_ _ _ _ _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 Turn to Al S, Page a 17 COBURG ROAD — "JUST NORTH OF FERRY ST. BRIDGE” PHONE 683-8669 FAX #683-8677 ► COMPUTl • HLALTHFOODS & NATURAL FOOD r SUPPLFMFNTS f Rf SH DONUT S DA 111 n ^ CAM 01 CORATING ^ PICK-UP A MENU SO YOU , V CAN CALL OR FAX YOUR ORDER IN — HAVE IT READY WHEN YOU GET HERE! lLL/!MT; 4’ WESTERN FAMILY NON-FAT 1%or 2% MILK GALLON QQ0 JUG jfO •soo' | I ‘ Firs! One Offer Empires M-i, 8 r>‘-K! j shop save COUPON HOT BROASTED •6002 I I CHICKEN *Si. 8 PIECES 0 $099 First 8 Pieces Otter Expires May 8 1990 . 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