Using Mentoring to Foster Professional Development Among Undergraduate Instructional Leaders

by: Cynthia C. Deaton and Benjamin Deaton

This study examines the mentoring relationships of student instructors who provide supplemental instruction for undergraduate science courses. Specifically, the authors examined the relationships negotiated between mentor and protege student instructors during the first year of the mentoring program.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2012Stock # jcst12_042_01_58Volume 042Issue 01

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Supplemental Instruction is gaining popularity as way to support learning and retention is science. The authors describe there first pass at implementing a peer mentoring program. While posi... See More

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