Objective III:

• To investigate the effects of the Male Mentor Reading Program on boys' literacy
  
  
  

Data Collection/Method of Evaluation:

• Mentor Response Logs
• Student Response Logs
• Mentor focus groups
• Teacher focus groups
• Student questionnaire
  
  
  

Activities:

• Researchers developed a mentor training program and materials
• Advertised within the university community for male mentor volunteers
• Selected site for pilot project
• Held information meetings for mentors
• Held training workshops for pilot project
• Analyzed Mentor and Student Response Logs
• Prepared a paper on the pilot program
• Presented at Portraits of Literacy Conference, UBC, July, 2002
• Presented at Atlantic Educators' Conference, U de M, October, 2002
• Implemented a Male Mentor Reading Program at the research school
• Held training workshops
• Researchers regularly visited the research classrooms
• Researchers acted as observers to support mentors
• Researchers collected qualitative data from mentors' and students' response logs; field notes; digital photos
• Held mentor focus groups