Desarrollo y Evaluación de una Experiencia Piloto de Mentoría con Estudiantes de primer ciclo de Educación Superior a Distancia, Centro Universitario Asociado de Cuenca”, ciclo académico octubre 2015 – febrero 2016

Abstract

Students in the first cycle of the Technical University of Loja, distance learning, drop out mainly by the lack of study strategies. Because of this university runs the program "Development and Evaluation of a pilot mentoring experience with undergraduate students of Higher Education" with the aim of improving these strategies. The objectives of this mentoring were: guiding students to improve their academic performance, dropout prevention and encourage self-study. This mentoring is conducted in the canton Cuenca with five students using the techniques of observation and interview, among the methods used were of participatory action research with which the student information was collected, analyzed, planned, he executed and the results were evaluated. Questionnaires were used as: counseling needs, thinking skills and study habits; Self-assessment of reading skills and self-regulation and maturity as well as informative data sheet. The results of this mentoring were very satisfactory, as were met mostly targets.