UHD Faculty Feedback on Supplemental Instruction Program (SI)
11b. What cou=
ld have
made the SI experience better?
= 1. To have better ideas earlier in the semester to guide students towards the SI = as a difference maker in their success in the course.
= 2. Again, if I had more time during class for classroom activities, I could have used= the SI leader more effectively during class time.
= 3. Somehow, we have to find ways of reaching more students in the classroom. More stude= nts need to take advantage of the services offered by SI’s. Where there wasn’t a class in the room before me, the SI took advantage and came = to the room and used it and more students were able to receive the tutorial. T= hat worked out quite well.
= 4. More working hours for the SI Leader to make him/her more reachable.
= 5. More time to collaborate and brainstorm outside of class. A few e-mails have been helpful though. She is so dedicated that we fit in a few minutes after class quite frequently.
= 6. I wish I had more suggestions from 1302 teachers as to what more I could have done to oblige students to go to the SI or even, simply, the learning cente= r.
= 7. I wish more students would have taken advantage of this opportunity outside of class.
= 8. I found it quite beneficial–he is very attentive, enthusiastic, and hel= pful. He quickly established good rapport with the students and worked very well = with me.
= 9. I can imagine working with a super articulate, energetic SI who was more invo= lved with the students on a regular, in class basis. But I believe it has more t= o do with personality.
= 10. Nothing–I was entirely satisf= ied. I do hope to meet more often outside of class with my SI leader and engage he= r in curriculum development.
= 11. Having the same SI all semester.
= 12. Perhaps, when helping a student, le= t the student demonstrate first the area of weakness, rather than doing the probl= em for the student.
= 13. If she had more knowledge about the material, or if there could have been more time with students.
= 14. More contact hours with students. S= I may organize some question-and-answer sessions to help students’ homework= .
= 15. It wo= uld be better if more students would take advantage of the opportunity to get individual help from the SI outside of class.
= 16. If only I could ask the SI leader t= o do some grading.
= 17. It was very positive in every way.<= /p>
= 18. Better class time.
= 19. I nee= d to be motivate my students and perhaps offer some incentives to work with the = SI outside of class.
= 20. Exper= ience was good!! With another semester of “experience” for the SI, he’ll be an excellent SI leader.
= 21. Meeti= ng and getting to know each other before the start of the course.
= 22. I cou= ld have been giving students incentives for attending SI sessions.
= 23. Outli= ne early in the semester (1st week or before) the responsibilities = of SI leaders and give time for leaders and instructors to respond to the list= of responsibilities together.