Tutorial Learning Center

What are the benefits of receiving tutoring?

• Developing or enhancing your existing skills;
• Developing effective study habits;
• Increasing your self-confidence;
• Increasing your understanding of the subject matter;
• Developing a positive attitude toward learning.

Distance Learning
If you cannot come to Houston 110 during normal tutoring hours (Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM and Friday 8:00 AM 0 5:00 PM), and would like to work with a tutor by phone, please call our Distance Tutoring line at 970 248-1021.

You will make the most of your tutoring session if you:

• Bring your assignment;
• Start the assignment (try to do it first);
• Prepare questions to ask the tutor;
• Be ready to tell the tutor one main thing you would like help with;
• Bring a positive attitude and a willingness to try.

What NOT to expect:

Our tutors are instructed to help you become more independent in your learning. They are NOT permitted to DO any of your work FOR YOU. This includes correcting your work, suggesting words to use in your paper, doing your assignment or teaching you the content after your absence from class.

What tutors WILL do:

Tutors will:

• Offer study tips;
• Offer encouragement;
• Give feedback on student assignments;
• Review concepts, types of problems, and rules;
• Help students follow an instructor's directions;
• Help students use their textbooks, syllabi and materials more effectively;
• Introduce students to myriad self-help and campus resources available to them;
• Reinforce what students already know and understand.

Tutorial Services is always looking for stellar students to be peer tutors.

If you like helping other students succeed in their classes, you are welcome to apply to be a tutor.

Paid training is provided for all students who work as tutors.

Peer Tutors are current MSC students who have received an "A" or "B" in a course that they would like to tutor. They must also have at least a 2.5 GPA and a faculty recommendation.

Applications to become a Peer Tutor are available in Houston 110. Please stop by and ask for an application form, or call 248-1392 if you have any questions.

There are many helpful websites on the internet to assist students with a variety of issues that may come up while working on an academic project.  These sites are available twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. We encourage you to visit any of the following:

ESL sites:
Dave's ESL Cafe page
Rong-Chang Li's ESL page
Karin's ESL Partyland page
Marie Nuzzi's List of ESL Resources page
Self Study Quizzes for ESL Students page

Grammar/Writing sites:
Community College of Southern Nevada: A Guide to Writing A Summary page
Michael Harvey's The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing page
St.Cloud State University & LEO: Literacy Education Online page
Capital Community College Foundation: A Guide to Grammer and Writing page

Study Skills sites:
City College of San Francisco: Favorite Study Skills Websites page
Study Guides and Strategies page
How-To-Study.com: A Study Skills Resource Site page
Virginia Tech: Study Skills Self-Help Info page
Sites to Promote Academic Success page
Bucks County Community College: Websites on Study Skills page
Utah State University: Online Learning Center page