LASSI in Action — 2012


The LASSI In Action is a user-driven newsletter that allows professionals to share their experiences with the LASSI assessment. We welcome your feedback on the LASSI, and we look forward to sharing your success stories. Enjoy the current articles featured below:

Letter from the Editor


Article 1: Learning Strategies Course Leads to Improvement in LASSI Content Areas

- by Shirley Mandy Sexton, Ph.D.
    Roane State Community College

Article 2: The LASSI: An Interactive Group Approach

- by Elaine Beaton and Kathy Fellowes
    University of Toronto Scarborough

Article 3: Utilizing LASSI to Assess and Improve Developmental Education Programs at a Public Community College

- by Lori Anderson, Joseph Connell, and Georgia Grammas
    Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Article 4: Enhance Your First-Year Seminar by Providing Customized Instructional Delivery to Address Individual and Class-Specific Study Skill Needs, Post Student Enrollment: A Six Step Method

- by Michael Heard, Ph.D., J.D.
    Kennesaw State University

Article 5: LASSI as a Developmental Education Student Support Diagnostic Tool

- by Shirley Buttram
    Northeast Alabama Community College
    Center for College Success

Article 6: Increasing the Academic Confidence of Student Athletes with the LASSI

- by Susan L. Petrucelli, M.A.
    American International College

Article 7: LASSI as a multi-use tool in Kedge - A program for supporting students at risk for dismissal

- by M. Ellen Mitchell, Ph.D.
    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL