Entries by Jean Rhodes

Do results apply to my program?: External validity, generalizability, and transferability refer to fairly similar ideas.

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by Adar Ben-Eliyahu, Ph.D. Technically speaking there are slight differences in the definitions presented below: External validity– to what extent do the study findings apply to other programs not studied within the particular study? Generalizability  – is this true for other similar programs? Transferability – can this be applied to other programs that are different? […]

Donating My Bone Marrow to Dad

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  Editor’s Note: Thank you to MENTOR’s Ellen Christman for passing this beautiful piece along which appeared in the Huffington Post. Written by America’s Promise’s David Park, it is a powerful reminder of our deep, connections and the importance of acceptance. David Park Executive vice president, mission advancement, for America’s Promise Alliance. Donating My Bone […]

MENTOR & Rocket21 Announce a New Online Platform to Enhance Mentor/Mentee Relationships

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MENTOR: THE NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP AND YOUTH SOCIAL NETWORK ROCKET21 ANNOUNCE A NEW CUSTOMIZED ON-LINE PLATFORM TO ENHANCE MENTOR – MENTEE RELATIONSHIPS MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership and youth social network Rocket21, the only social networking platform designed to safely connect kids and teens with communities of professionals and experts representing leading institutions and brands […]

Intentional-self regulation (ISR) skills: What is their role in youth’s future outlook?

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Schmid, K.L., Phelps, E., & Lerner, R.M. (2011). Constructing positive futures: Modeling the relationship between adolescents’ hopeful future expectations and intentional self-regulation in predicting positive youth development. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 1127-1135. Background: During adolescence, young people often explore their identities and thinking about pathways into adulthood. Their increasing cognitive and behavioral capacities provide them […]

MENTOR and Center highlighted at Social Impact Exchange Conference

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Bridging the Research to Practice Gap: Spreading What Works With Mentoring Meghan Duffy, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Posted: June 24, 2013 Topics: Annual conference, Evidence base, Mentoring, scaling strategies Contrary to popular belief (or at least mine), at least half of youth involved in mentoring programs are being served by grassroots programs, and not the big names that come to […]

Mentors connecting with mentors

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  Editors Note: In this column Gail Manza and Susan Patrick draw from their new book Mentor’s Field Guide, which is framed as a series of 67 answers to the most common questions that arise in youth mentoring.  Question #13: I want to connect with other mentors. How do I do that? First, follow your impulse […]

New research (and a story) about teachers

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Sometimes a simple anecdote can illustrate a point far better than mounds of research.  It was written by Jerome Groopman, M.D., Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, one of the world’s leading researchers in cancer and AIDS, and a public intellectual. In this excerpt, […]