“我的SI Leader帮助我不被课程作业和班级和专业的期望吓倒. 她把材料写得通俗易懂."- SI participant
Supplemental Instruction (SI)
补充指导(SI)是为我校历史上困难课程的学生提供的一系列每周学习课程. 科学探究课程由已经学习并在课程中表现良好的学生(科学探究领袖)推动.
科学探究组长将指导你在课堂上与其他学生一起讨论重要概念, compare notes, 制定学习该主题的策略, 在教授测试你们之前互相测试.
SI was developed by Dr. 迪安娜·马丁1973年在堪萨斯城的密苏里大学, 旨在提高学生的保留率和学习成绩. 该项目已在newbb电子平台开展了20多年,并在这些领域取得了成功.
How SI Works
科学探究组长将直接从班级花名册上联系学生,表明科学探究可以参加某门课程,并提供如何参与的指导.
Courses & Schedule - TENTATIVE Spring 2024
Subject | Course Number | SI Leader | SI Session Days & Times | Location |
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Accounting | ACCT 1010 | Alexis Letner | Monday at 5pm Wednesday at 5pm | Bentley 132 |
Accounting | Online ACCT 1010 | Alexis Letner | Monday at 8pm | Teams |
Accounting | ACCT 1020 | Natascha Parry | Tuesday at 7pm Thursday at 7pm | Copeland 107 |
Biological Sciences | BIOS 1030 | Lauren Lietzke | Tuesday at 5:15pm Thursday at 6:30 PM | Walter 145 |
Biological Sciences | BIOS 1310 | Anna Stauffer | Monday at 5:15 pm Wednesday at 5:15pm | Walter 245 |
Biological Sciences | BIOS 1700 | Ryan Ward & Jayanna Smith | Monday at 7:30pm Tuesday at 7:30pm Wednesday at 7:30pm Thursday at 7:30pm | Walter 245 |
Biological Sciences | BIOS 1710 | Octavia Hogue | Monday at 6:30pm Wednesday at 6:30pm | Walter 245 |
Biological Sciences | BIOS 2210 | Zoe Newcomb | Tuesday at 6pm Thursday at 5pm | Walter 245 |
Biological Sciences | BIOS 3010/3015 | Claire Hunter & Sarah Shelley | Monday at 4:30pm Wednesday at 4:30pm | Irvine 194 |
Biological Sciences | BIOS 3100 | Bridget Paton | Tuesdays at 5pm Thursdays at 5pm | Gordy 209 |
Chemistry | CHEM 1205 | Corine Cannarozzi | Monday at 5pm Wednesday at 5pm | Grover W115 |
Chemistry | CHEM 1500 | Aidan Smith | Tuesday at 6pm Thursday at 6pm | Ellis 014 |
Chemistry | CHEM 1510 | Grace Vance | Monday at 6pm Wednesday at 6pm | Morton 115 |
Chemistry | CHEM 1520 | Julia Peter | Tuesday at 7pm Wednesday at 7pm | Walter 145 |
Chemistry | CHEM 3050 | Nash Randal | Monday at 6pm Wednesday at 6pm | Ellis 114 |
Chemistry | CHEM 3060 | Lucy Lutman | Tuesday at 5pm Thursday at 5pm | Tupper 107 |
Computer Science | CS 2400 | Parker Corbitt | Tuesday at 5:30pm Thursday at 5:30pm | ARC 314 |
Engineering | ET2200 - Prof. Choi | Kylie Gallagher | Monday at 5:30pm Wednesday at 5:30pm | ARC 314 |
Engineering | ET2200 - Prof. Sam | Kevin Wedig | Tuesdays at 6pm Thursdays at 6pm | ARC 102 |
Exercise Physiology | EXPH 1490 | Michael York | Tuesday at 5pm Thursday at 5pm | Porter 101 |
Geography | GEOG 3010 | James Zinnbauer | Tuesdays at 6pm Thursdays at 6pm | Bentley 132 |
Math | MATH 1200 | Sofia Davis | Tuesdays at 6pm Thursdays at 6pm | Morton 223 |
Math | MATH 1300 | Roman Simkins | Tuesday at 6pm Thursday at 6pm | Morton 222 |
Math | MATH 1350 | Dana Spagnoletta | Tuesday at 5pm Thursday at 5pm | Bentley 140 |
Math | MATH 2301 (Prof. Shadik and Prof. Regan) | Jake McCarthy | Monday 7pm Thursday at 7pm | ARC 102 |
Math | MATH 2301 (Prof. Barsamian and Prof. Ntiamoah) | Ben Oldiges | Monday at 6pm Wednesday at 6pm | Morton 222 |
Math | MATH 2302 | Maizy Ereditario | Tuesday at 5:00pm Thursday at 5:00pm | ARC 102 |
Physics | PHYS 2001 | Kylee McCorkle | Tuesday at 6pm Thursday at 6pm | Ellis 114 |
Psychology | PSY 1110 | Emma Krawiec | Tuesdays at 5pm Thursdays at 5pm | Alden 322 |
Psychology | Online PSY 1110 | Taye Smith | Tuesday at 8pm Thursday at 8pm | Teams |
Psychology | PSY 2110 | Julia Cooper | Monday at 7pm Wednesday at 7pm | Bentley 140 |
Psychology | Online PSY 2110 | Kiera Knuckles | Sunday at 4pm Tuesday at 6:30pm | Teams |
Quantitative Business Analysis | QBA 1720 | Molly O'Toole | Tuesday at 6pm Thursday at 6pm | Alden 322 |
Student Testimonials
- “我从科学探究课中受益良多,因为它们有助于激励我学习更多. 我在课堂上的第一次测验没有做得很好,但在我开始定期参加SI之后,我的成绩有了很大的提高."
- “在这些话题还历历在目的时候,能对它们进行更深入的讨论真是太棒了. 《newbb电子》在促进这些讨论方面做得很好, 尽管她的日程很忙,但她总是准备好了讲义, 他总是很开朗,让SI会议轻松有趣, and covered a large amount of material, breaking sections into individual, small group, and class work."
- “这是一个舒适的学习环境."
- “去SI真的帮助我学习了这些数学技能,不仅仅是暂时的,而是长期的. 如果没有我出色的领导的帮助,我是不可能熬过去的."
- "SI brought my grade up 20%."
- “我觉得在这学期的课程中,SI真的帮助了我的成绩. On my first exam, I failed. 我开始去SI,第二次考试得了C+."
How are courses chosen for SI?
SI targets historically difficult courses. 这些课程往往有很高的入学率, 以及更多的学生谁没有获得及格分数或退出课程. 换句话说,这些科目包含学生认为具有挑战性的内容.
SI is designed to support faculty, 并被分配到一个科目是因为所教的内容, 不是因为它被教导的方式.
What are faculty required to do? What can they do to assist?
科学探究并不是要给教师增加额外的工作.
教师可以通过与他们的科学探究领导建立开放的沟通渠道来支持科学探究. 让科学探究组长在学期开始时有时间向全班介绍科学探究, 偶尔的课堂通告是我们对教师的最低要求.
我们也要求教师鼓励学生利用科学探究, 因为我们的数据显示,在教师的鼓励下,更多的学生参加了课程.
我们确实要求教师们不要认为只有那些表现差的人才能从科学探究中受益, especially since our data shows otherwise.
理想情况下,我们希望教师每周(30分钟)与科学探究组长合作,讨论本周的内容和学生们正在努力的地方. 这些互动对SI领导在准备每周会议时非常有帮助.
在过去,教师也通过以下方式帮助鼓励学生参加科学探究会议:
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允许SI领导访问Blackboard
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在黑板上发布公告,或者他们的科学探究课程大纲
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与SI协调员合作讨论改进项目的方法
教师对科学小组组长有什么期望?
The SI Leader will:
- Attend class meetings
- 在班级标准等问题上保持专业态度, grades, and student complaints
- 不鼓励学生参加科学探究课来代替上课
- 如果可能的话,在使用科学探究材料之前与合作的教员共享
- 如果需要,向合作的教员提供反馈
教师对科学探究计划的工作人员有什么期望?
The staff in the SI Program will:
- 与教师合作选择科学探究组长人选
- 根据既定的指导方针和标准培训所有SI领导
- 为SI领导提供用品、培训、在职经验和咨询
除了科学探究领导和教师外,还有一名科学探究协调员和两名科学探究研究生助理.
协调员通过确定目标对象来实施和监督科学探究项目, communicating with faculty, selecting and training SI leaders, monitoring the quality of sessions, and collecting program data.
研究生助理在上述方面支持协调员, focusing most heavily in program quality. To do this, GAs在整个学期的不同时间观察SI leader, 给他们及时的反馈和建议.