Communication Styles of Mentoring in an Electronic Forum
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Date
2001-06-25
Authors
Wu, Cheng-Chih
Lai, Chin-Yuan
Lee, Greg C.
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The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
Abstract
This study investigated the communication styles of five mentors in telementoring a class of 33 preservice teachers. Electronic forum was the instrument of communications between the mentors and the students. Data collected in an 8-week period resulted in 52 mentors initiated discussion threads and 43 follow-up posts. Analysis of these posts revealed four discussion threads initiating styles and six follow-up posting styles.