Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS)

Contact Information

Learning Centers

Description

Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) are a student-facilitated academic support program designed to help students improve their performance and retention in specific courses. What makes PASS unique is that the session leaders have successfully completed the course with the same professor. These students attend the same lectures and they prepare additional course materials/handouts that reinforce the information the student is currently learning in the course in a group setting. During PASS, students participants work with leaders and their classmates to review lecture notes, course content, work on practice problems, and discuss ways to enhance their learning and study skills

Web Presence

https://www.jmu.edu/pass/index.shtml

Involvement

Involves Faculty, Involves Staff, Involves Students

Date

Ongoing

Frequency

Ongoing (Currently in existence, year round)

Areas of Engagement

Engaged Learning

Format

Program