ERIC Number: EJ1438681
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1051-1970
EISSN: EISSN-1935-4053
Graduate Student Instructor Peer-Mentoring: Design and Impact
Sean P. Yee; N. Papalia; J. Deshler; K. C. Rogers; A. Lamarche; R. Petrulis
PRIMUS, v34 n7 p693-713 2024
To aid departments in growing and supporting the potential of novice instructors, this paper shares a peer-mentoring program that has been implemented at three universities over the last five years for graduate student instructors (GSIs, master, and doctoral) within mathematics departments. This paper provides frameworks, curricular topics, necessary conditions, methods of implementation, successes, and anticipated challenges from five years of research to help establish and sustain a peer-mentoring program for GSIs. Positive outcomes from this peer-mentoring program included improving support for Novices (resulting in anticipating teaching concerns), lowering the rate at which students received a D, F, or withdrew (DFW), having fewer complaints and concerns, and sustaining stewardship.
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Mentors, Graduate Students, Beginning Teachers, Mathematics Education, Program Effectiveness, Grades (Scholastic), Communities of Practice, Experienced Teachers, Teaching Assistants
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1544342; 1544346; 1725264; 1725295; 1725230