Focuses on the specifics of Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions, and the processes that make SI so successful in helping college students get better grades, refine applied-learning skills, and increase retention. Includes a model for researching the impact of SI on student academic performance. Contains 43 references. (AS)

Describes the design and implementation of a Spiral Model for the introduction and repeated practice of study strategies, based on Taba's model for social studies. In a college reading and studies strategies course, key strategies were introduced early and used through several sets of humanities and social and physical sciences readings. (Contains…