Graduate teaching assistants' beliefs and practices regarding mentoring in the context of an online introductory biology CURE: an exploratory study.

ABSTRACT: Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been identified as a promising approach to engage large numbers of students in discovery-based investigations in the biological sciences. As the prevalence of CUREs continues to increase nationwide, the role of graduate teaching assistants (TAs) in facilitating these courses has simultaneously grown. In addition to serving as instructors of CUREs, previous research suggests that educators-including TAs-must also adopt additional roles, including that of a mentor. However, few studies have explicitly examined CURE TAs' beliefs and practices regarding mentorship. To address this need, we conducted an exploratory, concurrent mixed methods study to better understand TAs' self-reported mentoring skills levels and their experiences act

SUBMITTER: Santillan KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11636381 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature