Chabot College
Fall 2005
Course Outline for General Studies 116
Gateway to Success Program – FACULTY–STUDENT TUTORIAL
Catalog Description:
116 – Gateway to Success Program – Faculty Student Tutorial
(May be repeated three times.)
.5–3 units
Self-paced instruction in effective reading, writing, and problem strategies in English, mathematics,
and science. Tailored to individual student’s needs and goals. Corequisite: enrollment in any Gateway
to Success English, Mathematics, or Physics course. 2-6 hours.
[Typical contact hours: 35 - 105]
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
1. read in an engaged, active style;
2. effectively apply appropriate reading strategies across the curriculum;
3. pre-read material in order to form questions that promote comprehension, recall and critical thinking;
4 recognize writing structures common in academic texts in order to improve focus and
comprehension in reading and writing;
5. write academic papers from planning stages to the final draft that are appropriate to discipline,
audience, and purpose;
6. proofread their own prose;
7. apply strategies for effective problem solving in English, mathematics, and science.
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Active reading
Discipline-specific reading effectiveness strategies
Study-reading strategies
Common organizational patterns in academic texts
Techniques for planning academic papers in English, mathematics, and science
Proofreading strategies
Techniques for identifying problems posed in English, mathematics, and science
Problem-solving strategies
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Instructor-student assessment of learning needs
Development of learning plan for each student
Individualized work
Peer-group work
Computer-assisted instruction
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. Apply pre-reading strategies to Alan Lightman’s novel, Einstein’s Dreams, to make predictions
about what you are about to read
Chabot College
Course Outline for General Studies 116
Fall 2005
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Annotate assigned mathematics word problems
Use the internet and campus journal databases to find sources on water treatment facilities
Develop an outline for a lab report on simple harmonic motion
Write a rough draft of an argumentative essay on the relationship between music and nature
and communication
f. Peer edit a peer’s draft, looking for unity, support, and coherence of his/her ideas.
g. Complete sentence-combining exercises
h. Proofread
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
a. Successful completion of General Studies 116 learning plan
b. Final exam
Textbook(s) (Typical):
A Brief Guide to Writing from Readings, Wilhoit, Allyn & Bacon Publishing, 2003.
College Writing Skills With Readings, Langan, McGraw Hill, 1997.
Texts & Contexts, Robinson & Tucker, Wadsworth Publishing, 2003.
How to Lie With Statistics, Huff, Norton, 1993.
Special Student Materials:
Diskette
dk 11/04/04
D:\CURRIC\FALL03\GNST116.DOC