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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Mentoring

Overview

  • Influence: Mentoring
  • Domain: Teaching Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
  • Influence Definition: Mentoring is most often defined as a professional relationship in which an experienced person (the mentor) assists another in developing specific skills and knowledge that will enhance the less-experienced person's professional and personal growth.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 5
  • Number of studies: 175
  • Number of students: 15,019
  • Number of effects: 671
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.18
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Journal of Vocational Behavior Eby, Allen, Evans, Ng, & DuBois USA Does mentoring matter? A multidisciplinary meta-analysis comparing mentored and non-mentored individuals 2008 Mentoring on performance outcomes 31 10,250 31 0.16
American Journal of Community Psychology DuBois, Holloway, Valentine, & Cooper USA Effectiveness of mentoring programs for youth: a meta-analytic review 2002 Mentoring on academic outcomes 59 0 574 0.18
Educational Review Sneyers & De Witte Netherlands Interventions in higher education and their effect on student success: a meta-analysis. 2018 Mentoring on academic outcomes 7 0 7 0.15
Psychological Science in the public interest : a journal of the American Psychological Society DuBois, Portillo, Rhodes, Silverthorn, & Valentine USA How Effective Are Mentoring Programs for Youth? A Systematic Assessment of the Evidence 2011 Mentoring on academic outcomes 73 0 54 0.21
Research on Social Work Practice Wood & Mayo-Wilson USA School-based mentoring for adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2012 School based mentoring on adolescent achievement 5 4,769 5 -0.01
TOTAL/AVERAGE 175 15,019 671 0.14
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