Nancy Thompson Learning Commons
Contact Information
Phone: (908) 737-4629
Email: learningcommons@kean.edu
Website: Learningcommons.kean.edu
Tutoring
Tutoring services are offered in a wide range of undergraduate courses and focus on areas where students most often experience difficulty, including introductory-level through senior-level courses. Tutorial activity is adapted to course content and objectives and is an extension of classroom instruction.
Tutoring services help students
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Achieve the highest grade possible
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Master the academic content
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Organize and develop ideas
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Develop styles and research strategies
To make a tutoring appointment, please click tutoring.kean.edu
Writing
Writing services offer all students the ability to develop long-term proficiency. Writing sessions involve active collaboration between tutors and students in examining students’ writing processes. Writing Services is the primary source for free academic support in the area of written communication. Students can work one-on-one with a trained writing coach to receive objective, constructive feedback on their writing projects at any development stage.
Writing services help students
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With essay assignments in all subjects
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With lab reports, cover letters, graduate school admissions essays, job applications, and other writing projects
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Reflect on students writing goals
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Develop viable strategies for confident and skilled writers
To make a writing appointment, please click tutoring.kean.edu
Public Speaking
Public speaking services help the Kean Community gain the skills they need to present their best work. Public speaking services are a resource for engaging and captivating an audience while perfecting speech.
Public speaking services help students
To make a speaking appointment, please click tutoring.kean.edu
Academic Coaching
The Academic Coaching program aims to empower each Kean University student to be the strongest learner possible. Recognizing the unique nature of learning, Academic Coaches customize their approaches to provide targeted, effective, and engaging information delivery. Academic Coaches work with students, their faculty, and university staff to develop educational plans that target individual needs and build on existing competencies.
Academic Coaching Goals:
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Provide ongoing support in developing student habits of mind
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Guide students through threshold concepts
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Provide proactive interventions to ensure effective transition to the college learning environment
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Demonstrate critical thinking skills and practical application of cognitive tools
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Develop student knowledge transfer abilities
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Empower students to be successful learners
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Role-model growth and citizenship
To make an academic coaching appointment, please click tutoring.kean.edu
Library and Research Support
The Nancy Thompson Learning Commons (NTLC) offers student support services designed to meet the academic, resource, and information needs of the student community. Its mission is to provide an integrated information delivery and learning support system that directly assists students with academic learning, completion of research-creative-and-scholarly activities, and their continuous professional development through programs, workshops, and events both virtually and face-to-face. The Learning Commons (LC) serves as the intellectual and cultural center of the university and is dedicated to promoting lifelong learning,
The NTLC provides a comprehensive and overarching Learning Commons environment. This is accomplished by working with faculty as an innovative and creative partner in providing the primary and secondary information resources needed for students to become critical, creative, and global thinkers engaged in their learning. The NTLC partners with the faculty and administration to foster student development of information literacy skills and provides the necessary services to support the basic needs of faculty conducting research with students. These include access to Writing, Public Speaking, and Tutoring Services that interact with the disciplinary and degree programs of Kean University and according to General Education requirements. Numerous modules and video resources are available through the website to assist students in self-paced learning.
Located in the heart of the Kean campus, the Learning Commons and its web site and online catalog house the Library's print and online collections, with holdings of more than 177,961 volumes of books and access to more than 444,000 e-books. In addition, the Library subscribes to more than 52,250 electronic periodicals and provides access to more than 196,595 U.S. government online documents. A current validated Kean University photo ID is required to borrow materials from the library. A Kean Google-email account is required to access resources from off-campus. The Library can also request additional books and articles through the Interlibrary Loan system. Students may access the print book collections of the other New Jersey academic libraries using the VALE Reciprocal Borrowing Program.
Students may visit the NTLC or use services online, through "Chat", by phone, or by appointment and have access to computers and technology within the facility. The NTLC also provides "loaner" laptops and other devices as well as headsets for use in the building. NTLC Student Staff are available to assist students in their use of the technology in the facility. The Student support Services of the NTLC include Tutoring.