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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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Please post comments to the individual episodes, post to the iTunes podcast review and rating section, and email to me at arendale@umn.edu You can also check out my other podcasts and social media channels at www.davidmedia.org Thanks for listening.
  1. All Episodes
  2. 2017
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(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...

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(S01-E03) College Algebra with Nikela

Jan 27, 2017

Nikela 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 on her caution with using gaming activities in her math sessions; activities that involve students with math board...

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(S01-E02) General Chemistry PAL with Melissa

Jan 27, 2017

Melissa is a student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities that shares how she serves as a PAL facilitator in an introductory general chemistry course. She shares several strategies for the sessions including exam bingo and involving students with creating the problem worksheets and helping others students to...

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(S01-E01) PAL Groups Podcast Overview

Jan 27, 2017

I am hosting a new audio podcast series available for free subscription through Apple's iTunes store or free downloading through this blog page. It is called the Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Groups Podcast. It features short episodes of about 10 minutes devoted to interviews of students that facilitate and guide...

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