The impact of an in-class peer tutoring program on student social capital

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Street, David ^a   Brown, Shane ^a   Schramm, Carrie ^a   Gillespie, Katie ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer tutoring; Retention; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; PEER TUTORING; PERSONAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL NORM; STUDENT LEARNING; STUDENT SOCIAL CAPITAL;

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77951495362     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2009.5350569     Document Type: Conference Paper

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