Overview

What are Collaborative Study Groups?

• CSGs are small-group student-centered tutorial groups where students identify specific questions or concepts from content area courses and collaborate to deepen their understanding through inquiry and guided questioning. They can best be understood as AVID Tutorials in content area courses.
• The EMUHSD CSG model calls for each participating section to dedicate one full period a week for CSG implementation.
• On each CSG day, the section should be supported by 2-4 content area tutors. These tutors will serve in a similar capacity to AVID Tutors in AVID Elective Courses during Tutorials.
• The CSG process is highly structured and involves pre-, during-, and post-tasks for students, tutors, and teachers. This process will be outlined in more detail in Section II Process Breakdown.
• Some sections use CSGs in conjunction with ALEKS. RHS is currently piloting a 3-rotation model (on only the CSG day), where one group participates in CSGs, one group has small group instruction with the teacher, and and one group uses ALEKS. These groups rotate every 20-minutes.