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Personalized learning and students as co-educators.The penultimate scenario in our list of 15 approaches to the fall semester is a Modified Tutorial Model. This approach leans heavily on students as ...
The Center for Learning Resources offers students the opportunity to become educators through its Learning Assistant Program. Learning Assistants have found the experience of tutoring their peers to ...
How can LAs build a supportive learning community in-person? Introduce yourself with your preferred name and pronouns. It is also helpful to tell students a little bit about yourself so that they feel ...
The Learning Assistant (LA) Program hires undergraduate students to collaborate with faculty mentors with the overall goals of: (1) transforming classes to be more interactive and (2) enhancing ...
The Learning Assistant Program brings student tutors into the classroom to offer support to their peers and the professor. The program is an important resource that offers valuable learning ...
When the first participation question popped up on the first day of a higher-level University of Iowa STEM class, I raised my hand, looked around, and waited for an undergraduate learning assistant so ...
What do Learning Assistants do? Learning Assistants (LAs) are undergraduate students who are hired to support student learning through research-validated teaching and learning techniques. LAs are paid ...