STEM conference 2019: ‘Scripts for solutions’: Using change management techniques to support tutorial sessions

This session will outline an approach of tutorials that use techniques from change management and solution-focused questioning to bring about change in learning for students especially when solutions are hard to find. By identifying areas that are relevant and realistically changeable it is hypothesised that sustained change in learning behaviour may be achieved. This pilot has used rating scales as a measure of possible change alongside learning scripts to help students prepare their thinking for the tutorials. Additionally the use of feedback to the tutor increases the probability that the sessions are more effective for both.