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A mentor program in CS1

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 34, Issue 3

Pages 9 - 13

https://doi.org/10.1145/637610.544420

Published: 24 June 2002 Publication History

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Mentor programs are a highly effective way of assisting students with the transition from high school to university. This paper documents the introduction of the mentor program in our department. In this program, higher year students volunteered to act as mentors to incoming freshmen. Mentors fulfilled technical and social roles assisting freshmen with the transition to university and with their studies in computer science.We explain the details of mentor selection and their activities during the semester. We evaluate the outcomes of mentoring for students, mentors and the department.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 34, Issue 3

September 2002

269 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/637610

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ITiCSE '02: Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
June 2002
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Villanova University, USA
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Villanova University, USA
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University of Kent, UK

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