Oral Presentations and Performances: Session I
Project Type
Presentation
Faculty Mentor’s Full Name
Joseph Crider
Faculty Mentor’s Department
College of Education - Teaching and Learning
Abstract / Artist's Statement
This Honors Capstone Project explores the role of mentoring in education. It focuses on how mentorship affects 5th-grade students’ sense of self, sense of accomplishment, and long-term independence. The 5th grade students are part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program at Missoula International School (MIS). In the spring, they complete a project called “Exhibition,” which sums up the Primary Years Programme (PYP). The purpose of this project is to explore how structured mentorship supports students’ confidence, engagement with the material, and ownership of their project. The project examines how mentoring contributes to academic success and social-emotional development.
Throughout this project, I will directly mentor a group of 5th-grade students while also supporting the classroom during Exhibition work time. Individual meetings with the small group will focus on goal setting, understanding where students are in their project development, and helping them find ways to overcome obstacles they encounter. Social-emotional surveys administered before and after the project will provide qualitative and quantitative data, along with ongoing observations.
Early observations suggest that mentorship may increase student independence and encourage students to challenge themselves academically. This project aims to provide insight into how effective mentoring in elementary schools may support positive outcomes and overall academic success for students.
Category
Humanities
Mentoring in Education
UC 330
This Honors Capstone Project explores the role of mentoring in education. It focuses on how mentorship affects 5th-grade students’ sense of self, sense of accomplishment, and long-term independence. The 5th grade students are part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program at Missoula International School (MIS). In the spring, they complete a project called “Exhibition,” which sums up the Primary Years Programme (PYP). The purpose of this project is to explore how structured mentorship supports students’ confidence, engagement with the material, and ownership of their project. The project examines how mentoring contributes to academic success and social-emotional development.
Throughout this project, I will directly mentor a group of 5th-grade students while also supporting the classroom during Exhibition work time. Individual meetings with the small group will focus on goal setting, understanding where students are in their project development, and helping them find ways to overcome obstacles they encounter. Social-emotional surveys administered before and after the project will provide qualitative and quantitative data, along with ongoing observations.
Early observations suggest that mentorship may increase student independence and encourage students to challenge themselves academically. This project aims to provide insight into how effective mentoring in elementary schools may support positive outcomes and overall academic success for students.