Supported Learning Groups

Winter 2010 Schedule

  • Supported Learning Groups are optional, voluntary, and FREE! And there's PIZZA!
  • SLG sessions within a single week are identical; each session reviews the material from the previous week's lectures.
  • No sign-up necessary! Attend as frequently as you like throughout the semester; new students are always welcomed!
  • Please bring your course lecture notes and textbook to SLG.

Supported Learning Groups for PSYC 100

*SLG Sessions start Week 3, Jan 25/26

  • No SLG Sessions the week of Feb 15/ 16 - Family Day
  • No SLG Sessions during Reading Week (Feb 22/ 23)
Date Time Location
Mondays 6:00pm –- 7:30pm Gordon/Brockington - Common Room 151
Tuesdays 6:15pm - 7:30pm Jean Royce Hall - Student Affairs space

Supported Learning Groups for BIOL 103

*SLG Sessions start Week 3, Jan 25/26

  • No SLG Sessions the week of Feb 15/ 16 - Family Day
  • No SLG Sessions during Reading Week (Feb 22/ 23)
Date Time Location
Mondays 6:15pm –- 7:30pm Jean Royce Hall - Student Affairs space
Tuesdays 6:00pm - 7:30pm Vic Hall - AO11

The Supported Learning Groups (SLG) program provides academic support to students enrolled in historically challenging first-year courses at Queen’s.

Based on the internationally recognized Supplemental Instruction (SI) model, these peer-facilitated study and review sessions are regularly scheduled, out of class, voluntary, and anonymous. Supported Learning Groups are held weekly in campus residences and are facilitated by upper-year peers; they allow students to engage with each other and with course material in a collaborative and welcoming environment.

Studies at the University of Guelph and other Canadian universities indicate that students who attend Supported Learning Groups achieve higher overall mean grades and feel more confident in their academic abilities than their peers who study alone.

For the 2009-2010 academic year, Supported Learning Groups are offered to students enrolled in PSYC 100 and BIOL 102*/103* at Queen’s University.

Coordinator: Elizabeth (Liz) Parsons, parsonse@queensu.ca
www.queensu.ca/qlc - Learning Strategies Development
Part of the Queen’s Learning Commons (QLC) in Stauffer Library