DocumentCode
1740456
Title
Undergraduate engineering students as mentors in an inner-city high school: a pilot program
Author
McGourty, Jack ; Lopez, Gil
Author_Institution
Sch. of Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Abstract
The paper describes a pilot program and intervention implemented in a Harlem high school in New York City during the Summer of 1999. A group of engineering undergraduates worked with over 150 9th graders to improve their skills in mathematics. The pilot is part of an ongoing study investigating the feasibility of recruiting engineering graduates to work in urban school systems
Keywords
engineering education; human factors; mathematics; professional aspects; teaching; Harlem high school; New York City; engineering graduates; engineering undergraduates; inner-city high school; mathematics skills; mentors; pilot program; recruitment; undergraduate engineering students; urban school systems; Cities and towns; Education; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Engineering students; Gas insulated transmission lines; Lifting equipment; Mathematics; Recruitment; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location
Kansas City, MO
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6424-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2000.897574
Filename
897574
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