The format and philosophy of group tutoring at UVSC are similar to the format and philosophies of Supplemental Instruction. The study sessions are open to all students in the course and are attended on a voluntary basis FREE of charge. Tutors are students who have demonstrated competence in a specific course. The tutors are trained in such topics as how students learn as well as instructional strategies aimed at strengthening student academic performance, data collection, and management details. Students who attend group study sessions discover appropriate application of study strategies, e.g. note taking, graphic organization, questioning techniques, vocabulary acquisition, problem solving, and test preparation, as they review content material.
Students have the opportunity to become actively involved in learning the course material.
The tutors will check their e-mail regularly each week and then respond to the students.