In Transit Vol 3 Fall 2008
Fall 2008 Executive Editor Bret Eynon Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, and Executive Director, LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Editors Gail Green-Anderson, English Michele Piso, CTL Designer and Production Manager Ethan Ries, grafi licious inc. Production Manager Roslyn Orgel, CTL Senior Copy Editor Louise Fluk, Library Assistant Copy Editor Craig Kasprzak, CTL Cover and Web Design Priscilla Stadler, CTL We are pleased to acknowledge the Visible Knowledge Project and its director, Professor Randy Bass of Georgetown University, for providing the funding that permitted the initiation of In Transit. We are most grateful to President Gail O. Mellow of LaGuardia Community College for her leader- ship in recognizing the value of the scholarship of teaching and learning and for providing crucial funds needed to sustain In Transit. Copyright © 2008 by the LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning. http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ctl Editorial Acknowledgements Over the past two years, In Transit has gratefully benefi ted from the colle- gial support of our peer readers. Their commentary and recommendations are a vital part of the work presented in these pages. On behalf of the In Transit community, the editors wish to thank the following individuals for their generous contributions of time, expertise, and insight. 2007–2008 Peer Readers Bruce Brooks Elizabeth Iannotti Humanities The English Language Center John Chaffee Paula Nesoff Humanities Natural and Applied Sciences Sarah Durand Ros Orgel Natural and Applied Sciences LaGuardia Center for Teaching John Een and Learning The English Language Center Gary Richmond Debra Engel Humanities Natural and Applied Sciences John Shean Thomas Fink Social Sciences English Christina Stern Ximena Gallardo Social Sciences English Ting Man Tsao Jack Gantzer English Education and Language Acquisition Frank Wang Michael Horwitz Mathematics, Engineering, and Counseling Computer Science CONTENTS Introduction Michele Piso, LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning .
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