PLUS Study Groups

Our Program Leading to Undergraduate Success is designed to enhance the quality of undergraduate student scholarship and assists students in achieving academic goals through discipline-based collaborative learning groups.

PLUS creates and designs discipline specific collaborative study groups with an environment of active learning. In each study group, PLUS emphasizes small group settings and hands-on experiences, utilizing upper-level students as facilitators for group process and structure.

Through this route of learning,students will...
  • engage as active participants
  • become unified in a community of learners
  • will further realize and cultivate their own critical thinking skills and course knowledge
  • will recognize a network of peers as they continue on in their college career
  • These study groups are especially helpful for those individuals who want to improve their grades, prefer a relaxed noncompetitive learning experience, are motivated, and want a structured time for study. To find out more about the PLUS program read on!
How the program works
  • Students attend frequently scheduled collaborative learning sessions with other students from their class.
  • Facilitators model good study strategies and learning behavior.
  • Students improve grades by increasing study and learning efficiency.
  • PLUS provides a social basis for future contact with individuals of the same discipline.
  • PLUS provides a foundation for success in all future classes.
PLUS works!
  • 3,780 students have been involved in the PLUS program since it was established.
  • 86% of the students who have participated in PLUS have passed their class with a 2.0 or above class grade.
  • Most students participate in additional PLUS groups.
  • Students continue to attend PLUS meetings after then have met the requirements for the PLUS program and the class.
 The PLUS program is for students that . . .
  • prefer a relaxed, noncompetitive learning experience
  • are motivated
  • need a structured time to study
  • want to improve their grades
  • want to meet other people in their discipline
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    PLUS Study Groups Schedule

    Click PLUS Study Groups schedule to view the online schedule for spring 2013.

    To learn more about participating in PLUS as a student or facillitator then contact the Academic Success Center at (509) 359-2487
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