Lead Learners: Peer Tutors and Mentors

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of contemporary best practices of tutoring and peer facilitated collaborative learning with students from across the disciplines. Students will learn to adapt learning activities and modes for different types of learners in math, science, writing, and the humanities. Topics include promoting active learning, incorporating critical thinking and questioning skills, assessing learning, collaborative learning and group, and online tutoring. Students will weigh the benefits and drawbacks of different tutoring approaches, and they will apply knowledge from the course to various tutoring situations and subjects. A satisfactory grade in this course allows students to tutor for academic support services.