Subject-based Student Mentoring at VU
VU SPECIFIC RESOURCES

A Staff Kit is available for download as an rtf file (227KB) and includes various forms that you can use and adapt for your Subject-based Student Mentoring Program.

Subject Specific Resources

The following links are to papers in specific subject areas. The programs described use either Supplemental Instruction (SI), its Australian adaptation the Peer Assisted Study Scheme (PASS) or some other acronym.

Information Technology, Business Informations Management, Communication, Environmental protection/applied Geography, Business Law, Management   Bournemouth University, UK.

Chemistry  University of Manchester, UK

Electronic Engineering  University of South Australia

Laws, Mathematics, Physics & Astronomy, Statistical Science, Biochemistry, French  University College, London UK.

Mathematics University of Pittsburgh and University of Texas, US.

Quantitative Analysis  University of Queensland

General resources

Supplemental Instruction  For information about where Victoria University, the University of Queeensland and many other universities in Australia and overseas gained inspiration for their Subject-based Student Mentoring Programs.

Mentoring programs A Canadian site  packed full of information and resources about all sorts of mentoring.

Some useful literature

Castriotta, S.M. (2004). Computer science undergraduates' perceptions 
of e-mail peer mentoring. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, 
University of Massachusetts (Amherst).

McLean, M. (2004). Does the curriculum matter in peer mentoring? From 
mentee to mentor in problem-based learning: A unique case study. 
Mentoring and Tutoring, 12, 2, 173-186.

Arendale, D. R. (1994). Understanding the supplemental instruction model. In D. C. Martin & D.R. Arendale (Eds.), Supplemental instruction: Increasing achievement and retention (pp. 11-22). New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 60. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Kochenour, E. O., Jolley, D., Kaup, J. G., Patrick, D. L., Roach, K. D., & Wenzler, L. A. (1997). Supplemental instruction: An effective component of student affairs programming. Journal of College Student Development (November/December), 577-585.

Levitz, R. (1990). Supplemental instruction takes off. Recruitment and Retention Newsletter, (November), p. 7.

Martin, D. C., & Arendale, D. R. (Eds.) (1994). Supplemental instruction: Increasing achievement and retention. New Directions for Teaching and Learning No. 60. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Martin, D. C., & Blanc, R. A. (1994). VSI: A pathway to mastery and persistence. In D. C. Martin & D. R. Arendale (Eds.), Supplemental instruction: Increasing achievement and retention (pp. 83-92). New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 60. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

McGrath, D., & Townsend, B. T. (1997). Strengthening preparedness of at-risk students. In J. G.  Gaff, J. L. Ratcliff, & Associates, Handbook of the Undergraduate Curriculum: A comprehensive guide to purposes, structures, practices, and change (pp. 213-229). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.