Mentorship Research with
The results are in...
(kind of)
- Mentor survey responses have been collected
- Exactly 100 mentors answered the survey
- That's 2/3 of mentors currently working with students
Why do you mentor?
The highest average reason for mentoring in both 2015 and 2016 was:
"Sharing knowledge with others"
Interest in meeting other mentors has increased since 2015!
Mentor Experience
20% of our mentors have more than 5 years of mentorship experience.
Our mentors have mentored an average of 13 students outside of Thinkful.
About half of our mentors teach outside of Thinkful.
Growth Mindset!
On average, our mentors believe that intelligence can change, and hard work matters more than natural talent.
Who we're working with
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Dan Wang: Professor at CBS
- BA, Columbia University, 2007; MA, Stanford University, 2008; PhD, Stanford University, 2013
- Studies the transfer of knowledge through social networks
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Ting Zhang: Grad student at CBS
- BA, Harvard University; PhD, Harvard University
- Studies the methods that allow experts to relate to novices
What we're doing
- Sending out a survey to mentors that examines:
- Background, experience mentoring
- Motivation to mentor
- Satisfaction with mentorship
- Role of a mentor
- Personality traits
- Comparing survey responses to student outcomes
Goals
- Great content with prestige:
- Why mentor?
- What makes mentorship successful?
- Better pairing practices:
- Reassignments are bad for student experience
- Use research-based pairing methods to avoid reassignments!