Helping our students: Strategy two

Richland's A Framework for Understanding Poverty professional development series is underway again, with this year's sessions highlighting ways in which concepts from Ruby Payne's book have impacted the Richland campus.

 

The library wants to support this endeavor by helping faculty, staff, and administrators find the articles featured in Payne's companion book Research-Based Strategies: Narrowing the Achievement Gap for Under-Resourced Students.

 

Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., & Cocking, R.R. (Eds.). (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience and school. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. (Located in the Richland Teaching Collection at LB 1060 .H672 2000.) Also available as an ebook (access requires a DCCCD I.D.).

Donovan, M.S., & Bransford, J.D. (2005). How students learn: History, mathematics, and science in the classroom. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

Hill, H.C., Blunk, M.L., Charalambous, Y., Lewis, J.M., Phelps, G.C., Sleep, L., et. Al. (2008). Mathematical knowledge for teaching and the mathematical quality of instruction: An exploratory study. Cognition and Instruction, 26(4), 430-511.

Kilpatrick, J., Swafford, J., & Findell, B. (Eds.) (2001). Adding it up: Helping children learn mathematics. Washington, DC: Mathematics Learning Study Committee, National Research Council.

Krauss, S., Burnner, M., Kunter, M., Baumert, J., Neubrand, M., Blum, W., et al. (2008) Pedagogical content knowledge and content knowledge of secondary mathematics teachers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100(3), 716-725. Available for purchase at APA PsychNET or request through interlibrary loan.

Senge, P., Ross, R., Smithe, B., Roberts, C., & Kleiner, A. (1994). The fifth discipline fieldbook: Strategies and tools for building a learning organization. New York: Doubleday-Currency.

Shulman, L.S. (1987). Assessment for teaching: An initiative for the profession. Phi Delta Kappan, 69(1), 38-44. Request through interlibrary loan.

Hidden Gems

The 100 Best Business Books of All Time

Not just a "what do I read next?" book for business types, The 100 Best Business Books of All Time will appeal to readers from across business, non-profit, and educational fields. The book spans a range of titles, includes additional reading lists, and offers tips on how to read a business book.

This title, found in the Z shelves of our library, summarizes books addressing everything from creativity and personal organization to business leadership and business biography. If one of your goals is to read more non-fiction and business titles, but you don't know where to start, this little gem is for you.

Find it on the lower level at Z 7164 C81 C85 2011. For those of you dying to know, "Z" is the Library of Congress' letter designating books covering bibliography, library science, and information resources.

The DCCCD college libraries own at least 82 of the titles mentioned; you can see the list at the Richland College Library WorldCat lists page. 

About our book collection

The library is constantly working to select and purchase hard-copy books to support the Richland College curriculum and students' needs.

Not only does this mean the librarians are putting new items on the shelves, but it means that we are regularly working to relabel and repair our older titles or send away books that are no longer used.

This process, much like weeding and feeding a lawn, helps us to highlight what is relevant, fresh, and fun. When we see hidden gems in the stacks, we would like our students, faculty, and staff to come check them out.

The Richland College Library has some 75,000 books for checking out, so there are plenty to go around. Come on over to the library and head to the lowest level to see what treasure you might discover.