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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location :
Kansas City, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6424-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2000.897574
