Participating in mentoring programs influences
academic attitudes. Youth who
had one-on-one mentoring (not necessarily focused on academic goals) had
higher perceived scholastic competenceBBS1 than non-participants.
Students with mentors in the Across Ages program had significantly better attitudes toward school, the future, and elders than did
youth who did not participate in the program or who participated in the
program without a mentor.AA1,AA2
Teachers viewed the mentored students in Project BELONG as placing
a greater importance on school than the control group students.BLNG
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