Supplemental Instruction

Supplemental Instruction provides guided study sessions for specific courses. In each of these sessions, the group leader helps class members learn new study strategies in the context of course concepts.

Supplemental Instruction Schedule Spring 2008

Instructor names, meeting times, and room numbers are listed for each offered course of supplemental instruction.

BIO 090-01 (Instructor: Judy Hall Modafferi, SI Leader: Jan Barrows)
Mondays: 9-9:50 AM & 11-11:50 AM (L215D)
Wednesdays: 9-9:50 & 11-11:50 AM (L215D)
Fridays: 9-9:50 AM (L215D)
BIO 131-01 (Instructor: Jen Musa, SI Leader: Katie Skinner)
Mondays: 11 AM-12:50 PM (L203)
Wednesdays: 12-12:50 PM (L203)

Fridays: 12-12:50 PM (L215D)
BIO 132-03 (Instructor: William Hollister, SI Leader: Irina Yurkova)
Mondays: 9-9:50 AM & 1-1:50 PM (L203)
Tuesdays: 11-11:50 AM (L203)
Wednesdays: 9-9:50 AM (L203)
Fridays: 9-9:50 AM (L203)
CHM 146-02 & 03 (Instructor: Michael Costello, SI Leader: Heather Cary)
Mondays: 11-11:50 AM (M201)
Tuesdays: 1-1:50 PM (L202)
Fridays - 9:00-9:50am (L001)
ECO 110-W01, 02, 03, 04, & 05 (Instructor: Elizabeth Patch, SI Leader: Evelyn Frair)
Tuesdays: 11-11:50 AM (L215D)
Wednesdays: 12-12:50 PM (L215D)
Thursdays: 11-11:50 AM (L215D)
HIS 100-02, 03 & 04 (Instructor: Steven Call, SI Leader: Katie Hogan)
Tuesdays: 3-3:50 PM (L215D)
Thursdays: 11-11:50 AM (L203)
Fridays: 1-1:50 PM (L215D)
MAT 092-02 & 05 (Instructor: Thomas Reid, SI Leader: Mimi Suh)
Mondays: 11-11:50 AM (L202)
Wednesdays: 10-10:50 AM (L215D)
Fridays: 11-11:50 AM (L203)
Fridays: 1-1:50 PM (L203)
MAT 096-03 & 04 (Instructor: Hakan Ugur, SI Leader: Elyse Tsang)
Mondays: 1-1:50 PM (L215D)
Tuesdays: 1-1:50 PM (L215D)
Thursdays: 1-2:50 PM (L215D)
Fridays: 3-3:50 PM (L215D)
MAT 136-02 (Instructor: Luis Moreno, SI Leader: Jim Glasgow)
Tuesdays: 11 AM-12:50 PM (L202)
Wednesdays: 4-4:50 PM (L215D)
Fridays: 11 AM-12:50 PM (L202)
MAT 181-01 (Instructor: Rob Woods, SI Leader: Eric Aspling)
Tuesdays: 10-10:50 AM (L215D)
Wednesdays: 12-12:50 PM (L202)
Thursdays: 11-11:50 AM (L202)
Fridays: 9-9:50 AM (L202)
MAT 182-70 (Instructor: Timmy Bremer, SI Leader: Eric Aspling)
Mondays: 4-4:50 PM (L215D)
Tuesdays: 2-2:50 PM (L215D)
Wednesdays: 4-5:50 PM (L202)
PHY 161-01 (Instructor: Ralph McGrew, SI Leader: Niki Becker)
Tuesdays: 12-12:50 PM (L215D)
Wednesdays: 11-11:50 AM (L202)
Thursdays: 12-12:50 PM (L215D)
Fridays: 11-11:50 AM (L215D)

Information About Supplemental Instruction

Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a learning enhancement program originally developed at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. The program has been adopted at over one hundred institutions of higher education as a method of improving student learning. SI targets high-risk courses instead of high-risk students and offers assistance on an outreach basis in regularly scheduled, out of class sessions. Through this program, a student who has received a high grade in a targeted course undergoes SI training and then re-attends the course to model effective student practices and attitudes: attending every class meeting, taking notes, reading all assigned materials, and asking appropriate questions. The SI Leader schedules and conducts at least three group meetings a week at times convenient to members of the class. During the sessions, the SI Leaders facilitate students' discussion and understanding of course information by using interactive learning strategies that encourage involvement, comprehension, synthesis, cognitive monitoring, and higher order reasoning skills. The raw material for SI sessions is the content of lectures and course-assigned reading materials. It is important to note that SI Leaders are not mini-lecturers and do not re-teach the material; instead, they are model students of the subject. Students attend SI on a voluntary basis and may attend as many times during the term as they wish. Generally, it is best if students attend at least once a week. Our data shows that students who attend SI earn, on the average, one half-letter grade higher than students who do not attend. These results replicate data gathered during the development of the program at UMKC. Should there be any questions about the schedule or BCC’s SI program, contact Matt Brannen, SI Program Coordinator, at Brannen_M@sunybroome.edu or by phone at extension 5512. Thanks!

For general information, call (607)778-5038 or email Matt Brannen.