Peer Tutoring

Peer tutoring is an active-learning and guided practice approach for students to interact with other peers, through individual or group instruction. It is supplemental to the teaching that takes place in the classroom and does not replace attending class, weekly office hours, or specific course curriculum. We strongly encourage you to always make use of faculty office hours for individualized instruction.

Peer tutors have often had the same class with the same instructor. They understand the potential roadblocks to success from a student standpoint. Students may find it easier to talk about difficulties they are having in a class and often develop a sense of partnership with a peer tutor.

Peer Tutoring Subjects

The Learning Support Center provides free peer tutoring service for introductory and some upper-level courses in the following programs of study, including:

QSC Tutoring

The QSC maintains peer tutoring for Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Economics, and Chemistry.

Quantitative Studies Center

Peer Tutoring Services

The LSC offers students and faculty three different types of peer tutoring services including:

Weekly Guided Practice Sessions

• Weekly, active-learning of course content with peers
• Tutor as "facilitator" of course content
• Create active-learning environment for peer-to-peer learning, 'play,' and practice of material
• No "study room or Q/A" passive learning
• Students expected to participate and interact with content

Spring 2018 Sessions