. This landmark research identified what it
takes to succeed in entry-level university courses. Based on the
project's findings - and interviews with students, faculty, and
staff - this groundbreaking book delineates the cognitive skills
and subject area knowledge that college-bound students need to
master in order to succeed in today's colleges and universities.
These Standards for Success cover the major subject areas of
English, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, second
languages, and the arts.
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
PART ONE : From the Current System and the High School
of Today to an Aligned, Coherent Program.
O N E Understanding the System.
T W O What High School Students Know About College
Readiness.
T H R E E The Old and New Criteria for College
Success.
F O U R Current Strategies to Increase College
Readiness.
F I V E What Does a High School That Prepares Its
Students for College Success Look Like?
S I X Designing High Schools for Intellectual
Coherence.
PART TWO The First-Year Experience and Beyond.
S E V E N Experiencing Success in the First Year of
College.
E I G H T What Really Happens in the First Year of
College.
N I N E What We Must Do to Create a System That Prepares
Students for College Success.
PART THREE Knowledge and Skills for Success.
T E N Standards for Success.
E L E V E N English Knowledge and Skills.
T W E L V E Mathematics Knowledge and Skills.
T H I R T E E N Natural Sciences Knowledge and
Skills.
F O U R T E E N Social Sciences Knowledge and Skills.
F I F T E E N Second Languages Knowledge and Skills.
S I X T E E N Arts Knowledge and Skills.
S E V E N T E E N University Work Samples.
A P P E N D I X A Checklist for College Readiness.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y.
I N D E X.
