Supplemental Instruction

Supplemental Instruction (SI) is available for this Fall 2011 at Purdue University.

Supplemented courses for fall 2011...

MA 153, MA 154, MA 159, MA 161, MA 162, PHYS 172, CS 159, BIOL 203, MGMT 200, COM 318 and STAT 301

Click HERE for the Fall 2011 Session Schedule. Check the schedule regularly for any room updates, changes, or cancellations.

Supplemental Instruction is...

...an academic assistance program that utilizes peer-assisted study sessions. SI sessions are regularly-scheduled, informal review sessions in which students compare notes, discuss readings, develop organizational tools, and predict test items. Students learn how to integrate course content and study skills while working together. The sessions are facilitated by "SI leaders," students who have previously done well in the course and who attend all class lectures, take notes, and act as model students.

The purpose of SI is threefold:

• increase retention within targeted historically difficult courses
• improve student grades in targeted historically difficult courses
• increase the graduation rates of students

SI is a "free service" offered to all students in a targeted course. SI is a non-remedial approach to learning as the program targets high-risk courses rather than high-risk students. All students are encouraged to attend SI sessions, as it is a voluntary program. Students with varying levels of academic preparedness and diverse ethnicities participate. There is no remedial stigma attached to SI since the program targets high-risk courses rather than high-risk students.

source: http://www.umkc.edu/cad/si/overview.shtml