TRFs
What does TRF stand for?
What is Tutorial Request Form
This step of the tutorials process has students identify an initial question.
What is Step One
Examples of this WICOR strategy include group projects, peer feedback, tutorials, philosophical chairs.
What is Collaboration
This phase of taking focused notes is about choosing a purposeful format and actually taking the notes.
What is Phase One: Note-Taking
AVID students use this tool daily to keep track of assignments, projects, and due dates.
What is a Planner
What does POC stand for?
What is Point of Confusion
This step of the tutorials process has students apply their tutorial skills and learning to their other classes.
What is Step Ten
Examples of this WICOR strategy include binders, planners, graphic organizers, focused notes, SMART Goals.
This phase of the focused note taking process is about using your notes as a resource or learning tool to help you apply or demonstrate what you have learned.
What is Phase Five: Applying Learning
This routine is a regular, formal assessment of a student's AVID binder to ensure it is organized, contains required materials, and effectively supports their academic success.
What is Binder Check
Besides the tutor, name one other important role in a tutorial group.
What is group-member, presenter, or note-taker
This step of the tutorials process has students engage in academic conversation.
What is Step Five
Examples of this WICOR strategy include Cornell Notes, Learning Logs, Process Writing, Quickwrites, Reflections, Summaries
What is Writing
This phase of the focused note taking process is about processing the notes by marking them up (highlighting, underlining, adding symbols [?, !, *]).
What is Phase Two: Processing Notes
This level of Costa's Three Levels of Thinking and Questioning focuses on applying and evaluating information.
What is Costa's Level Three
This question comes from academic materials like lectures, textbook readings, assignments, tests, or class notes.
What is Initial Question
This step of the tutorials process has the student presenter give a 60-Second-Speech.
What is Step Four
Examples of this WICOR strategy include: close reading, marking the text, summarizing, focused note taking.
What is Reading
This phases of the focused note taking process is about adding leveled questions and annotations to the notes.
What is Phase Three: Thinking and Connecting
This level of Costa's Three Levels of Thinking and Questioning focused on making sense of gathered information.
What is Costa's Level Two
This is a higher-order, open-ended question formulated by a student based on a specific "Point of Confusion" in their academic work.
What is Tutorial Question
This step of the tutorials process has the student presenter share the resolution of their POC in a 60-Second-Synthesis
What is Step Seven
Examples of this WICOR strategy include Socratic Seminar, Costa’s questions, Tutorials.
What is Inquiry
This phase of taking focused notes is about summarizing the main ideas and reflecting on what was learned to extend understanding.
What is Phase Four: Summary and Reflection
This framework is for setting clear and effective objectives that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely.
What is SMART Goals