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Table 4 Results of post-mentoring surveys from participating undergraduate students

From: How do undergraduate STEM mentors reflect upon their mentoring experiences in an outreach program engaging K-8 youth?

Prompt

Type of response

Affirmative

Negative

Did you find this experience to be beneficial to your education?

94.15%

5.85%a

Did you feel a sense of accomplishment with helping community members?

93.63%

6.37%

What would you do differently next time? (Mentors could select more than one)

 It is related to the lesson

37.63%

 

 It is related to classroom function

31.44%

 

 It is related to self-preparedness

29.38%

 

 It is related to the youth

17.53%

 

 It is related to the school

9.28%

 

 Other

  

What did you like most about the experience? (Mentors could select more than one)

 It is related to the youth

61.88%

 

 It is related to the lesson

37.62%

 

 It is related to classroom function

15.35%

 

 It is related to self-preparedness

29.38%

 

 It is related to the school

8.42%

 

 Other

What did you like least about the experience? (Mentors could select more than one)

 It is related to the youth

29.28%

 

 It is related to classroom function

22.65%

 

 It is related to the lesson

18.23%

 

 It is related to the school

13.26%

 

 Other

16.57%

 
  1. aMost students cited “cancellation of afterschool programming” as reasons for negative responses