I (Dr. Alice Louise Kassens) am working with 6 undergraduate students at Roanoke College on their research projects. Some are for Honors in the Major in Economics and others are for the same distinction in Business. In order to handle all six projects, we will meet as a group once a week, and then have additional individual meetings when needed.
I am employing the mentor demonstration model proposed by McElroy. Simply put, I will go through the research steps with them. Additionally, they will serve as peer mentors.
The seven (Nic, Sara, Justin, Tyler, Jorge, Brent, and Dr. Kassens) of us met as a group for the first time Thursday January 20th.
I handed out our "syllabus", discussed our goals, expectations, and purpose, and then allowed each person to introduce themselves and their project.
I am very excited about our semester. The topics that are forming are so diverse and the students are so strong.
If you are interested in what we will be doing, check out our syllabus. Send some comments if you have any that will make our experience even better.
Mentor demonstration model syllabus
