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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo
My advice is to have the mentors observe how this student interacts with peers and, assuming it's as you described, take her/him aside when the time is right and explain that, in fact, the other person was correct and s/he was wrong. This might take several days of observation. Then the mentor needs to explain that s/he'd best start listening to the more knowledgeable teammates, or risk jeopardizing the team's efforts.
All s/he needs is an understanding of the true meaning of team.
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I agree with this; the first problem that you have is that this student will not listen to peer reviews. This is an issue, this needs to be fixed.
Communication is two-way, and students need to be able to take both criticism and praise in an appropriate manner. Communication is always tough to work out, so I would say that this is even something worth meeting with the whole team about, because you're going to need great communication to keep things running smoothly and people happy, especially as build season and competition season approach.
If this individual still doesn't get the picture after this, I think you should do what Don said and have some mentor observation and intervention. It appears that the student has some respect for the mentors, so maybe that will solve this problem. Leader or not, everyone needs to be able to take suggestions from their peers.
I think the question about leadership builds off of this first issue of communication and criticism, so it's possible that the above alone may help to fix it. If, after everything, this student is still taking away from the experience of other team members, you might want to step back and reanalyze. What else might be causing this behavior, and what can you do about it? This is a very delicate issue, so you have to be careful how you tread. Start from a very high-level and work your way down.