Suggestions for Using the Learning Center

We Can:

• Help you understand and complete your coursework
• Explain concepts, whether general or advanced
• Work through different examples of the problems giving you trouble
• Help you build confidence to work out problems on your own
• Give notetaking and studying advice
• Help discover specifically what you can do to better your skills in a subject area

We Cannot:

• Substitute for your professor, who is best-equipped to answer questions specific to your class
• Magically help you meet a deadline if you waited too long to start an assignment
• Do your homework problems for you
• Write or rewrite major portions of your papers
• Help you with assignments that your professor wants you to do by yourself, like take-home tests

To Best Use The Learning Center:

• Take careful notes in class and try to understand them
• Put forth serious effort in your work
• See your professor, especially with questions about the lectures and assignments
• Bring your textbook, notes, assignments, and specific questions with you to the Learning Center
• Consider visiting in a small group, if there are others in your class who want help too
• Take a tutoring schedule with you after your first visit so you know when to come back
• Never wait until the last minute!

Please Remember:

• We do the best we can to be a productive supplement to your own work.
• We don't give you the answers, we help you find them.