1. Issue 1, 2016
TA Journal
Teachership Academy

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TA Journal
Teachership Academy
El Paso Community College
Northwest Campus
6701 S. Desert Blvd.
El Paso, Texas, 79932
(915)
El Paso Community College's Teachership Academy is a ten-month professional developmental program designed to provide faculty a cohort experience while focusing on Teaching and Learning and providing them the opportunity to implement what they have learned through an Action Research Project conducted in their classes as the culmination of the Academy experience.
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5. Table of Contents
Bomback, Kathleen Effect of Podcasting on Student Self-Editing Skills
Camacho, Gabriel R The Logical Way to Teach Introduction to Philosophy 15
Camarillo, Melinda R Integrating Mathematics into Introductory Biology
Chavira, Rogelio Correcting ESL Writing Errors
Conklin, Michelle Bring History Alive
Diaz, Delia Metacognition and the ESL Student: Grammar Errors
Frost, Judy F. H Enhanced. Read, Think and Share assignment for a
Brick and Mortar class
Hernando, Audrey M Learning Outcomes Utilizing both Individual vs.
Collaborative Activity Based Assignments
Kalantarian, Enayat An Experiment Investigation of Thinking Modes
in Remedial Mathematics
Lopez, Jose Luis Small Group Mentoring: A Method for Improving
Outcomes in Foundations of Nursing Practice
Pacheco Lucero, Jose Guided Inquiry in the Scientific Method: A Revision
of Laboratory Activities– Classroom
A Study of Termites
Pope De La Torre, Helen Effectiveness of Animal Models vs. Animal Dissections 100
Rhoden, Ronda J Reaching the Kinesthetic Learner
Rinker, Martha B Emporium Classroom vs. Traditional

6. Bomback, Kathleen
Short Biography of TA faculty member
Effect of Podcasting on Student Self-Editing Skills

7. Acknowledgments
Teachership Academy Administrative Liaison
Dr. Lydia Tena
Teachership Steering Committee
Oscar Baeza
Pat Duran
Mary Ervin
Dr. Rebecca Escamilla
Alvino Hernandez
Rudy Hernandez
Dr. Audrey Hernando
Paul Hotchkin
Ivan Iniguez
Dr. Jose Pacheco-Lucero
Dr. Hilda Taylor
Eddie Urquidi
Dr. Miguel Vasquez
Tracy VonMaluski
Dr. Barbara Yancy-Tooks
Special Thank You to El Paso Community College President Dr. William Serrata and Vice President of Instruction Steven Smith.

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