Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/366
Title: | Formal Academic Mentoring: a pilot scheme for first-year science students at a regional university | Contributor(s): | Quinn, F (author) ; Hollingworth, A (author); Muldoon, R (author) | Publication Date: | 2002 | DOI: | 10.1080/13611260220133126 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/366 | Abstract: | This article describes a pilot academic mentoring program carried out over one semester in The Faculty of the Sciences at a regional Australian university. The program employed a science and education specialist in the faculty to provide an avenue of help to first-year science students at risk of failing, to identify some of the barriers to their performance, and to thereby enhance student success and retention. The mentor found that many students who had already failed one major exam were at least as motivated, and studying as many hours, as their more successful counterparts, though they attended fewer lectures and found their units of study more difficult. Despite relatively low numbers of self-referring students, the program was viewed favourably by all students that sought mentoring assistance. On the basis of the pilot, the mentor program has been continued fora further three years. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Mentoring & Tutoring, 10(1), p. 21-34 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1361-1267 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 139999 Education not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
---|---|
Appears in Collections: | Journal Article |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format |
---|
SCOPUSTM
Citations
18
checked on Oct 5, 2024
Page view(s)
1,256
checked on Feb 25, 2024
Items in Research UNE are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.