Mentoring Model in an Active Learning Culture for Undergraduate Projects

Abstract

Senior projects allow students to move the learning process from basic knowledge to an interdisciplinary approach. The purpose of this research is (1) to analysis attitude and perception, which is a collaboration between teachers and students to develop a model for clustering of appropriate advisors and advisee who cooperate in senior project, and (2) to develop factors that are significant to predict the right match in senior projects course. Data collection was a questionnaire consisting of 463 samples from 7 administrators, 68 lecturers, 26 staff and 362 students from two institutions: The Rajabhat Mahasarakham University, and the University of Phayao. The research methodology was designed and divided into three sections: preparation, implementation, and conclusion. The result shows that the satisfaction and the overall acceptance level were at a high level (mean = 4.04, S.D. = 0.88). Moreover, the developed model has the highest level of efficiency (accuracy = 98.06%). While the factors that are important for matching recommendations consists of 9 factors: policies of the organization, vision of the organization, mission of the organization, experience and achievements of researchers, qualifications of research team, interest in the research topics, impressions and examples in the past, technology and laboratory support, and budget support. For the future, the researchers are aimed to research on the development of students' academic achievement and aims to promote a learning culture based on the results of this research.