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Learning Support Services
Contact: Susan Bronstein
1020 W.E.B. Du Bois Library,
545-5334
The Learning Support Services
(LSS) provides a full range of academic support services. Its mission
is to improve retention and graduation rates at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst by providing the learning support programs and self-development
activities that give students the skills necessary for college success.
Open during the academic year, LSS provides the following programs and
services:
Peer Tutoring Program for individuals and small
groups on a walk-in basis, and by appointment when needed.
Supplemental Instruction Program for traditionally
difficult academic courses providing regularly scheduled, out-of-class,
peer-facilitated study sessions. These informal review seminars help students
compare notes, discuss readings, develop organizational tools, and predict
test items.
Video Supplemental Instruction, in which the
instructors of traditionally difficult courses place their course lectures
on videotape. The taped lectures are used instructionally by a trained
VSI Peer Leader and are stopped and restarted
as needed to allow time for students to ask questions, interact,
and discuss concepts.
A Study Skills Program which consists of workshops
aimed at providing students with the tools needed to become more effective
learners, including such skills as note-taking, time management, and test-taking
strategies.
A Multimedia Lab which offers computer-aided,
video, and audio instruction, and a library of written materials to assist
students.
Students have access
to PCs and Macintosh computers with
current word processing and
computer-aided instruction programs. LSS staff are available to
answer questions about software and computer
usage. Other equipment, including a scanner, and video and audiotape
players, is available for academic
use at the center.
Information on LSS courses and tutor certification may be found in the "Special Programs"
section of this catalog, and on our web page at: http://www.umass.edu/lss.
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