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MVP and College Success for First‐Year Students
Author(s) -
Becker Karen A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.20269
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , parallels , reading (process) , mathematics education , psychology , course (navigation) , medical education , engineering , operations management , medicine , political science , mechanical engineering , law , aerospace engineering
This chapter describes a Reading and Study Skills program and course that are offered to first‐year students who are underprepared or reluctant and who may be at risk for failure in other courses as well as at risk for long‐term retention and graduation. The course is discussed with respect to its parallels to the MVP model, and initial evidence of its success is provided. The MVP cycle is reflected in course design and process and in a textbook created specifically to accompany the course.