The SI Mentor serves as a "near-peer" to the Leader who observes SI sessions throughout the semester and provides feedback to Leaders. The Mentor also takes part in the training and assist in developing components of that training.
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What type of subject does SI target?
Traditionally difficult subjects.
100
Just in case only one person shows up to your session, what is one collaborative learning technique that can be used for one student?
Individual presentation, or any activity that can be done with two, where you fill in for the other student.
100
How do you gradually create independent learners with group outlines?
Over the semester, provide outlines that are steadily more incomplete.
100
What important paperwork did we cover today?
Incident Reporting form and Photo Release form.
200
SI is a program that increases student ________ and ________.
Performance and retention.
200
SI leaders are constantly being trained, and have meetings throughout the semester to hone our skills. When is the next SI meeting?
February 21st!
200
What types of questions should be avoided?
Close-ended questions.
200
Fill in the blank; strategies are wait time, redirecting, flexibility, and ______.
Check for understanding/closing sessions.
200
When are Peer Observations due?
Have them in before Spring Break!
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What is one way Dweck recommends to break the dependency cycle?
Act as facilitators, focus on learning processes, or react to errors as a part of the learning cycle instead of evidence of failure.
300
What type of student is SI targeted to?
All students! No effort is made to segregate students based on academic ability.
300
What is the number for a locked door on the Menifee campus?
639-5400
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How do you implement the Think Aloud strategy?
Pair up the students, one as the thinker and one as the listener. The thinker vocalizes every step in reasoning, including reading the problem. The listener must listen and understand each step.
300
When is your first Mentor Observation?
Within the first 3-4 weeks of the semester!
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What is 1 Principle of Cognitive Development Theory?
Mental structures develop gradually as learning is constructed through organization and integration of new information ans experience, as learners assimilate knowledge, they think differently about a concept, or learners use prior knowledge when learning new knowledge.
400
What do the 4 diamonds in the SI logo represent?
Students, leaders, instructors, and coordinators.
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Where can you access the ice-breaker activities from today's meeting?
What will be the theme of next week, the first week of SI sessions?
Study skills, time management and procrastination.
500
What are the ways the dependency cycle is perpetuated?
Tell them, tell them again, tell them slowly, give them something shiny to play with.
500
What are 4 ways SI leaders behave as model students?
Attend classes, be attentive, take notes, and model both organizational and study skills.
500
Name 2 examples of Higher Order Comprehension Questions.
Summarize, describe, interpret, contrast, predict, associate, distinguish, and estimate.
500
What is 1 instructor involvement strategy?
Establish how often you and the instructor will meet to discuss SI, meet with the faculty member several times during the semester, ask instructors to encourage SI attendance, make sure students see you speaking with the instructor, and provide the instructor with marketing for his or her office.
500
What are YOU planning on using as an ice-breaker for your first session?