Mentoring for Inclusion: The Impact of Mentoring on Undergraduate Researchers in the Sciences.

Autor:	Haeger H; Undergraduate Research Opportunity Center (UROC), California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA 93955 hhaeger@csumb.edu., Fresquez C; Undergraduate Research Opportunity Center (UROC), California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA 93955.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	CBE life sciences education [CBE Life Sci Educ] Fall 2016; Vol. 15 (3).
DOI:	10.1187/cbe.16-01-0016
Abstrakt:	Increasing inclusion of underrepresented minority and first-generation students in mentored research experiences both increases diversity in the life sciences research community and prepares students for successful careers in these fields. However, analyses of the impact of mentoring approaches on specific student gains are limited. This study addresses the impact of mentoring strategies within research experiences on broadening access to the life sciences by examining both how these experiences impacted student success and how the quality of mentorship affected the development of research and academic skills for a diverse population of students at a public, minority-serving institution. Institutional data on student grades and graduation rates (n = 348) along with postresearch experience surveys (n = 138) found that students mentored in research had significantly higher cumulative grade point averages and similar graduation rates as a matched set of peers. Examination of the relationships between student-reported gains and mentoring strategies demonstrated that socioemotional and culturally relevant mentoring impacted student development during mentored research experiences. Additionally, extended engagement in research yielded significantly higher development of research-related skills and level of independence in research. Recommendations are provided for using mentoring to support traditionally underrepresented students in the sciences. (© 2016 H. Haeger and C. Fresquez. CBE—Life Sciences Education © 2016 The American Society for Cell Biology. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). It is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0).)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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