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15 years after its first camp in 2001, the LLC at MATC
is now an August practicum linked to their annual spring
professional development series on assessment, teaching,
and mentoring (Barlow, 2015).
Customizing the Camps
Not only are the Learning to Learn Camps integrated into
programs, they are also customized to include disciplinary
emphasis (Apple, Ellis & Hintze, 2015). This is possible
because many of the core modules of Foundations of
Learning can be applied with a range of actual disciplinary
content, i.e., those such as “Practicing the Reading
Methodology” that are so essential to learning that they
must be included in any version of the camp (see Figure
1). Figure 2 shows an excerpt of the Algebra Learning to
Figure 1 Core Modules from Foundations of Learning
1.1 Building Learning Communities
1.2 Analyzing a Course Syllabus
2.1 Creating Your Life Vision Portfolio
2.2 Exploring Your Campus
3.1 Using a Reading Log
3.2 Practicing the Reading Methodology
4.1 Analyzing the Learning Process Methodology
4.2 Applying the Learning Process Methodology
5.1 Analyzing the Problem Solving Methodology
Figure 2 An Excerpt from the Algebra Learning to Learn Camp Schedule
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Learn Camp schedule, demonstrating how customized
Learning to Learn Camps combine core content from
Foundations of Learning, blending some of that content
with disciplinary content, and including purely disciplinary
activities (Pacific Crest, 2013).
The following list offers some of the customized Learning
to Learn Camps that have been held since 2009:
 Nursing Recovery Camp (Hinds Community Collge,
2009)
 Calculus Learning to Learn Camp (SUNY Buffalo
State University, 2009)
 Scholar's Institute for Honor Students (Grand Valley
State University, 2010)
5.2 Applying the Problem Solving Methodology
7.1 Becoming a Self-Grower
7.2 Personal Development Methodology
9.1 Time Management
11.1 Applying the Writing Methodology
12.1 Exploring Team Roles
13.1 Exploring the Assessment Methodology
14.1 Self-Growth Paper