The impact of mentoring on the behavior boys in an urban charter school
No Thumbnail Available
Links to Files
Permanent Link
Collections
Author/Creator
Author/Creator ORCID
Date
2010-07
Type of Work
Department
Program
Masters of Education
Citation of Original Publication
Rights
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of mentoring on the behavior of boys in an urban charter school. The intervention group consisted of 32 boys and the comparison group consisted of 29 boys. The types of mentoring included therapeutic mentoring, sports group mentoring with a character education component, and peer mentoring. The analysis using an independent t-test revealed that mentoring did not positively impact the behavior of boys as a whole group. The findings of the study reject the null hypothesis that mentoring will have no impact on the behavior of boys. The results of this study suggest the need for further research regarding the behavior of pre-adolescent boys.