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Enhance College Writing Skills with The BEACH: Resolve Errors and Hurdles Effectively

The BEACH at SPC is an innovative online tutorial designed to clarify and enhance college-level writing across all subjects, catering to students needing more confidence in proofreading. This resource offers easily accessible references and interactive practice for improved retention. Teachers can utilize this tool without dedicating class time, promoting writing skills seamlessly. With a focus on basic grammar review and practical application, this system is integral for students and educators to elevate writing proficiency.

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Enhance College Writing Skills with The BEACH: Resolve Errors and Hurdles Effectively

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  1. The BEACH at SPC: Basic Errors And Common Hurdles

  2. What is the BEACH? Online tutorial to clarify and promote college-level writing for any students in any subject Easily accessible reference Interactive practice for retention Find it and Fix it focus

  3. Target Audiences: • Students: • Not yet confident or skilled in proofreading • Working in subjects where focus is not writing • Teachers: • Way to address writing issues without using class time • Not necessary to be subject expert in 2nd field

  4. BEACH build-out: • Housed in Angel: • Presentation in HTML to links in Angel • Goal is seamless integration for easy student usability • Teachers: • Will either link or copy into Angel shell • Also have email auto-response when student passes • Automatically graded

  5. 1st Beach – Grammar Review:

  6. SoftChalk offers advantages in presentation and connectivity.

  7. Rollout Schedule: Summer: Build Review section Test with Math tutors/Basic Writing students for clarity Fall: Rollout to student population on Gibbs campus Test ease of use with volunteer faculty

  8. Goals: • Students: • 200 students to use system by end Fall • 70-75% on final proofreading practice • or 10% improvement over original score • Teachers: • 3-5 to adopt and use Fall semester • 10% improvement over original score for their students

  9. Testing Methodology: • Students: • Volunteer study - monthly drawing with multiple prizes over Fall semester • Student can enter into drawing for every lesson completed • Auto entry and record of scores through Angel • Teachers: • Interview before and after semester on ease of use and changes in student writing

  10. Future Beaches: • Writing: • Lifeguard – online office hours through Angel to provide support and promote use of LSC • Revise– variety sentence structure, paragraph development, thesis vs. topic, build strong arguments • Reference – how to paraphrase, when to quote, what makes a good source, APA & MLA (library) • Math: • Fractions, decimals, positive and negative numbers • Common formulas and how to apply them

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