Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Groups : College Group Tutoring and Study Review Groups

The “PALgroups Podcast” is focused on college study review groups. PAL is the name for the study review groups used at the University of Minnesota. We drew upon best practices from international models such as Supplemental Instruction, Peer-led Team Learning, and the Emerging Scholars Program. I served on the team that created the PAL model at the Univ. of Minnesota. Before UMN, I served at the Center for SI at the Univ. of Missouri-KC.

Some episodes share new things I am learning from around the world. Common names for peer learning groups are Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) and Peer Assisted Learning (PAL). Other podcast episodes feature student study group leaders and program coordinators describing session activities that worked well. Those interviews include what they are learning personally and professionally from their experience. Send an email to David Arendale, arendale@umn.edu, if you or your students want to be interviewed for the podcast. I also maintain an annotated bibliography of publications about seven major peer learning models. It now exceeds 1,700 publication. Click this link to download the bibliography. Training manuals and other PAL resources are available by clicking on this link for the website.

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(PDF) July 2017 Annotated Bibliography of Postsecondary Peer Cooperative Learning Programs

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Feb 15, 2017

For many years I have maintained an annotated bibliography of publications about peer learning programs at the postsecondary level. This annotated bibliography does not attempt to be inclusive of this broad field of literature concerning peer collaborative learning. Instead, it is focused intentionally on a subset of...

Season Two Overview Spring 2017

Feb 8, 2017

S02-E01In this podcast episode, we begin our second season of the PAL Podcast. We are focused on postsecondary peer cooperative learning programs. Our podcast will include not only interviews with student leaders of these college study group sessions but also interviews with supervisors of PAL programs around the...

(S01-E06) College Algebra with Rhonda

Feb 1, 2017

Rhonda is a student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities that shares some strategies that are successful in college algebra math through her experience as a PAL facilitator. Among her comments concerning competitive learning games in PAL sessions. She carefully uses it in class to energize students before major...

(S01-E05) College Precalculus Math with Jered

Feb 1, 2017

Jered is a student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities that shares some strategies that are successful in college Calculus I math through his experience as a PAL facilitator. Among his comments he shares strategies to engage the students through intentional peer cooperative learning activities.

(S01-E04) College Algebra PAL with Ahn

Jan 27, 2017

Ahn is a student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities that shares some strategies that are successful in college algebra through her experience as a PAL facilitator. Among her comments she shares strategies to engage the students through intentional peer cooperative learning activities such as jigsaw and the need...