SI-PASS in a Belgian university: a pilot showcase ; Installer un programme SI-PASS dans une université belge : une étude-pilote
peer reviewed ; In recent years, the University of Liège (Belgium), like many other institutions, has been coping with an ever-increasing number of first-year students, not compensated by an equivalent increase of supervisory capacities. This situation has resulted in both a rather impersonal first-year experience for freshmen and a worrisome level of drop-out and failure, especially in difficult entry courses. To tackle these two issues, the Faculty of bio-engineering (Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech) has decided to run the pilot of a SI-PASS peer tutoring scheme. This article reports on the practical... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | book part |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
| Verlag/Hrsg.: |
Waxman
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| Schlagwörter: | supplemental instruction / SI-PASS / peer tutoring / student as partner / freshmen / first year students / drop-out / tutoring scheme / supervision / Social & behavioral sciences / psychology / Education & instruction / Sciences sociales & comportementales / psychologie / Education & enseignement |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26535192 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/260580 |
peer reviewed ; In recent years, the University of Liège (Belgium), like many other institutions, has been coping with an ever-increasing number of first-year students, not compensated by an equivalent increase of supervisory capacities. This situation has resulted in both a rather impersonal first-year experience for freshmen and a worrisome level of drop-out and failure, especially in difficult entry courses. To tackle these two issues, the Faculty of bio-engineering (Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech) has decided to run the pilot of a SI-PASS peer tutoring scheme. This article reports on the practical aspects of this dry-run and provides participants’ data about its perceived effects.