LibQUAL+ is a suite of services that can be used to assess and improve library services. The survey, which takes 10-15 minutes to complete, includes 27 questions on users expectations for specific resources, services, and environment; demographic questions, questions about respondents' use of Steen Library, and a box for comments.
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Faculty are encouraged to conference with their students in the large, comfortable setting of the AARC. Tutoring at the AARC allows the professor to build rapport with the tutors in his field while being accessible to his students in a collaborative environment. Contact the Program Director for your discipline to arrange for faculty tutoring.
Department of Mathematics
Since I have to have office hours why not have them where I am guaranteed to get students? At Harvard I spent some of my office hours at their tutoring centers, and I believe in the work of tutoring centers, so I better put money and time where my mouth is. Being at the AARC gives me contact with students, and they are more likely to ask me questions that I would not get from the classroom or in my office which then helps me to be a better teacher.
Department of Mathematics
Different students are available at different times of the day, and I want to make sure that everyone has access to office hours. I think the walk-in tables are a great, nonthreatening environment to work on math together. It's a great challenge and great fun to try to engage each one exactly at their unique 'trouble spots.' I really enjoy the people who work at the walk-in tables. A fun community has formed around those tables!
Department of Mathematics
I have a hard time getting students to come to my office. I know that students go to the AARC regularly, and I was hoping that they'd get to know me better there. I've really liked working at the walk-in table. I like getting to switch gears and think about problems in different courses, and it's been instructive for me to see the way the peer tutors interact with the students.
Department of Mathematics
I thought that more students might come ask questions if they were in an environment less threatening than a "Professor's Office!!" With other students all around, it seems the AARC might be more inviting than a one-on-one session with their old fogey professor. Besides offering my 220 students a chance to seek help in a hospitable environment, I find that my upper division undergraduate students are also taking this opportunity to get their questions answered. Again I think that they see me in a less formal light when I'm sitting at the Walk-In table. I've also had the opportunity to tutor students from classes other than my own, which has been interesting.
Department of Mathematics
I was an AARC tutor and SI leader when I was an undergraduate here at SFA, and I still have happy memories of my time working there. I think I learned as much math tutoring as I did in class (well, not quite!) As a teacher I notice that students are not very comfortable coming to my office. That's too bad! I really don't bite. I will try to keep some office hours in the AARC, especially before exams, so that I am more conveniently available. Maybe all my students will realize I'm serious when I say "You are welcome to come by for help!
