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Berkeley City College Faculty Inquiry Network

Berkeley City College
In examining student learning in basic skills writing courses, Berkeley City College English faculty have highlighted a thorny issue: Why do some students succeed in one course and then fail to transfer the skills they have learned to other courses as well as outside of the classroom? Why do some students become independent learners, able to take the skills they have learned and apply them to new situations, while others cannot complete this important step in the learning process? Based on their own observations and research, many instructors suspect that students’ understanding of themselves as learners, or meta-cognition, plays a key role in the development of independent learning skills. Given this, BCC’s inquiry will focus around the following question: What role does meta-cognition play in students’ ability to become independent learners, as measured by writing skills transference? Scott Hoshida / English 510-684-6742 Fax 510-841-7333 shoshida@peralta.edu
 * Team Leader:**

Cleavon Smith / English Chris Lebo-Planas / English
 * Faculty Team Members:**

Zen Omi Michelle Strysko
 * Student Team Members**