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Websites
Kingsborough is affiliated with both of the following organizations:

Atlantic Center for Learning Communities (ACLC)
This group offers a learning communities retreat each October with different themes.

Learning Communities National Learning Commons
There are a number of resources available on this site.

Articles
Babbitt, M. (2001). Making writing count in an ESL learning community. In       Academic writing programs, ed. I. Leki, 49-60. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.

Babbitt, M. (2006). Strength in community: effectiveness of community in building       college success. In Volume I: Pedagogy, programs, curricula, and       assessment of the Perspectives on community ESL series, ed. M. Spaventa,       61-76. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.

Babbitt, M. and Mlynarczyk, R.W. (2000). Keys to successful content-based       programs: administrative perspectives. In Content-based college ESL       instruction, ed. L. Kasper, 26-47, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum       Associates.

Darabi, R. L. (in press). Basic writers and learning communities. Journal of Basic       Writing.

Heaney, A.  (in press). The Synergy Program: Reframing critical reading and       writing for at-risk students. Journal of Basic Writing.

Mlynarczyk, R.W., & Babbitt, M.  (2002). The power of academic learning       communities. Journal of Basic Writing 21(1), 71-89.

Song, Bailin. (2006). Content-based ESL instruction: Long-term effects and       outcomes. English for specific purposes 25, 420-437.

Books
Angelo, T., & Cross, P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook       for college teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Barkley, E., Major, C.H., & Cross, P. (2004). Collaborative learning techniques.       San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bean, J. C. (1996). Engaging Ideas: The professor’s guide to integrating writing,       critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom. San Francisco:
      Jossey-Bass.

Bess, J.L. (2000). Teaching alone, teaching together: Transforming the structure       of teams for teaching, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bosworth, K., & Hamilton, S.J. (1994). Collaborative learning: Underlying       processes and effective techniques.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Fink, L.D. (2003). Creating significant learning experiences. San Francisco:       Jossey-Bass.

Finkel, D. L. (2000). Teaching with your mouth shut. Portsmouth: Heinemann       Boynton Cook Publishers.

Kuh, G.D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J., & Whitt, E.J. (2005). Student Success in       college: Creating conditions that matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Laufgraben, J.L., & Shapiro, N.S. (2004). Sustaining and improving learning       communities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Leamnson, R. (1999). Thinking about teaching and learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus       Publishing.

Levine, J.H. (1999). Learning communities: New structures, new partnerships for       learning. Columbia: National Center for the First-Year Experience and       Students in Transition.

Michaelsen, L.K., Knight, A.B., & Fink, L.D. (2004). Team-based learning: A       transformative use of small groups in college teaching. Sterling, VA: Stylus       Publishing.

Ouellette, M.L. (2005) Teaching inclusively: Resources for course, department and       institutional change in higher education. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press.

Pedersen, S.  (2003). Learning communities and the academic library. Olympia,       WA : Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate       Education, National Learning Communities Project, Evergreen State College ;       Chicago, IL : Association of College & Research Libraries ; Washington, D.C.       American Association  of Higher Education.

Schoem, D. & Hurtado, S., (Eds.). (2001).  Intergroup dialogue: Deliberative       democracy in school, college, community, and workplace. Ann Arbor, MI:       University of Michigan Press.

Shapiro, N.S., & Levine, J.H. (1999). Creating learning communities: A practical       guide to winning support, organizing for change, and implementing programs.       San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Smilkstein, R. (2002).We're born to learn: Using the brain's natural learning       process to create today's curriculum. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Smith, B.L., & McCann, J. (Eds.) (2001). Reinventing ourselves: Interdisciplinary       education, collaborative learning, and experimentation in higher education       Bolton, MA: Anker

Smith, B.L., MacGregor, J., Matthews, R., & Gablenick, F. (2004). Learning       communities: Reforming undergraduate education. San Francisco:
      Jossey-Bass.

Sutherland, T., & Bonwell, C.C. (1996). Using active learning in college classes: A       range of options for faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 

Tagg, J. (2003). The learning college paradigm. Bolton, MA: Anker Press.

Walvoord, B., & Anderson, V. (1998). Effective grading: A tool for learning and       assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by design. Upper Saddle River,       NJ: Prentice Hall.

Zull, J.E. (2000). The art of changing the brain. Sterling, VA: Stylus Press.