On the last day of the semester a questionnaire was distributed to all students enrolled in the Sociology course. For those who did not attend any SI session the chief reason cited was schedule conflicts. This represents a problem area still to be resolved. In terms of the changing trends in college education today, this project has several implications. While distinct, all tend to focus on the uniqueness of today's student.
SI addresses both issues by integrating basic skill instruction with content area learning.
In addition, with respect to increasing numbers of non-traditional students, SI sessions may reorient these students to academia, help build confidence and hone skills that have been dormant. What they need, and what they feel they need, is a quality of mind that will help them to use information and to develop reason in order to achieve lucid summations of what is going on in the world and of what may be happening within themselves. If we strive to the sociological imagination of our students they must have the necessary tools to be able to understand and grasp our message. SI may be part of the tool box we can use. How to Study in College, by Walter Pauk.