Two of every five students at Washington State University are the first in their families to attend college. To help them succeed, the next faculty-led workshop will offer ideas for providing “cues and clues,” and share research on “stereotype threat theory.”
First-Generation Students on the College Campus will be 12:10 p.m. March 29 in CUE 518, and will also be live-streamed. Lunch will be provided. Please register here.
The workshop will be led by Eva Navarijo, program coordinator for WSU’s First Scholars Program, and English faculty member Anna Plemons, director of the Critical Literacies Achievement and Success Program.
Cues and clues, they said, means making procedures explicit, eliminating ambiguity, and projecting a supportive presence. Stereotype threat theory means that if students feel like they may be negatively stereotyped, their ability to perform is diminished—regardless of whether that stereotyping actually exists.
This workshop series is sponsored by the WSU Provost’s Office, WSU Teaching Academy and WSU Learning Innovations. For more information, please visit the Learning Innovations trainings page.
