Course Number: LEARNING SKILLS 110

Course Title: DIRECTED EXPERIENCE IN TUTORING

Units: Variable 0.5-3.0 units.

Hours: Variable, depending on enrolled units

Course Prerequisite: Minimum grade of B in subject to be tutored and letter of recommendation from instructor in the subject area to be tutored.

Course Classification: Credit course applicable to the Associate Degree.

Catalog Description: This course enables students to learn the skills needed to become tutors. The course provides theoretical and practical strategies for helping other students to improve their understanding of key concepts in specific courses, apply effective study skills, and become independent learners. Open entry.

Course Objectives: The student will be able to:

1. assess the success of a tutoring session based on knowledge learned about the tutorial session.
2. successfully implement the tutorial process.
3. communicate effectively with a diverse student population.
4. understand the effect of study skills on student success.
5. appreciate his or her differences as well as similarities with others.
6. value learning process as well as course content.

Instructional Facilities: The Learning Center

Course Content:

A. Tutor Role (orientation to the study-partner concept)

1. The goals of tutoring
2. The expectations and rights of the tutor and learner
3. Description of kinds of persons who seek help
4. Dealing with limitations
5. Student Referrals:
   1. TRIO/STAARS
   2. Counseling Psych. Service
   3. Health
   4. Financial Aid
   5. Student Activities
   6. The Learning Center
   7. E.O.P.S.
   8. Developmental Skills
   9. Other

B. Structuring the Tutorial Relationship

1. Contacting the instructor
2. The contact
3. Being yourself
4. Instructor/learner communication packets

C. The Tutorial Process

1. Tutoring Cycle
2. Effective Communication
   1. Patterns and Moves
   2. Non-verbal communication
   3. Presenting a subject
   4. Listening (tutor/tutee)

D. Strategies for tutoring the non-traditional student

1. Students from different cultures different
2. Anglo students
3. Foreign students
4. Ethnocentricity
5. Reentry students
6. Students with learning disabilities
7. Students with physical disabilities
8. Other

E. Study Skills

1. Previewing textbooks
2. SQ3R
3. Test taking
4. Note taking
5. Listening (classroom)
6. Time Management
7. Vocabulary building
8. Use of library
9. Writing (research papers)

Method of Instruction: Lecture and class discussions, assigned individual and group projects, practicum/observation, online training modules, and selected readings.

Method of Evaluating Student Performance:

1. Class participation
2. Completion of Laboratory hours (online modules, learning tutoring software, reviewing tutoring handbooks, etc.)
3. Assignments and projects
4. Tutor Observations
5. Learner (Tutee) and instructor evaluation of tutor support