DOI: 10.5176/2251-2195_CSEIT19.150
Authors: Prof. Sharon Hall and Prof. Sadegh Davari
Abstract: The demand for computing professionals is growing continuously while universities are challenged to recruit and retain students to meet the demand. Peer mentoring has shown to help with student retention. Students acting as peer mentors for undergraduate computing courses benefits not only the students in the class, but also benefits the mentors themselves, the faculty and the quality of education leading to a stronger workforce. We share our experience with utilizing undergraduate peer mentors in our freshman level computing courses to help students understand concepts by incorporating in-class hands-on activities.
Keywords: peer mentoring, hands-on learning, active learning
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