Creating Vibrant Peer-Facilitated STEM Student Learning Communities through Campus Partnerships

Program Abstract: Duke University's Academic Resource Center offers peer-facilitated learning communities for many 100 to 200 level STEM courses through our STEM Advancement Through Group Engagement (SAGE) program. SAGE has successfully supported undergraduate students through partnerships with faculty and staff across the university. In this session, we will discuss how the SAGE model combines active learning, metacognition, and community building to positively impact students. We will then dive into how key partnerships have provided resources to support students in STEM gateway courses, helped with recruitment of diverse students to serve as peer facilitators, allowed for targeted enrollment of students, and facilitated the gathering of data to evaluate the effectiveness of SAGE groups.