Attendance at offered SI sessions is low and highly variable: on average 2.3 of 7 sessions, with 29% never attending¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r3 · q4
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q4 i? Among 255 invited students, average attendance was 2.3 sessions (SD = 2.07); 29% attended none and 35.7% attended four or more. → Dekker 2022

Evidence¶

Dekker 2022¶

Dekker, I., Luberti, M., & Stam, J. (2022). Effects of supplemental instruction on grades, mental well-being, and belonging: A field experiment. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-4001

q4 · i? · causal · r3

Descriptive attendance analysis of the treatment group's session logs across 274 scheduled sessions (16 cancelled due to Covid, 13 for excursions, 10 for campus closure). Attendance per course ranged from M = 1.52 to M = 4.50.

"On average, students attended 2.3 sessions (SD = 2.07), 29% never attended a single session, 17.6% attended only one session, and 35.7% of the students attended 4 or more sessions"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Seeking tutoring and attending supplemental instruction sessions are associated with significantly higher academic engagement — related
• Offering SI costs about €385.88 per invited student (€154 when set-up costs are spread over subsequent quarters) — related
• Offering Supplemental Instruction raises first-year students' course grades (d = 0.26) in a randomized field experiment — related