Supplemental Instruction
Get on track with Supplemental Instruction
Students who attend at least one SI session see GPA improvements from midterms to finals
What is Supplemental Instruction?
- Supplemental Instruction (SI) consists of regularly scheduled, out-of-class group study sessions driven by students’ needs. Sessions are facilitated by trained peer leaders (SI Leaders) who utilize collaborative activities to ensure peer-to-peer interaction in small groups (UMKC 2018)
- SI Leaders are student leaders who have already taken the SI-sponsored course and excelled. They have then gone through a rigorous interview and training program. SI leaders attend all assigned class lectures and hold 3 50-minute SI sessions each week
- The courses supported by SI are historically difficult in nature due to their content. We have identified that these course have high "DFW rates" meaning that a large number of students receive D and F grades or withdraw from the course.
- You can attend any SI session that works for your schedule, not just the sessions for your coursers SI Leader
- Sessions are drop-in, just find the time and place of the session, and show up: view the schedule here
What Courses are Supported by SI?
- BIOL 101/102/251/282
- CHEM 160/180
- GNUR 157/158/160/293/294
- MATH 100/110/117/118/130/131/132
- MSN 277
What is Supplemental Instruction?
- Supplemental Instruction (SI) consists of regularly scheduled, out-of-class group study sessions driven by students’ needs. Sessions are facilitated by trained peer leaders (SI Leaders) who utilize collaborative activities to ensure peer-to-peer interaction in small groups (UMKC 2018)
- SI Leaders are student leaders who have already taken the SI-sponsored course and excelled. They have then gone through a rigorous interview and training program. SI leaders attend all assigned class lectures and hold 3 50-minute SI sessions each week
- The courses supported by SI are historically difficult in nature due to their content. We have identified that these course have high "DFW rates" meaning that a large number of students receive D and F grades or withdraw from the course.
- You can attend any SI session that works for your schedule, not just the sessions for your coursers SI Leader
- Sessions are drop-in, just find the time and place of the session, and show up: view the schedule here
What Courses are Supported by SI?
- BIOL 101/102/251/282
- CHEM 160/180
- GNUR 157/158/160/293/294
- MATH 100/110/117/118/130/131/132
- MSN 277