WICOR
WICOR
AVID’s proven learning support structure, known as WICOR , incorporates teaching/learning methodologies in the critical areas of:
Writing to Learn
Inquiry
Collaboration
Organization
Reading to Learn
WICOR provides a learning model that educators can use to guide students in comprehending concepts and articulating ideas at increasingly complex levels (scaffolding) within developmental, general education, and discipline-based curricula.
Each year in the AVID elective, students work on all WICOR skills and strategies with the goal of refining and advancing their ability to practice these skills independently as they mature.
Writing to Learn is:
A learning tool
A personal and public communication tool
A record of thinking
Students who write:
Consider audience and purpose
Engage in various writing processes to address specific situations
Support their thinking
Demonstrate understanding
Inquiry is:
Uncovering oneʻs understanding
Asking critical questions
Engaging in thinking, learning and discussion
Students who inquire:
Analyze and synthesize materials or ideas
Clarify their own thinking
Probe othersʻ thinking
Work through ambiguity
Collaboration is:
Teamwork with shared responsibility
Sharing of ideas, information and opinions
Formal and informal discussion
Students who collaborate:
Work together toward a common goal
Develop positive interdependence
Work in focused study groups
Support the learning of others through inquiry
Organization is:
Managing materials and practicing methodical study habits
Planning and prioritizing school, work and social tasks
Engaging in mental preparation and goal-setting
Strategically and intentionally taking responsibility for oneʻs own learning
Students who organize:
Develop and use processes, procedures and tools to study effectively
Manage their time through prioritizing and goal-setting
Are prepared for courses, participate during instruction and interact with instructors
Self-direct, self-evaluate, self-monitor and self-advocate
Reading to Learn is:
Strategically gaining meaning, understanding and knowledge from print and other media
Purpose-driven
Interactive
Students who read:
Understand text structures
Apply prior knowledge and make connections to other text, self and world
Make predictions and ask questions
Create visual images as they read