Peer Lead Team Learning (PLTL) workshops were first piloted in the Department of Chemistry at Morehouse College in 2004 in a single general chemistry course.  After a successful piloting phase, PLTL was ultimately institutionalized across all sections of the introductory courses (general and organic chemistry) within the department, with full integration of PLTL workshops occurring in place of the traditional recitation sections.  After establishing the impact that this intervention had on the successful completion rates in these courses, PLTL expanded throughout the Division of Science and Mathematics at Morehouse -- with either pilot or course-wide implementations taking place in Biology, Physics, Mathematics and Psychology.  By 2009, Morehouse had established itself a regional leader in PLTL implementation and hosted a national conference to disseminate best practices associated with the implementation of successful PLTL programs.  A description of the timeline for this multi-discipline implementation and our "lessons learned" will be discussed.

PLTL: A multidisciplinary intervention to ensure success in STEM gatekeeper courses at morehouse college

255th National Meeting (2018)

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