Senior Staff from Academic Enhancement
presented programmatic descriptions and assessments at
the 26th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience in Dallas,
Texas, February 17-20, 2007.
Click the links below to access individual presentations
and posters.
Come Early, Come
Often:
Enhancing Academics by Implementing
a Peer Tutoring Program
Jim Breslin, Assistant Director
Karin Ann Lewis, Director
Academic Enhancement, University
of Kentucky
The Peer Tutoring Program at UK
is situated within Academic Enhancement--a set of programs focused
on addressing retention and persistence. Free tutoring is offered
for more than 50 courses which are largely populated by first-year
students. Our model of proactive, preventive assistance will be
presented including theoretical and functional design, methods of
Peer Tutoring, and Peer Tutor training. The presentation will highlight
the levels of assessment used to measure the efficacy of the program.
Click
here to view the presentation handout
Academic Consultations:
A Way to Enhance the Learning Strategies
of College Students
Erin M. Rooks, Ed.S., Consultation Coordinator
Melinda C. Wallpe, Ed.S., Presentation
Coordinator
Academic Enhancement, University
of Kentucky
Academic Enhancement at the University
of Kentucky focuses on academic consultations as a way to address
retention and persistence. The consultations are a way for students
to be active in their learning and increase their academic skills.
Two types of academic consultations are used to enhance students’
academic experiences. Academic consultations focus on behavior
changes and are both a proactive and reactive response to students’
academic struggles depending on their current need and focuses.
Click
here to view the Individual Consulations Poster
Mastering the Art of Effective
Study:
Fostering Academic Success Through
an Intensive,
Preventative Study Skills Seminar
Chandra N. Strange, M. S., Seminar Coordinator,
Academic Enhancement, University
of Kentucky
To better serve the student population at the University
of Kentucky, Academic Enhancement developed the Study Smarter Seminar (formerly Master Student Seminar)
as a preventative, proactive intervention for students. The seminar
is designed to address key issues of student persistence and retention
through formal instruction, modeling, and hands-on application of
study skills. The development of the intervention is student responsive
in that the topics included are determined by student scores on
the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI).Three types
of seminars are generally offered; 1) one that is preventative in
nature and generally geared toward first-year or transfer students,
2) one that is designed for students who have demonstrated a history
of academic challenges such as being placed on academic probation,
and 3) one that is custom designed to fit the needs of the organization
requesting the seminar.
Click
here to view the Study Smarter Seminar Poster
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