{"id":77,"date":"2018-07-05T15:13:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T22:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vendor.hub.wp.nau.edu\/undergraduate-research\/mentoring-resources\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T09:12:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:12:51","slug":"mentoring-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/mentoring-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentoring strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Effective Strategies for Mentoring Undergraduates<\/h3>\n<p>According to students, the 5 most effective strategies for mentoring undergraduates are:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 <strong>Make Yourself Available<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Build rapport<\/li>\n<li>Be available to answer questions<\/li>\n<li>Let conversations generate excitement that support learning and retention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>2.\u00a0 <strong>Foster Community<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide a support system where participation is encouraged and everyone is accountable<\/li>\n<li>Include undergraduates in team meetings<\/li>\n<li>Supplement the experience with one-on-one meetings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>3.\u00a0 <strong>Be Attentive<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintain continuous communication<\/li>\n<li>Set goals and deadlines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>4.\u00a0 <strong>Encourage Participation in the Broader Research Community<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Suggest conferences and summer research opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Help develop a research poster to present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>5.\u00a0 <strong>Be Understanding<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide constructive feedback and value perseverance<\/li>\n<li>Have realistic expectations for undergraduates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<address>Pita, M., Ramirez, C., Joacin, N., Prentice, S., &amp; Clarke, C.\u00a0 (Spring 2013).\u00a0 Five Effective Strategies for Mentoring Undergraduates: Students&#8217; Perspectives.\u00a0 CUR Quarterly.\u00a0 33(3), 11-14.<\/address>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\"><!-- shortcode-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block\">\n      <div class=\"block-header\">\n        <h3>Read More on Student Perspectives<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n          <div class=\"block-body\">\n      <div>\n<div>Read the entire <a title=\"article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/333Spring13Pita11-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> published about students&#8217; perspectives on effective mentors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective Strategies for Mentoring Undergraduates According to students, the 5 most effective strategies for mentoring undergraduates are: 1.\u00a0 Make Yourself Available Build rapport Be available to answer questions Let conversations generate excitement that support learning and retention 2.\u00a0 Foster Community Provide a support system where participation is encouraged and everyone is accountable Include undergraduates in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1163,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-77","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5676,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions\/5676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}