How I Love Thee

Existing Patterns

• Ineffective time management
• Inadequate financial resource
• Ineffective use of resources
• Ineffective study skills
• Inability to navigate in new environment

These patterns can help my freshmen students understand my topic, “Helping students of color transition effectively, in the following ways. One, the patterns will inform students of the common challenges freshmen face and the additional factors most students of color experience. Two, by informing students of the these patterns, students are equipped to make certain predictions and set up necessary expectations.

New Patterns

• Create opportunities for students of color to interact with majority professors and majority students.

• Create a program that share with students the new language, codes and rules associated with unversity
  

These new patterns will help my students better understand and handle my topic because it allows them to see the connection between new patterns and effective transitions to college. The implementation of both patterns will assist student in gaining a better understanding the patterns in their new environment. Subsequently, this understanding can potentially foster academically creativity. That is, once they are comfortable/recognize the patterns in their new environment, creating one’s learning and study style students will become acclimatized.