The Mediating Effect of Senior-Junior Mentoring on the Relationship between Cooperative Learning Experience and College Commitment of University Freshmen in Liberal Arts Classes

Abstract

This purpose of this paper was to see the mediating effect of mentoring by seniors and juniors in the relationship between cooperative learning experiences and college commitment in liberal arts classes opened for university freshmen. To this end, a survey was conducted on mentees who had been taking competency-building courses at K university and a structural equation model was analyzed based on the survey. The study results are as following. First, cooperative learning experience did not have a significant effect on college commitment. Second, cooperative learning experience had a significant effect on mentoring. Third, cooperative learning experience had a statistical effect on college commitment completely mediated by mentoring. Based on these empirical research results, we suggest that the active use of mentoring by seniors and juniors should be considered in addition to providing cooperative learning experiences for the adaptation to and satisfaction with college life among university freshmen.