Massasoit STEM

1 Massasoit Blvd

Brockton, MA

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massasoit.edu

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STEM Success Program 

As part of the STEM intern­ship, stu­dent interns ben­e­fit from the STEM Suc­cess Pro­gram facil­i­tat­ed by Amber Ogu­ma, STEM Coach and Ana­lyst. The STEM Suc­cess Pro­gram pro­vides one-to-one advis­ing on course selec­tion and degree com­ple­tion with Amber Ogu­ma, as well as fre­quent men­tor­ing meet­ings with Dr. Michael Bank­son. Stu­dents in the STEM Suc­cess Pro­gram con­nect with one anoth­er through intern­ship activ­i­ties and often share the same class­es and study groups, enrich­ing their aca­d­e­m­ic expe­ri­ence. To learn more about the STEM Suc­cess Pro­gram and how you can par­tic­i­pate, email Amber Ogu­ma at [email protected].

Supplemental Instruction 

Sup­ple­men­tal Instruc­tion (SI) has been offered to all Mas­sas­oit stu­dents enrolled in math and physics cours­es. Unlike tra­di­tion­al tutor­ing, SI is a proac­tive aca­d­e­m­ic sup­port that focus­es on strength­en­ing stu­dents’ under­stand­ing of course mate­r­i­al by help­ing them devel­op effec­tive study strate­gies that pro­mote con­fi­dence and com­pe­tence through crit­i­cal think­ing. As a result, these strate­gies help improve their per­for­mance not only in their cur­rent course but also in their oth­er courses.

Ses­sions focus on guid­ing stu­dents to become active­ly engaged in their own learn­ing process, devel­op­ing effec­tive math­e­mat­i­cal writ­ing skills, and on iden­ti­fy­ing gaps in foun­da­tion­al knowl­edge that may hin­der their under­stand­ing of cur­rent course top­ics. In addi­tion, grad­ed exam­i­na­tions are reviewed dur­ing SI ses­sions to help stu­dents ana­lyze their per­for­mance, iden­ti­fy recur­ring errors, and imple­ment strate­gies to avoid repeat­ing the same mis­takes in future assessments.

Sup­ple­men­tal Instruc­tion ses­sions are held on Tues­days and Thurs­days, 2:30 — 4:00pm, at the Lec­ture Hall of the Sci­ence build­ing (Room S 538), Brock­ton Campus.