The Role of a Special Friend in Assisting Underachieving Children of Academic Promise

Mary Anne Heng, Kai Yung (Brian) Tam, Thana L. Thaver and James H. Borland

Gifted and Talented International, 2006, vol. 21, issue 1, 9-21

Abstract: This paper describes an adolescent mentorship program in Singapore to help underachieving, elementary-age children with academic potential develop positive attitudes towards learning. The paper provides an overview of the three phases of the mentoring program, namely training, mentoring and evaluation, examines the interactions between positive adolescent role models and underachieving, elementary-age children with academic promise, and makes recommendations for the establishment of effective mentoring programs in schools.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1080/15332276.2006.11673461

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