The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Delaware in the amount of $153,597.00. The award, titled "Collaborative Research: Research Initiation: Strategies to Coach Near-Peer Mentors to Support First-Year Engineering Students Experiencing Team Conflicts", aims to develop a coaching program for undergraduate student mentors to help first-year engineering students effectively navigate team conflicts during team-based design projects. The project will document common reasons for student team conflicts, use simulated scenarios to understand how mentors respond to such conflicts, and identify essential features of a mentoring program to enable undergraduates to become effective team conflict mediators. This work seeks to promote professional skills development and persistence among first-year engineering students, including the student mentors, to successfully navigate team-based experiences in both academic and professional settings.
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