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Supplemental Instruction (SI)

Peer Assisted Study Sessions

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A Quick Survey

Raise your hand if:

  • You have a best friend.
  • Your best friend has taken this course.
  • Your best friend was a top student in this course.
  • Your best friend is planning to help you get a better grade by re-attending the lecture and spending up to 5 hours a week with you.

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Meet your new best friend!!

Supplemental Instruction

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How SI Sessions Work

  • Sessions will be scheduled at the times you choose.
  • It’s a chance to get together with your classmates to compare notes.
  • Session agendas will be decided by you, the students.
  • Marathon sessions can be schedule before exams.

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Ed Ned Ted

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When students work independently, courses can represent a unique challenge for each student.

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SI sessions provide students with a means to work together on course material.

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SI Group

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SI Group

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SI Leaders �Who are they?

  • They are experienced students, prepared to share with you what they have learned.
  • They are instructor selected and trained to help you learn what-to-learn and how-to-learn it.
  • They attend the courses just like you, take notes, read the material, and conduct SI sessions.

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History of the SI Program

  • The SI model is used on more than 600 college campuses worldwide.
  • National data shows that students who attend SI sessions average from one-half to one full letter grade above the average of the non-SI group.

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Success Rates of SI Students - spring 2004

73%

13%

78%

28%

79%

17%

97%

67%

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Getting Started

  • Please fill out the SI Survey. Indicate only the times you are not available.

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  • The SI leader will schedule sessions at the times when most students can attend.

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  • The SI session schedule will be posted on the website and announced in class.

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Some Points to Remember

  • SI sessions are not a time for homework; they are homework preparation time.

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  • SI leaders are not here to tutor. Their job is to actively involve you in the course material through group activities and discussion.

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SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION (SI)

"No One of Us is as Smart as All of Us"

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