GUID 10 – Page 1
Date Approved:
3/14/88
Date Scanned:
5/18/2005
College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: GUID 10
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE Introduction to Peer Tutoring
LECTURE HOURS: 9.0
LAB HOURS: 0.0
UNITS: 0.5
PREREQUISITE: None
Eligibility for: Engl 150
Math 105
Request for Exception Attached
CO-REQUISITE: None
GRADING STANDARD:
Letter Grade Only
TRANSFERABILITY:
CSUS
UC
Articulation with UC requested
Repeatable
yes
no
CR/NC Only
NONE
Grade/CR/NC Option
Maximum Class Size 30
Max No. Units
Max No. Enrollments
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Practical skills necessary to function as a peer tutor, to train in human relation techniques, individual
differences in learning styles, the importance of independence and good study habits, educational
methods used to promote good learning.
COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate
some of them in terms of specific student accomplishments, e.g., specific knowledge and/or skills to be
attained as a result of completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include objectives in the
area of “critical thinking.” Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
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focus on the practical skills necessary to function effectively as a peer tutor;
use empathy, listening skills, assertion, and other human relation techniques;
discuss individual differences in learning styles;
discuss the importance of encouraging independence and good study habits;
evaluate educational methods that may be used to promote learning.
COURSE OUTLINE:
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The Tutorial Plan
Diagnosis Through Observation
Teaching Learning Skills
Group Tutorials
The Tutor as Counselor
Bridging Cultural Gaps
Tutoring Physical Sciences
Tutoring Social Sciences
Tutoring the Writing Process
Tutoring ESL
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
GUID 10 – Page 2
Date Approved:
3/14/88
Date Scanned:
5/18/2005
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
(Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended, including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title: Tutoring Handbook
Required
Edition:
Alternate
Author: CR Counseling Center
Recommended
Publisher: CR
Date Published:
(Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.)
For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level:
Yes. Basis for determination:
is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair or
Branch Coordinator, or Center Dean)
OR
has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale-Chall
Readability Index Scale.
No. Request for Exception Attached
If no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course, a request for exception must
be attached and a rationale provided. This request for exception wilt be approved or denied by the
Curriculum Committee.
METHODS TO MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
Please check where appropriate; however, a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one
response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why
substantial writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade.
1. Substantial writing assignments, including:
essay exam(s)
term or other paper(s)
written homework
reading report(s)
laboratory report(s)
other (specify) _____
If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate
because:
The course is primarily computational in nature.
The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving.
Other rationale (explain) __________________________________________
2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including:
exam(s)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)_______
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s)
other (specify)____
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
field work
performance exam(s)
true/false
other (specify)
matching items
5. Other (specify) ____________________________________
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
GUID 10 – Page 3
Date Approved:
3/14/88
Date Scanned:
5/18/2005
REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL
Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the
student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each
hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the
regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following:
Study
Answer questions
Skill practice
Required reading
Problem solving activity or exercise
Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research)
Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the
semester)
Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum,
concert, debate, meeting, etc.)
Field trips
Other (specify) view video tapes
NOTE: ALL Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which
require the student to study outside of class. Therefore, activity classes for which degree credit
status is requested must also indicate, on the above list, the areas of outside study.
COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-degree applicable courses. Describe how the course requires students to
independently analyze, synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and
assess solutions, apply principles to new situations, etc.
After reading, viewing and discussing each topic, students are required to give written responses to
questions requiring the application of principles to new situations.