The Learning Center (TLC) Tutoring Program 2015 Tutoring is free to all Mississippi State University students and is available for many of the major subjects during the fall, spring, and summer terms. The Learning Center s tutoring lab is located in Allen Hall room 266. Students can sign up for tutoring through their Mystate account. Dr. Clay Armstrong, Interim Director Chris Hoop, Graduate Assistant Emily Robinson, Graduate Assistant Blake Henington, Graduate Assistant
Table of Contents About the Learning Center... 3 Tutoring Schedule... 4 Courses Offered... 5 Semester Overview... 6 Visitor Information... 10 Tutor Information... 12 Tutoring Trends... 13 Charts and Graphs Chart 1. Tutoring by Subject... 7 Chart 2. Most Tutored Courses... 8 Chart 3. Tutoring by Month... 8 Chart 4. Tutoring by Day of Week... 9 Chart 5. Tutoring by Time of Day... 9 Chart 6. Visitors by College... 10 Chart 7. Returning Visitors... 10 Chart 8. Visitors by Gender... 11 Chart 9. Visitors by Classification... 11 Chart 10. Visitors by Ethnicity... 12 Chart 11. Tutors by Classification... 13 Chart 12. Visitors by Semester... 14 Chart 13. Tutors by Semester... 14 Chart 14. Tutors by Payment Method... 15 Tables Table 1. Tutors by Subject... 12 Table 2. Tutors over Time... 13 The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 2 P age
About The Learning Center (TLC) Tutoring: The Learning Center has helped over 4,000 MSU students (including over 12,000 individual visits) since 2011. These are real-life testimonials from students that have benefited from tutoring at The Learning Center. "The Learning Center is a great place to learn information for classes. It takes time to expand on the courses or subjects for students at MSU." "The atmosphere in The Learning Center was nice. If I ever need help, I know that I can come to The Learning Center." "I will recommend the tutoring to anyone in need of assistance, such as tutoring. The Learning Center is an excellent source for better understanding the material." "The help I got from the tutoring at The Learning Center was exactly what I needed. It helped me to understand the information, and do well in the class! Thank you again for providing this service to students." "Thank you to the University for providing this service. I believe that overall it is a great service." I commend The Learning Center. Thank you all for providing free tutoring services; it is much needed and certainly appreciated. The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 3 P age
Tutoring Schedule 2015 The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 4 P age
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Summary 2015 Number of students who utilized tutoring services: 460 Number of tutoring sessions provided to those students: 1,273 Average length per session: 1:03 hr Number of tutors employed by The Learning Center: 32 Number of subjects for which tutoring was available: 14 Number of courses for which tutoring was available: 63 Most popular subjects: Math, Physics, and Chemistry Continued Services: - Free Tutoring -Supplemental Instruction - Private tutoring The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 6 P age
Semester Overview 2015 Chart 1. Tutoring by Subject Tutoring by Subject- 2015 Unspecified* ST- Statistics PT- Personal Tutoring PSY- Psychology 13 13 23 9 PH- Physics 208 PHI- Philosophy 51 MA- Mathematics 567 Subject FNH- Food, Nutrition, Health FLS- Spanish FIN- Finance EN- English EC- Economics 7 14 1 4 18 CH- Chemistry 203 BQA- Business Quantitive Analysis 23 BIO- Biological Sciences 90 ACC- Accounting 29 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 Number of Visits The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 7 P age
Semester Overview 2015 Chart 2. Most Tutored Courses Most Tutored Courses* BIO-1134 Biology I MA-0103 Intermediate Algebra 41 43 PH-2213 Physics I 50 MA-1613 Cal Bus & Life Sc I 51 Course MA-1323 Trigonometry MA-1723 Calculus II MA-2733 Calculus III 53 64 74 PH-1113 Gen Physics I 78 MA-1313 College Algebra 107 MA-1713 Calculus I 138 CH-1213 Chemistry I 148 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Visits *This chart includes the 11 most tutored courses. Not all tutored courses are included. Chart 3. Tutoring by Month Tutoring by Month 500 450 400 417 429 350 321 300 Visits 250 200 150 100 50 61 45 0 August September October November December Month The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 8 P age
Chart 4. Tutoring by Day of the Week 400 Tutoring By Day of the Week 350 310 338 300 276 258 250 Visits 200 150 100 91 50 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Week Day Chart 5. Tutoring by Time of Day Tutoring by Time of Day 350 300 250 225 255 287 209 Visits 200 150 100 50 85 21 51 49 70 21 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Weekday Before Noon Afternoon The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 9 P age
Visitors 2015 Chart 6. Visitors by College Number of Visitors by College College of Veterinary Medicine 4 College of Forest Resources 12 College of Education 54 College of Business 40 College College of Arts & Sciences College of Arch, Art & Design 14 117 College of Ag. & Life Sciences 67 Bagley College of Engineering 104 Adkerson School of Accountancy 5 Academic Affairs 43 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Visitors Chart 7. Returning Visitors Returning Visitors 52% 48% Tutored only once Tutored more than once The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 10 P age
Visitors 2015 Chart 8. Visitors by Gender Visitors by Gender 54% 46% Male Female Chart 9. Visitors by Classification Visitors by Classification 12% 16% 42% 30% Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 11 P age
Chart 10. Visitors by Ethnicity Visitors by Ethnicity 28% 64% 5% 3% Black or African American Hispanic or Latino Other White Tutors 2015 Table 1. Tutors by Subject Number of Tutors by Subject Subjects Number of Tutors* Biology 4 Business 4 Chemistry 6 English 1 Food, Nutrition, & Health 1 Mathematics 11 Personal Tutoring 1 Philosophy 3 Physics 6 Praxis 1 Psychology 1 Spanish 1 Statistics 6 *Note: This number reflects tutors who helped in multiple subjects. They are counted in the total number for each subject they tutored. The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 12 P age
Chart 11. Tutors by Classification Tutors by Classification Undergraduate 20 Classification Graduate 12 0 5 10 15 20 25 Tutors Summary of Tutoring Trends Table 2. Tutoring over Time Tutoring Over Time Number of Students Number of Tutoring Hours* Number of Visits 2011 476 1778.08 1406 2012 387 1814.58 1387 Summer 2012 82 428.60 284 2012 505 1812.27 1389 2013 366 1264.30 1069 Summer 2013 75 246.08 172 2013 572 1344.35 1566 2014 419 1100.77 1286 2014 418 1071.65 1332 2015 374 876.02 1062 2015 460 1413.22 1,273 Total 4,134 13,149.92 12,226 *Includes duplicate hours, which is the time the tutors spent tutoring more than one student at a time. (Ex: If a tutor worked with two students from 1:00-2:00, that would count as two tutoring hours.) The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 13 P age
Summary of Tutoring Trends Chart 12. Visitors by Semester Visitors by Semester 700 600 500 476 505 572 418 460 Visitors 400 300 387 366 419 374 200 100 0 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 Semester Chart 13. Tutors by Semester Tutors By Semester 45 43 40 36 37 Tutors 35 30 25 26 29 29 27 30 32 20 15 10 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 Semester The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 14 P age
Summary of Tutoring Trends Chart 14. Tutors by Payment Method Tutors by Payment Method 100% 90% 80% 70% 10 14 14 12 14 15 12 14 15 60% 50% 40% 8 5 6 8 7 6 7 6 6 30% 20% 10% 8 10 9 7 9 15 18 23 11 0% 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 Paid by TLC Volunteer Paid by Other Dept. The Learning Center (TLC) www.tlc.msstate.edu 15 P age