Tutor's competence is inferred vs. Tutors are tested to ensure competence Traditional tutors are usually hired based on their high grade point average, recommendation from a faculty member, and ability to work well with students. In this way, they continually demonstrate their content competence to the instructor and to students with whom they work. They do review content, but they also present an appropriate model of thinking and language behavior for the field of study. Additionally, SI tutors act as facilitators of study sessions, encouraging students to formulate and answer inference, synthesis, and application questions. Asking and answering their own questions helps students develop a more sophisticated mode of inquiry.
Students develop the thinking and reasoning skills which characterize intellectual maturity.
While student satisfaction with tutorial services is evaluated in traditional tutoring programs, statistical differences are rarely tested. Return to top SI Is Helpful For A Variety Of Stuent Subpopulations Based on data collected by UMKC concerning our own Sl program and Sl programs from adopting institutions from across the U.S. and several foreign countries, Sl appears to be effective with all subpopulations of students. Prior levels of academic preparation, motivation level, gender, ethnicity' age, academic discipline, and whether or not the student works have not been found to change the effectiveness of Sl significantly. However, sizable portions of these students drop out and should not be overlooked as they are among the easiest to retain. In fact, Sl was initially designed to help talented medical, pharmacy, and dentistry students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.