For Better Grades, Visit Here
August 25, 2008
It’s easy to say which college students can use an academic
tutor.
"Everybody can use a tutor," says Prof. Joanne MacEachran, Ed.D.,
director of the Learning Resource Center, located on the second
floor of the Student Activities Building on the main campus. "None
of us can do everything."
But at the Learning Resource Center, Saint Leo’s
main campus and online students, particularly freshmen and
sophomores, can find qualified, trained tutors to help them for
free, six days a week.
Typically, tutoring clients are students with a "C" average trying
to earn a "B," or "B" students reaching for an "A." Or some
specific challenge crops up in a class and the student – wisely –
turns for help. For instance, MacEachran reports that students will
come in saying:
"I need help with Chapter 4 in my math class" or
"I need help with my paper," or
"I don’t understand what my economics professor is saying in
class."
In other situations, a student may have started missing classes,
or received a failing grade on assignments.
The Learning Resource Center tutors can address basic
time-management skills with students, fundamental reading and
review techniques, and specific subject-matter questions, as the
situation warrants, MacEachran says.
Students will find that they can and should draw from a variety of
different study skills to tackle the full spectrum of liberal arts
courses, she says. Tutoring is offered for subjects including:
English, math, the sciences, economics, business accounting,
psychology, history, political science, sociology, philosophy,
criminal justice and computer skills (the center has a dedicated
computer lab).
Students can come in and ask to speak with a tutor, or make an
appointment up to two weeks in advance. That can help students who
want a review before a scheduled test.
Some students also use the Center for group study sessions with
other students, which the staff encourages. Tables are available
for group use, as are the comfy, living-room style chair and sofas
just in the entrance. Coffee, hot cocoa and snacks are usually
available. Students might literally just stop by, run into a
classmate, and talk over recent assignments.
Learning Resource Center
"It’s not the "stereotypical" library. No one goes around shushing
people," MacEachran says. "We believe learning is a community
activity. We learn together."
Hours during academic
semesters
Monday - Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Phone: (352) 588-8307
E-mail: lrc@saintleo.edu
