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WICOR stands for Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading—five key strategies that form the foundation of the AVID program. These practices are designed to help students develop the critical thinking, academic skills, and habits necessary for success in college and beyond. WICOR promotes active learning through writing to reinforce understanding, inquiry to encourage curiosity, collaboration to enhance peer learning, organization to manage academic tasks effectively, and reading to deepen comprehension. By incorporating these strategies into daily instruction, AVID helps students build the essential skills needed for academic achievement and career readiness.
WICOR Strategies:
WRITING:
Journal Writing
Double Entry Journal
Writing Process Resources
INQUIRY:
Essential Question
College/Career Research
Financial Aid Research
Scholarship Research
Inquiry Through Research
ORGANIZATION:
Digitial Organization
Collaborative Notes Processing
WICOR Specifics:
WRITING
The AVID curriculum supports writing through the use of focused note-taking, learning logs, quickwrites and reflections, process writing, peer evaluation, and authentic writing.
INQUIRY
The uncovering one’s understanding; asking critical questions; and engaging in thinking, learning, and discussion. Students who inquire analyze and synthesize materials or ideas, clarify their own thinking, problem-solve, and probe others’ thinking. The AVID curriculum supports inquiry through the use of skilled questioning techniques, Costa’s Levels of Thinking, Socratic Seminars, Tutorials, investigations, and guiding questions.
COLLABORATION
The AVID curriculum supports collaboration through Socratic Seminars, tutorials, Philosophical Chairs, group activities and projects, peer editing groups, and service learning projects.
ORGANIZATION
The AVID curriculum supports organization through the use and eventual self-monitored management of binders and organizational tools, calendars, planners, agendas, graphic organizers, a focused note-taking system, tutorials and study groups, project planning, SMART goals, and reflection.
READING
The AVID curriculum supports reading through the use of deep reading strategies, note-taking, graphic organizers, vocabulary building, summarizing, and academic thinking skills.
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