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Coyne-Foresi, Melissa; Crooks, Claire V.; Chiodo, Debbie; Nowicki, Elizabeth A.; Dare, Lynn – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2019
In this mixed methods case study, we investigated the benefits of being a youth mentor to younger peers as part of the Fourth R: Uniting Our Nations Peer Mentoring Program for Indigenous youth. Data were collected from 11 youth mentors via interviews and returned to them for interpretation and meaning-making through a statement sorting and rating…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Relationship, Program Effectiveness, High School Students
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Soni, Anita – Support for Learning, 2017
This article describes a small-scale study exploring the perspectives of five undergraduate students with dyslexia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in two universities in the UK. The interviews explored participants' perceptions of their dyslexia label and how it had affected their academic success. The aim of the research was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Undergraduate Students, Semi Structured Interviews
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Bettinger, Eric P.; Baker, Rachel B. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2014
College graduation rates often lag behind college attendance rates. One theory as to why students do not complete college is that they lack key information about how to be successful or fail to act on the information that they have. We present evidence from a randomized experiment which tests the effectiveness of individualized student coaching.…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), College Students, Nontraditional Students, Goal Orientation