_ _ _ _ _University___
Service provides students with necessary help
Each year, more students
are seeking tutorial help
By C .irrii- Dennett
Emerald Contributor
I .it h leim molt* than 1.000
stmifiits seek some turm or tu
torial assistant t* from tin* (fn
ti*r Inr At atlfinn l.t*.lining Ser
\ it t*s. lot alt'il in tin* knight I i
br.trv
Surprisingly. most of tin* as
sist.inci* is not ri't|ut'slt'tl from
students who an* in danger of
holing their t lasses
"Increasingly. we are seeing
students who are borderline or
tlomg reasonably well hut
have aspirations to do better
s.ihI David lliihin AI.S diret
loi As the t 'diversity has he
tome ini reasingly competitive
to get in students an* turning
here who are not used to ever
having seen a t
|on (ilauss a math t. 1 I anti
anti AI.S tutor for three years,
agrees w ith I luliin
I he m.ijoi it\ are getting
'It's and want higher grades
Hut \iiii tin get a number ill slu
dents w ho ait* in bail shape
he saitl
lliihin saitl .is better students
tome to the l'diversity there
are more reipiests for at atlemit
assistant e
I think it s a reflet lion 11!
the i ompet111v e em ironment
In* salt!
I he i !nivi*rsitv of t alitorma
Berkeley and Stanford I'niver
s11v are also ret eiving an in*
t Tea set 1 tlemantl lot learning
support as thev bet time more
selet live, lie saitl
I lie primary student interests
are in math, the (|Uanlitalive
si tent es and foreign Ian
guages, IItilrin salt!
' "l ilt* tlist iplines w Ill'll* they
huiltl on previous knowledge
or concepts .ire where we see
our requests for tutoring lie
said
lerrx Wolfe <m .issoi iale pro
lessor m flic math department,
said tutoring is sometimes the
most effective solution loi peo
pie with at ademii ipieslions
that is available
The people 1 have ret Dili
mended for tutoring are slrug
gling with things that aren't di
lei ti\ related lo the ( hiss I hex
max he in t alt ulus hut are hax
mg problems with algebra it
( out epls. he said
We |usl don't have the time
lo really give them the help
they need with those hinds of
problems
Assistant e In the fat ultx ret
ommended tutors i an he found
m three areas The first is the
tutorial group which involves
a tutor meeting twice a week
with up to three students from
the same t lass
"We run those groups in the
areas where there is a high tit*
mand." I liilnn said
I lie other areas are individu
al tutoring, in xx hit h a student
and a tutor are matt lied
through the AI.S data base and
the tree drop-in lab. xx liit h is
used most lx hx students who
need immediate help. Iluliin
said
I ,n h term around 4">(l stu
dents use indix idunl or group
tutors, and the math lab re
ceix es over 2.001) \ isits from an
additional 000 students
AI.S keeps records of how
well students were helped
"We do .in evaluation of eei h
tutor and xxe do an evaluation
ot the program, litibin said
lliibin added the tu
tor student relationship should
Photo b\ Mark ^ I*
\lii hr I kn\< twin i sA». left, nl I hr \/..S' p my ram. cites ninth studrnt Hryan Innrs sown hntp h ith
his himwwork I hr \l.S program prtnides assistant r hi m rr 1.000 studrnts a term.
not In* dependent I hi* true
measure of success is Ikiw well
the student i .in do without .is
sistiince ,dter leaving AI.S he
said
( lauss i tirrentI\ works w ith
a tutorial group and puts in
several hours a week in the
math lah
T ve seen a lot ot success
heie in this math lah and w itii
students that T ve tutored.' he
said
"Tutors are aide to give a
much more detailed descrip
tion of the i oik epts as well as
intuitive notions and tni ks of
the tiade !>e< ause we're all stu
dents
"Were able to spend a lot
more lime on any individual
i oik ept we have all the luxu
ries llial ,i tear her lac ks he
said
Inc leased c lass M/es have
made il dibit ult feu instructors
to y|i\e individual attention
Wolfe said it is vei \ dillic ult
for one instructor and one (.11
to ac c ointnodate Utl students
It any siynd i< ant portion of
the students showed up at one
time, we would be swamped
he said
Al.S also offers a three credit
c muse 'Introduction to l 'to
versity Stuck " which h.is an
enrollment of 2r>(l students per
war.
"We turn avvav more than
two people fur everv one per
sun ivi1 (.in ailmit because we
don't have enough sections."
1 fubin said
He is hoping to expand the
( ourse sei lions to make the
( lass more available to students
v\ ho want to enroll in it
t 'nix ei sities that hav e been
developing these courses have
found that students get far bet
ter oriented il they are given an
introdm lion course that talks
about the structure of the uni
versitv. the expectations, and
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