Course-Based Support for Peer-Led Study Group Facilitators in a Large Instructional Team

by: Rachel A. Barnard, Allison Boone, Claire Sandler, Jordan R. Boothe, Joe Salvatore, Kelley Emerson, and Brian P. Coppola

To improve communication within the instructional workforce of a large organic chemistry course, students must take a required course for all undergraduate peer-led study groups (PLSG) facilitators and peer tutors hired by the Science Learning Center at the University of Michigan. This liaison course focuses on enhancing subject matter clarity and stemming the flow of misinformation that has sometimes been reported in the PLSG sessions. The authors examined the perceived value of the liaison course, self-assessment of course content knowledge by the facilitators, and how enrollment in the course has shaped the experience of those leading a PLSG.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2018Stock # jcst18_047_04_21Volume 047Issue 04

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