Academic Success Center
Supplemental Instruction (SI)

What is Supplemental Instruction?

Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a partnership between the course instructor and the Academic Success Center to provide organized peer-led study groups that encourage students to interact as they construct their knowledge.  Sessions are voluntary, free, and facilitated by trained SI leaders. 

SI Schedule

The SI leader is a student who has previously taken the course and earned an “A.” They attend all class meetings with the students and conduct evening sessions that integrate study strategies with course content.

SI allows students to acquire short-term and long-term learning techniques, improve their grades in their classes, and learn how to study difficult material more effectively.

During these structured meetings, SI leaders will incorporate learning and study strategies while discussing course material presented in the regularly schedule lecture class.

SI Session                                                       

Program Highlights

  • Of the 5,500 students enrolled in 122 sections that are offered SI, 3057 (55%) have attended at least one SI session.
  • There were over 10,000 student visits to SI sessions in the Fall 2006 semester.
  • On average SI participants achieve a higher percentage of A’s and B’s, a lower percentage of C/D/F/Ws and higher course grades than non-participants.
  • Our SI leaders have an average cumulative GPR of 3.7.
  • "Outstanding SI program 2006" awarded at the International Conference on Supplemental Instruction, Malmo, Sweden.
  • "2006 SI Leader of The Year" Awarded at the International Conference on Supplemental Instruction, Malmo, Sweden.

What is expected of students?

  • Regularly attend class meetings; SI is support for the course, not a replacement for lecture or faculty contact.
  • Complete all required readings prior to attending class and SI sessions.
  • Bring questions to sessions; participation in sessions is important to understanding difficult concepts.  Be ready to share and ask questions of fellow students.
  • Regularly attend SI. Research shows that students who attend SI at least once a week perform better on exams and earn higher grades.
  • Relax and have fun!

Direct any questions regarding Supplemental Instruction to:
Eric Moschella, Coordinator for Supplemental Instruction
Academic Success Center
Cooper Library, Level 3
moschel@clemson.edu
(864) 656-6214