AVID Academic Vocabulary 1-10

: Advancement Via Individual Determination [L. avidus]: eager for knowledge

This is an organizational tool that is required for all AVID students to use. Contents and size may vary by grade level. In general, a 3-inch, 3-ring binder with pockets and dividers with colored tabs to separate each academic class including AVID is organized within the binder. A zipper pouch to store supplies is also placed within the binder, along with filler paper, Cornell note paper, tutorial forms and learning logs.

AVID strategies and framework most effective in the quest for writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading. The methodology is not intended to change the curriculum, rather to allow all students to have access to rigorous college preparatory curriculum.

An individual student contract outlining student goals and responsibilities that shall be adhered to throughout the school year.

Instructional method in which students are grouped to work together to solve problems or create learning environments that allows opportunities for students to take personal responsibility for their own work.

Building a college-going-culture through field trip opportunities and by identifying college requirements, researching various career paths, researching various types of colleges and universities, and planning for college acceptance.

Tools that provide students with effective ways to positively engage in all classes.

A systematic approach designed by Dr. Walter Pauk of taking notes that require students to divide their papers into a narrow left margin where students write clarifying questions and headings related to their notes in the wide, right margin. A summary response is placed at the bottom of the note page. This system also requires students to review and revise their notes often, as well as, to use the notes as a study guide.

AVID's focused note-taking system that utilizes the Cornell note-taking steps. This system includes 4 key aspects: note-taking, note making, note interacting and note-reflecting that are broken down into 10 steps defining the CORNELL WAY.

: Development of strategies that encourage connecting to prior knowledge, understanding text structure, and using text processing to increase success and confidence with comprehension skills. Strategies include Marking the Text and Summarizing the Text.