NSF Grantee Presentation: Innovative Approach to Learning via Peer-to-Peer Undergraduate Mentoring in Engineering Technology Laboratories

摘要

The College of Technology - Computer Engineering Technology (CoT - CET) program at the University of Houston has implemented an undergraduate peer mentoring model as part of an NSF-sponsored program (grant no. DUE 0737526) examining the impact of incorporating concept mapping and undergraduate mentors on student learning at the freshman and sophomore levels. The training for this mentoring model has been adapted from a peer-led team learning program and incorporates concept mapping as a primary pedagogical tool for increasing mentee understanding of key concepts. This paper discusses the details of the procedures followed to develop and implement the program which includes the special training to mentors on CMAPS, assessment activities survey instruments and the contributions made within the Computer Engineering Technology discipline.