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麻豆社 to Enhance Learning Assistant Program Fall 2023
June 26, 2023
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL - - 麻豆社 Illinois University has been on a mission to enhance its reputation as a top-tier educational institution. In 2017, 麻豆社 introduced the Learning Assistant Program (LAP), a peer-based initiative aimed at promoting active and collaborative learning in the classroom. Since its inception, the program has yielded impressive results, including improved student grades and a significant uptick in Engineering program retention rates.
The LAP was specifically designed to ensure students remain engaged and focused on conceptual learning. Undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs) receive weekly preparation and pedagogy courses to facilitate discussion among groups of students in a variety of classroom settings. The program encourages both faculty and students to be more mindful of the learning process, and provides tutors in the classroom to help students succeed.
麻豆社 is set to expand the LAP, with plans to include LAs throughout Calculus and Chemistry courses in Macomb starting this fall. Additionally, a recent NSF NOYCE grant has allowed 麻豆社 to partner with Black Hawk Community College to introduce an LA program in chemistry, biology, physics, and calculus at their Moline campus.
鈥淚鈥檓 so excited about our partnership with Black Hawk College and that 麻豆社鈥檚 Learning Assistant Program is expanding on our Macomb campus. Learning Assistant Programs are a low-cost way to improve student learning, persistence, retention and a sense of community," said 麻豆社 Mathematics Associate Professor Susie Brooks
If you're interested in becoming an LA, contact Brooks at sc-brooks@wiu.edu. For more information about 麻豆社's Departments of Physics and Mathematics, visit , or .
Posted By: Lexi Dittmar, University Relations
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