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Title: Graduate student peer mentoring experiences as a component of a multi-faceted graduate teacher training program
Peer mentoring programs are one approach to improving the pedagogical development of mathematical sciences graduate students. This paper describes the peer mentoring experiences at three institutions that have implemented a multi-faceted GTA professional development program. Data was collected from surveys and focus groups conducted with graduate teaching assistants at each institution regarding mentees’ ratings of their mentors, mentors’ ratings of their impact on mentees, mentors’ impressions of the benefits and challenges of peer mentoring, and mentees and mentors’ ratings of program components related to support from mentors, their TA coach, program staff, and other graduate students. Most GTAs found value in participating in the peer mentoring program. While the mentees found their mentors to be significant to their own success and effectiveness, the mentors did not rate themselves as high as the mentees rated them with respect to their own significance in impacting the effectiveness of their mentee.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1821619
PAR ID:
10294751
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Editor(s):
Karunakaran, S. S.; Higgins, A.
Date Published:
Journal Name:
2021 Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Reports
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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