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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"peer mentors"”.
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A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of First-Generation Peer Mentors
… on the benefits that mentees receive from peer mentoring, there is limited research on the benefits to mentors, particularly first-generation students (FGS). The purpose of this study was to examine the experience of mentoring from the FGS mentors’ point of view. In this qualitative, …
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Peer mentors as a transitional and emerging position in alcohol and drug services
… and rationale: The thesis explores the role of peer mentors (PMs) and how it is perceived and shaped by PMs themselves and the people they work with in alcohol and drug services in London. The literature review, carried out as part of this thesis, found critical gaps in the published literature, …
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Using Peer Mentors in the Clinical Setting to Reduce Anxiety in the First Semester Clinical Nursing Student
Peer mentoring or peer assisted learning is widely used in the educational setting. Research suggests it is a powerful educational tool with multiple positive outcomes for students. However, there is little research regarding peer mentoring in the clinical setting. The clinical setting, an …
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Twenty Years of Community-Based College Success: Oral Histories from Practitioners, Partners, and Peer Mentors Supporting City University of New York (CUNY) Students
… and empower their participants to mentor their peers. As an ecosystem of practitioners, they also openly collaborate, develop partnerships, and form coalitions to address institutional barriers to college success.</p> <p>The CBO college success oral history website and accompanying white paper …
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Training Peer Mentors in Reinforcement and Modeling with Prompting (RaMP): Using Mixed Reality Simulation to Encourage Social Reciprocity Skills in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… in the same manner as their typically developing peers and affects their interactions, speech and language abilities, and emotional regulation (Whitman & DeWitt, 2011). Peer Mentors (PMs) are trained to support the development of these skills as part of the Peer Mediated Instruction and …
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Perspectives of Secondary Students with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties Regarding a Peer Mentoring Programme: A Participatory Inquiry
… (SEMH) who were involved in a programme of peer mentoring. Peer mentoring was designed to create inclusive opportunities for both parties, working on joint activities to promote social interactions. <br/><br/>The study involved two local authority special schools in England which were in the …
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Peer mentoring for-profit college students
A peer mentoring program for new students at a for-profit institution was implemented at a campus over five quarters. Peer mentors with high GPAs were matched with students for eleven weeks to help with academic success. A Business Club was created to support the mentoring program and campus …
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Understanding the Relationship Between Peer Mentoring and Undergraduate Capitalization
… contexts. However, the topic of informal peer mentors has not been sufficiently explored. This study investigated the role of peer mentors in encouraging participation in voluntary development activities (i.e., capitalization). An online survey was completed by 288 undergraduate students. …
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What works? A grounded theory of effective peer mentoring in secondary schools
… position, the study sought to bring school based peer mentors and mentees voice to the forefront, by exploring their view of what works. The study aimed to offer a framework for understanding and developing peer mentoring relationships and inform safe and effective peer mentoring practice in …
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From Providing Access To Promoting Success: Transforming A Community College System’s Advising Services
… advising delivered by professional advisors and peer mentors. This qualitative collective case study examined the experiences of peer mentors to discover how they perceived advising contributed to their socio-academic integration and led to their success as students. Through semi-structured …
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Using a peer buddy system to increase interaction between students with special needs and their peers
… a self-contained elementary classroom were given peer mentors to encourage and motivate them to become more active socially. The peers modeled appropriate behavior and social skills during special area classes. The four students who volunteered to act as mentors met with the special education …
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Social support and its influence on college students' understanding of moral expertise.
… through social support from faculty, staff, peers, and social, as well as religious, communities. Fourteen students were interviewed in their first and third years of enrollment, culminating in 28 total interviews. Data were coded and analyzed to discern how students understood moral …
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Peer mentoring: providing a partnership for guidance through school
… this study was to provide at-risk students with peer mentors to guide students as they make the transition from the intermediate school level to the middle school level. The study resulted in the creation of a program that formed a partnership between 7<sup>th</sup>-grade at-risk students and …
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Bridging the Gap for First Generation Students (BG4FGS): An Occupation-Based Peer Mentoring Program at Dominican University of California
… 2007). To ease the transition to college, peer mentoring programs can assist new college students by offering guidance, one-on-one and group sessions, providing information about campus life and resources, and referring them to support services (Ferrari, 2004; Lennox & Leonard, 2007). The …
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The Open Academy: An Exploration of a Prison-Based Learning Culture
… to Open Academy students and educational ‘peer mentors’) and two members of staff. Observational data were also collected through ethnographically-led methods. These data were coded and analysed thematically. The overall results suggest that the practices operating within the learning …
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Electronic Performance Support Systems: Comparison Of Types Of Integration Levels On Performance Outcomes
… for in-person intervention such as instructors, peer mentors or supervisors. Providing on-demand access requires that the EPSS be integrated into the performer's work environment. However, performance support tools can be integrated into a work environment in a variety of ways. In particular, …
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Evaluating the University of Cape Town's pilot discover commerce programme
… component, face-to-face group work sessions and peer mentoring. Evaluation Focus The main objectives of this evaluation were to determine: (a) whether or not the DC Programme had been designed in a way to achieve its intended outcomes, (b) to clarify whether the personal, academic and social …
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The Effectiveness of Peer Mentoring in Helping First Year Students Develop Occupational Adaptation Skills
… To evaluate the effectiveness of peer mentoring in helping first year, first-generation college students at Dominican University of California (DUC) adapt to university life and navigate the occupational challenges experienced during the first year of college.</p> …