Supplemental Instruction is a program designed to support students in their learning process.
The program consists of advanced students supervising new students where the purpose is to
improve students' performance and reduce the risk of interruption of studies. Supplemental
Instruction was established almost 50 years ago and is used today in universities around the
world.This book examines different aspects of SI in organizations and leadership including
surveys of Supplemental Instruction programs in Europe how SI sessions should be organized
the degree to which SI improves retention rates and exam results SI and learning leadership
and leadership development benefits of being a member of an SI team and employability SI
implementation in healthcare education and virtual students' attitudes towards SI online.The
book is aimed at anyone who is concerned about study quality in higher education. The
Contributors are researchers and lecturers at various universities from several countries.The
book is part of a trilogy on Supplemental Instruction where the themes for the other books are
Digital Technologies and Student Learning Processes. The editors of the trilogy are Abbas
Strømmen-Bakhtiar (Professor) Roger Helde (Associate Professor) and Elisabeth Suzen (Associate
Professor) all three at Nord University Norway.
