Increasing efficiency and effectiveness of learning for freshman college students through Supplemental Instruction

Developmental educators have a historic opportunity to reinvent themselves as resources for the entire campus-- students and faculty alike-- in partnering with the new enriched learning environment. The learning process must be expanded beyond the traditional classroom walls. Additional partners must be added to the learning environment. The Supplemental Instruction (SI) program serves as a catalyst for an improved and effective learning environment. SI is flexible to meet the learning needs of students and compliment an enriched learning environment managed by the classroom professor. Through its use, the efficiency and effectiveness of learning can be improved. A New Emphasis for Higher Education Some educational leaders proclaim a new emphasis is taking root in higher education. They expose the time honored myth that teaching and learning are two sides of the same coin. How can we be teaching if students are not learning, as the ol