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Aryana, Saman; Leonard, Jacqueline; Mitchell, Monica B.; Lazic, Marina – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
In this paper, second-year results of a five-year National Science Foundation (NSF), Noyce Scholars project are presented. In Year 1, we recruited six interns to work in STEM summer programs as a recruitment tool to attract and retain STEM undergraduates to dual major in elementary education. They worked in a variety of STEM-related educational…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Scholarships, Education Majors, Elementary Education
Hendricks, James; Scott, Mary – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1987
To encourage gifted children's curiosity, a companion program for gifted children aged 4-7 years was developed at Northern Michigan University, wherein young adults in teacher education work with the children as their mentor careful matching with companions, and determining the child's interests. (JDD)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Cooperative Programs, Curiosity, Education Majors
Meyer, William – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Describes the Senior Project, a program at California State University, Fresno, designed to help children at risk of school failure. The project stresses one-on-one mentoring of at-risk, limited-English-speaking children by Liberal Studies/teacher preparation majors. Plans for most sessions feature reading and writing activities, simple science…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Dropout Rate, Education Majors, Elementary Education
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Moseley, Christine; Ramsey, Sarah J. – Current Issues in Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to determine how elementary pre-service teachers' perceptions of and attitudes toward the teaching portfolio process changed after participating in a university program-wide mentoring process. The research question for this study was: What is the impact of a university's program-wide mentoring process on elementary…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Education Majors, Education Courses, Mentors