The Learning Center (TLC)
Tutoring Program
Spring 2014
Tutoring is free to all Mississippi State University students and is
available for most of the major subjects during the fall, spring, and
summer terms. The Learning Center’s tutoring lab is located in
Allen Hall room 266. Students can sign up for tutoring
appointments at tutoring.tlc.msstate.edu.
Dr. Anna Dill, Director
Evan Warren, Graduate Assistant
Nidhita Sharma, Graduate Assistant
About The Learning Center (TLC) Tutoring:
The Learning Center has helped over 3,000 MSU students (including over 9,000 individual visits)
since Fall 2011. These are real-life testimonials from students that have benefited from tutoring at
The Learning Center.
"The Learning Center is a great place to learn information for classes. It takes time to
expand on the courses or subjects for students at MSU."
"The atmosphere in The Learning Center was nice. If I ever need help, I know that I can come
to The Learning Center."
"I will recommend the tutoring to anyone in need of assistance, such as tutoring. The
Learning Center is an excellent source for better understanding the material."
"The help I got from the tutoring at The Learning Center was exactly what I needed. It helped
me to understand the information, and do well in the class! Thank you again for providing
this service to students."
"Thank you to the University for providing this service. I believe that overall it is a great
service."
“I commend The Learning Center. Thank you all for providing free tutoring services; it is
much needed and certainly appreciated.”
Tutoring Schedule – Spring 2014
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
ACC-Accounting
ACC-2013 • ACC-2023
AEC-Agricultural Economics
AEC-2713
BIO-Biological Sciences
BIO-1023 • BIO-1134 • BIO-1144 • BIO-2103 • BIO-3304
BIS-Business Information Systems
BIS-1012 • BIS-3233
BL-Business Law
BL-2413
BQA-Business Quantitive Analysis
BQA-2113 • BQA-2113 • BQA-3123
CH-Chemistry
1043 • 1211 • 1213 • 1221 • 1223 • CH-2503 • CH-4511 • CH-4513 • CH-4521 • CH-4523 • CH-4554
CO-Communication
CO-1003 • CO-1013 • CO-1223
EC-Economics
2113 • 2113 • 2123 • 2123 • 3113 • EC-3123 • EC-EC-3123 • EC-4323 • EC-4713
EM-Engineering Mechanics
EM-2413
EN-English
1103 • 1113 • 2203 • 2213 • 2223 • EN-2243 • EN-2253
FIN-Finance
FIN-3113 • FIN-3123 • FIN-3123 • FIN-3723 • FIN-4423
FLF-French FLF-1113 • FLF-1123 • FLF-2133 • FLF-2143 • FLF-3114 • FLF-3124 • FLF-3513 • FLF-4223 FLG-German FLG-1113 • FLG-1123 • FLG-2133 • FLG-2143 FLS-Spanish FLS-1113 • FLS-1123 • FLS-2133 • FLS-2143 GG-Geology GG-1113 HI-History HI-1073 MA-Mathematics
MA-0103 • MA-1313 • MA-1323 • MA-1413 • MA-1423 • MA-1433 • MA-1453 • MA-1613 • MA-1713 • MA-1723 • MA-2733 • MA-2743 • MA-3113 • MA-3253
MKT-Marketing MKT-3013 PHI-Philosophy PHI-1113 PH-Physics 1013 • 1023 • 1063 • 1113 • 1123 • PH-1133 • PH-2213 • PH-2223 • PH-2233 PRX-Praxis Tutoring PRX-1000 • PRX-2000 • PRX-3000 PS-Political Science 1113 • 1313 • 2703 • 2713 • 3063 • PS-4273 • PS-4703 PSY-Psychology
PSY-1013 • PSY-3104 • PSY-3713
PT-Personal tutoring PT-0000 SO-Sociology SO-1003 ST-Statistics ST-2113
Free tutoring for all MSU students. Go to tlc.msstate.edu or call 662.325.8613. Located in Allen 266. Spring 2014 2:00- 7:00 9:00- 11:00 2:00- 7:00 2:00- 6:00 9:00- 11:00 2:00- 6:00 3:00-4:00 3:00-4:00 2:00- 4:00 2:00- 4:00 5:00-6:00 4:00-5:00 5:00-7:00 4:00-7:00 9:00-10:30 8:15-10:45 11:45-3:15 8:15-11:15 2:00-4:30 8:15-11:15 11:45-4:30 8:15-11:15 2:00-4:30 8:15-11:15 11:45-4:30 2:00-4:00 5:00-6:00 2:00-4:00 5:00-6:00 5:00-7:00 5:00-6:00 5:00-6:00 11:00-12:00 2:00-7:00 9:00-11:00 2:00-7:00 11:00-12:00 2:00-6:00 9:00-11:00 2:00-7:00 9:00-10:00 5:00-6:00 4:00-5:00 5:00-6:00 5:00-7:00 3:30-5:30 3:30-5:00 11:00-12:30 5:00-7:00 5:00-7:00 5:00-7:00 2:00-4:00 2:00-4:00 3:00-4:00 3:00-4:00 5:00-6:00 5:00-7:00 5:00-7:00 5:00-7:00 12:00-2:00 5:00-7:00 12:00-2:00 12:00-2:00 4:00-5:00 12:30-1:30 12:30-2:00 5:00-7:00 4:00-7:00 9:00-10:30 3:30-4:30 3:30-4:30 4:00-5:00 9:00-11:45 12:00-2:00 9:00-11:45 12:00-2:00 1:00-2:00 3:00-4:00 11:00-1:30 5:00-7:00 5:00-7:00
Students could receive tutoring in the following subjects during Spring 2014:
ACC-2013 Principles of Financial Accounting ACC-2023 Principles of Managerial Accounting AEC-2713 Intro to Food & Resource Econ BIO-1023 Plants & Humans
BIO-1134 Biology I BIO-1144 Biology II BIO-2103 Cell Biology
BIO-3304 General Microbiology
BIS-1012 Intro to Business Information Systems BIS-3233 Management Information Systems BL-2413 Legal Environment of Business BQA-2113 Business Stats Method I BQA-2113 Business Stats Method I BQA-3123 Business Stats Method II CH-1043 (General) Survey of Chemistry I CH-1211 Invst in Chemistry I
CH-1213 Chemistry I
CH-1221 Invst in Chemistry II CH-1223 Chemistry II
CH-2503 Elementary Organic Chemistry CH-4511 Organic Chemistry I Lab CH-4513 Organic Chemistry I CH-4521 Organic Chemistry II Lab CH-4523 Organic Chemistry II CH-4554 Integrated Organic I CO-1003 Fund Of Public Speak CO-1013 Intro to Communication CO-1223 Intro Comm Theory
EC-2113 Principles of Macroeconomics EC-2113 Principles of Macroeconomics EC-2123 Principles of Microeconomics EC-2123 Principles of Microeconomics EC-3113 Intermediate Macroeconomics EC-3123 Intermediate Microeconomics EC-3123 Intermediate Microeconomics EC-4323 International Economics EC-4713 Industrial Orgs
EM-2413 Engineering Mech I EN-1103 English Comp I EN-1113 English Comp II EN-2203 Intro To Literature EN-2213 English Lit Before 1800 EN-2223 English Lit After 1800 EN-2243 American Lit Before 1865 EN-2253 American Lit After 1865 FIN-3113 Financial Systems FIN-3123 Financial Management FIN-3123 Financial Management FIN-3723 Financial Markets FIN-4423 Investments FLF-1113 French I FLF-1123 French II FLF-2133 French III FLF-2143 French IV
FLF-3114 Adv French Comp
FLF-3124 Advanced French Conv FLF-3513 Survey Of French Lit FLF-4223 French Novel before 1945 FLG-1113 German I FLG-1123 German II FLG-2133 German III FLG-2143 German IV FLS-1113 Spanish I FLS-1123 Spanish II FLS-2133 Spanish III FLS-2143 Spanish IV
GG-1113 Survey Earth Science I HI-1073 Modern US History MA-0103 Intermediate Algebra MA-1313 College Algebra MA-1323 Trigonometry
MA-1413 Structure Real Numbers MA-1423 Problem Solving Reals
MA-1433 Informal Geometry & Measure MA-1453 Pre-Calculus
MA-1613 Business Calculus I MA-1713 Calculus I
MA-1723 Calculus II MA-2733 Calculus III MA-2743 Calculus IV
MA-3113 Intro Linear Algebra MA-3253 Differential Equations MKT-3013 Principles of Marketing PH-1013 Physical Science Survey I PH-1023 Physical Science Survey II PH-1063 Descriptive Astronomy PH-1113 General Physics I PH-1123 General Physics II PH-1133 General Physics III PH-2213 Physics I
PH-2223 Physics II PH-2233 Physics III PHI-1113 Intro to Logic PRX-1000 Praxis Core Writing PRX-2000 Praxis Core Reading PRX-3000 Praxis Core Math PS-1113 American Government PS-1313 Intro Intnl Relatns PS-2703 Intro Public Policy PS-2713 Intro Engineer Pub Polcy PS-3063 Constitution Powers PS-4273 African American Pol PS-4703 Prin Pub Adm PSY-1013 General Psychology
PSY-3104 Introductory Psychology Stats PSY-3713 Cognitive Psychology
PT-0000 Personal Tutoring SO-1003 Intro to Sociology ST-2113 Intro to Statistics
Summary – Spring 2014
Number of students who utilized tutoring services:
419
Number of tutoring sessions provided to those students:
1,286
Number of tutors employed by The Learning Center:
36
Number of subjects for which tutoring was available:
21
Number of courses for which tutoring was available:
109
Most popular subjects:
Math and Physics
New services offered: -
Sunday afternoon tutoring
- Private tutoring
Upcoming services:
- Online tutoring for Distance Education students
- Supplemental Instruction in conjunction with the
Day One Leadership Community
Semester Overview – Spring 2014
27 9 53 36 127 18 1 11 9 2 23 5 514 1 217 60 2 3 4 5 32 0 100 200 300 400 500 ACC-Accounting AEC-Agricultural Economics BIO-Biological Sciences BQA-Business Quantitive Analysis CH-Chemistry EC-Economics EM-Engineering Mechanics EN-English FIN-Finance FLF-French FLS-Spanish GG-Geology MA-Mathematics PHI-Philosophy PH-Physics PRX-Praxis I PS-Political Science PSY-Psychology PT-Personal tutoring SO-Sociology ST-StatisticsVisits
Tutoring by Subject
Semester Overview – Spring 2014
0
100
200
300
400
500
January
February
March
April
May
Visits
Tutoring by Month
0 100 200 300 400Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Sunday
Visits
Tutoring by Day of the Week
0
100
200
300
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Sunday
Visits
Tutoring by Time of the Day
Before Noon
Afternoon
*
Students – Spring 2014
5
82
60
10
111
43
60
11
1
36
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Adkerson School of Accountancy
Bagley College of Engineering
College of Ag. & Life Sciences
College of Arch, Art & Design
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Business
College of Education
College of Forest Resources
College of Veterinary Medicine
Undeclared
# of Students
Number of Students by College
No
Referral
50%
Teacher
21%
Friend
19%
Other
10%
Referral Method
Tutored
Only
Once
46%
Tutored
More
Than
Once
54%
Students – Spring 2014
Male
47%
Female
53%
Gender
Black or
African
American
32%
Hispanic
or Latino
1%
White
62%
Other
5%
Ethnicity
Freshman
34%
Sophomore
28%
Junior
22%
Senior
15%
Graduate
1%
Classification
Tutors – Spring 2014
Number of Tutors by Subject
Subject
Number of Tutors*
Agricultural Economics
1
Biology
7
Business
5
Chemistry
3
English
1
French
1
History
1
Mathematics
13
Mechanical Engineering
1
Personal Tutoring
1
Physics
6
Political Science
1
Praxis I
2
Psychology
2
Sociology
1
Spanish
1
Statistics
6
20
15
1
Undergraduate Student - in school
Graduate Student - in school
Master's Degree - out of school
0
5
10
15
20
25
# of tutors
Number of Tutors by Qualification
*Note: This number reflects tutors who helped in multiple subjects. They are counted in the total number for each subject they tutored.
Summary of Tutoring Trends
Tutoring Over Time
Number of
Students
Tutoring Hours*
Number of
Number of Visits
Fall 2011
476
1778.08
1406
Spring 2012
387
1814.58
1387
Summer 2012
82
428.60
284
Fall 2012
505
1812.27
1389
Spring 2013
366
1264.30
1069
Summer 2013
75
246.08
172
Fall 2013
572
1344.35
1566
Spring 2014
419
1100.77
1286
Total
2882
9789.03
8559
476
387
82
505
366
75
572
419
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Fall 2011
Spring
2012
Summer
2012
Fall 2012
Spring
2013
Summer
2013
Fall 2013
Spring
2014
Total Number of Students
*Includes duplicate hours, which is the time the tutors spent tutoring more than one student at a time. (Ex: If a tutor worked with two students from 1:00-2:00, that would count as two tutoring hours.)
Summary of Tutoring Trends
8
10
9
7
9
15
8
5
6
8
7
6
10
14
14
12
14
15
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%Fall 2011 Spring 2012 Fall 2012 Spring 2013 Fall 2013 Spring 2014
Tutors by Payment Method
Paid by Other Depts. Volunteer Paid by TLC *
26
29
29
27
30
36
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Total Number of Tutors
*The Science Tutors is a small group of students who excel in the sciences and volunteer their time teaching their peers at the MSU Learning Center. The majority of the members are pre-professional or education students. Although the primary focus of the group is on biology courses, the group has the flexibility to offer tutoring services in other science subjects as well.
