References

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Recommended References from Professor Vincent Tinto [Bio PDF]

• Cross, K. Patricia. (1998). Why Learning Communities? Why Now? About Campus, July– August, 4-11.
  Retrieved 14 January 2009 from: http://www.doso.wayne.edu/SASS/Tinto%20Articles/Why%20Learning%20Communities.pdf

• Gamson, Zelda F (1994). Collaborative learning comes of age. Change, 26(5),  44-49.
  Retrieved 14 January 2009 from: http://www.laspositascollege.edu/facultystaff/documents/Gamson.pdf

• Johnson, David W., Roger T. Johnson, & Karl A. Smith. (1998). Cooperative Learning Returns To College: What Evidence Is There That It Works? Change, July/August, 27-35.
  Retrieved 14 January 2009 from: http://academicadvising.studentservices.dal.ca/Files/Cooperative%20Learning.pdf

• Kinzie, Jillian and Kuh, George D. (2004). Going DEEP: Learning from Campuses That Share Responsibility for Student Success. About Campus, 9(5), 2-8.
  Retrieved 14 January 2009 from: http://nsse.iub.edu/institute/documents/Kinzie%20&%20Kuh%20article.pdf

• Knowlton, Dave S. (2003). Preparing Students for Educated Living: Virtues of Problem-Based Learning Across the Higher Education Curriculum. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 95, Fall, 5-12.
  Retrieved 14 January 2009 from: http://www.laspositascollege.edu/facultystaff/documents/Problem-BasedLearning.pdf

• Steadman, Mimi and Svinicki, Marilla. (1998) CATs: A Student’s Gateway to Better Learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 75, Fall, 13-20.

• Steadman, Mimi. (1998). Using Classroom Assessment to Change Both Teaching and Learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 75, Fall, 23-35. Retrieved 14 January 2009 from http://www.uiw.edu/trio/documents/Steadman.pdf

• Tinto, Vincent. (1997) Classrooms as Communities: Exploring the Educational Character of Student Persistence. Journal of Higher Education, 68(6), 599-623.
  Retrieved 14 January 2009 from: http://aiea.syr.edu/vtinto/Files/Classrooms%20as%20Communities.pdf

• Tinto, Vincent. (2003) Learning Better Together: The Impact of Learning Communities on Student Success. Higher Education Monograph Series, 2003-1, Higher Education Program, School of Education, Syracuse University.
  Retrieved 14 January 2009 from: http://aiea.syr.edu/vtinto/Files/Learning%20Better%20Together.pdf

• Tinto, Vincent, (2008). Access without Support is Not Opportunity. Presented at the 36th Annual Institute for Chief Academic Officers, The Council of Independent Colleges, November 1, 2008, Seattle, Washington.
  Retrieved 14 January 2009 from: http://aiea.syr.edu/vtinto/Files/Council%20of%20Independent%20Colleges%202008%20Keynote.pdf