Chinese Journal of Science Education


Vol. 15 No. 5 , Pages 521 - 542 , 2007

A Mentor Training Program in Mathematics and Its Effect (Article written in Chinese)

Pi-Jen LIN & Wen-Huan TSAI

Abstract

This study mainly developed a mentors’ training program and examined its effect. The professional standards constructed in the previous study, last year, were employed as the objectives of the mentor training program. The 78 hours with 26 three-hour units contained in training program consisted of the theoretical and the practical lessons were implemented in a summer 6-day workshop and a semester course of professional development seminar. The evaluation on the program was based on the three levels developed by Kirkpatrick & Kirkpatrick (2006). At the reaction level, two surveys were conducted for understanding if the mentors pleased with the program. At learning level, pre- and post-test of knowledge, self-evaluation of competency in mentoring, and an interview was administrated for realizing how much the mentors learned in the program. The behavior level focused on the change based on what the mentors learning in the program by classroom observation and portfolio of instruction. The findings found that the four participant teachers were pleased to the content of the training program and the classroom observation followed by a professional dialogue. The dialogues between the participants contributed to asking key questions for students, posing problem for anticipating solution strategies, and being aware of the semantic structure of the problems.

Keywords: mentor training program; professional standards; internship; mathematical teaching

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