Students helping students, Structured Study Sessions - Through regularly scheduled group study sessions, PAL (Peer Assisted Learning) Peer Mentors help students review, practice and share their understanding of course material.
About Structured Study Sessions (webpage)
Sign up to attend a ECON 111, ECON 114 or PHYS 117 mock exam [posted Jan 31, 2012] |
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Term 2 (Jan-Apr, 2012) Structured Study Session Offerings
| Course | Instructor | SSS Coaches | Schedule & Locations |
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| ECON111-04 | Sajjadur Rahman | Bowen | Tuesdays 10-11:20am -- Collaborative Learning Lab (1st floor of Murray Library) Wednesdays 11:30-12:50pm -- Collaborative Learning Lab |
| ECON114-02 | Sajjadur Rahman | Yichen | Tuesdays 3:30-4:20pm -- ARTS 217 Thursdays 12:30-1:20pm -- ARTS 104 |
| ECON114-08 | Alfons Boving | Chen | Mondays 5-5:50pm -- ARTS 217 Thursdays 5-5:50pm -- ARTS 108 |
| PHYS 117 (01) | Brian Zulkoskey | Laura | Tuesdays 10-11:20am -- THORV 129 Wednesdays 1:30-2:50pm -- ARTS 101 |
| PHYS 117 (02) | Jean-Pierre St. Maurice | Ghassan | Tuesdays 1-2:20pm - ARTS 106 Fridays 2:30-3:50pm -Collaborative Learning Lab |
* Most of the Structured Study Sessions for these classes will start the week of January 9th.
Term 1, 2011-12
* Most of the Structured Study Sessions for these classes will start the week of September 12th, 2011.
| Course | Instructor | SSS Coaches | SSSs |
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| ECON 111 (01) (07) | Sajjadur Rahman | Chen C. (01) and Yichen D. (07) | Mondays, 4:30-5:50 pm - Chen -- ARTS 108 Tuesdays, 2:00-3:20 pm - Chen -- THORV 128 Tuesdays, 7:00-8:20 pm - Yichen -- ARTS 263 Thursdays, 7:00-8:20 pm - Yichen -- ARTS 263 |
| PHYS 115 (01) | Brian Zulkoskey | Joseph V. | Tuesdays, 7:00-8:20 pm -- ARTS 108 Thursdays, 2:30-3:50 pm -- ARTS 206 |
| PHYS 115 (02) | Robert Pywell | Ghassan H. | Tuesdays, 11:30 am-12:50 pm - ARTS 106 Thursdays, 1:00-2:20 pm - ARTS 200 |
| PHYS 115 (03) | Kathryn McWilliams | Laura C. | Mondays, 11:30 am-12:50 pm - ARTS 210 Wednesdays, 12:30-1:50 pm - ARTS 211 |
| MATH 121 (01) | Raj Srinivasan | Allison S. | Mondays 3:30-5:00pm Murray Library room 102 Tuesdays 11:30am-1:00pm Archeology 124 |
| MATH 121 (03) | Christine Soteros | Kendal W. | Mondays 2:30-4:00pm Arts 210 Tuesdays 1:00-2:30pm Agric 2C71 |
| Kaylee L.**** | New time: Wednesdays 5:45-7:15pm ESB 103 (except Wed. Nov. 2: Arts 100) |
**** Yet another change to Kaylee's Wednesday session: it will now be held from 5:45-7:15pm in ESB 103**** (Why is the location being changed? We thought we'd look for a bigger room. Also: on November 2, her session will be held in Arts 100 because ESB 103 is not available that day.)
Further Math 121 SSS information
How find some of the rooms for our Math 121 SSS sessions
Here's a map of the U of S campus (click on the magnifying glass to enlarge the map): http://www.usask.ca/ulc/mathfiles/University-of-Saskatchewan-Campus-Map.gif
- Archeology Building - located near the Engineering Building
Room 124 of the Archeology Building can be seen on this plan of the first floor of the Archeology Building: http://www.usask.ca/maps/congress/archaeology_1.html
- Agriculture Building - past the Physics Building towards the Engineering Building; room 2C71 is on the second floor, past the Tim Hortons location in Geology along the walkway connecting Geology and Agriculture: http://www.usask.ca/maps/congress/agriculture_2.html
Mock Midterm 1 - was held in ARTS 146, Monday, Sept. 19, at 5:30pm. Missed the mock midterm session? Here's a link to the test: Math 121 Mock Midterm 1. Answers to Mock Midterm #1 are available here . If you need help understanding how the answers were obtained, please attend a study session, come to Math/Stats Help or ask your instructor or TA (lab assistant).
Looking for extra questions to work on? Your textbook has chapter review questions at the end of every chapter. Old midterm tests can be good sources for extra practice questions, too.
Mock Midterm 2 ROOM CHANGE The session was held on Monday, October 3, at 5:30pm in PHYSICS 103 165. Here's a link to the test: Math 121 Mock Midterm 2 . Answers to Mock Midterm #2 are available here. If you need help understanding how the answers were obtained, please attend a study session, come to Math/Stats Help or ask your instructor or TA (lab assistant). If you think you've found errors in the solutions, please email Holly at holly.fraser at usask.ca
Mock Midterm 3 - was held Monday, October 17, at 5:30pm in ARTS 146. Here's a link to the test: mock midterm 3. NOTE: there was an error in the unsimplified answer to # 7 - the answer should have read f'(x) = (8-x)^(1/3) + (1/3)(8-x)^(-2/3)(x) . Our apologies for the error. Answers are available here . If you think you've found another error in the answers, please email Holly at holly.fraser at usask.ca .
Mock Midterm 4 - was held Monday, October 31 at 4:30pm in ARTS 146. Here's a link to the test: mock midterm 4. Answers to Mock Midterm 4 are available here . If you think you've found an error, please email Holly at holly.fraser at usask.ca.
Mock Midterm 5 - will be held Monday, November 21 at 5:00pm in ARTS 146. Here's a link to the test: mock midterm 5 . Answers to Mock Midterm 5 are available here. If you think you've found an error, please email Holly at holly.fraser at usask.ca.
Mock Final - will be held on Friday, December 2 at 4:30pm in Arts 146. The mock final is available as a pdf file here: mock final . Answers to the Mock Final are available here.
If you are looking for extra practice, here are last year's mock final and answer files: mock final 2010 and mock final 2010 answers .
Which courses have used Structured Study Sessions in past years?
Check out our SSS history page!
