How SI Operates SI is attached to a specific high risk or historically difficult course. SI only operates where the tutor requests it. SI leaders are facilitators of learning, not teachers. SI leaders act as role models to help student master course content. SI leaders work on process, not content.
SI leaders liaise with the course tutors to discuss process.
They do not discuss individual students. SI sessions are voluntary. SI promotes a high degree of student interaction and mutual support. This interaction leads to the formation of peer study groups, and facilitates the mainstreaming of minority and disadvantaged groups of learners. The Effectiveness of SI In the United States, students participating in SI achieve higher grades than non-participating students.