Peer mentors and their impact for beginning programmers

The Computer Science department at SHSU is currently employing student mentors to assist with recruitment and retention. The primary purpose of these students is to help frustrated new majors in the beginning programming course realize that they are not alone in their struggles and to assist the students over hurdles in their learning and skill development. We examine the impact of peer mentors on students, including a breakdown of that impact across underrepresented groups.