national survey of student engagement 2009 missouri valley college january 6, 2010

National Survey of Student Engagement

2009

Missouri Valley College

January 6, 2010

Presentation Overview An Introduction: NSSE & Student

Engagement NSSE 2009 & Selected Valley Results FSSE 2009 & Selected Valley Results Using Your NSSE-FSSE Data Questions & Discussion

An Introduction:NSSE and the Concept of Student Engagement

What is Student Engagement?

What students do -- time and energy devoted to educationally purposeful activities

What institutions do -- using effective educational practices to induce students to do the right things

Educationally effective institutions channel student energy toward the right activities

Time on task (Tyler, 1930s)

Quality of effort (Pace, 1960-70s)

Student involvement (Astin, 1984)

Social, academic integration (Tinto, 1987, 1993)

Good practices in undergraduate education (Chickering & Gamson, 1987)

College impact (Pascarella, 1985)

Student engagement (Kuh, 1991, 2005)

Foundations of Student Engagement

Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate

Education(Chickering & Gamson, 1987; Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005)

Student-faculty contact Active learning Prompt feedback Time on task High expectations Experiences with

diversity Cooperation among

students

National Survey of Student Engagement(pronounced “nessie”)

College student surveys that assess the extent to which students engage in educational practices associated with high levels of learning and development

NSSE Project Scope Nearly 1,400 different

colleges and universities

50 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada

Data from more than 2,395,000 students

Institutions include Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges, and single-gender colleges

YearInstitution

s

2001 321

2002 367

2003 437

2004 473

2005 529

2006 557

2007 610

2008 769

2009 640

NSSE 2009 Survey Population and Respondents About 1.1 million

students were invited to participate in NSSE 2009, with 367,318 responding

826 Valley students were invited to participate, with 305 responding

Freshmen: 186 of 567 Seniors: 119 of 259

NSSE 2009 Institution Response Rates

Valley’s response rate = 37% Freshmen response rate = 33% Senior response rate = 46%

Average Institutional Response Rates: 36% for all NSSE 2009 institutions 31% for Paper mode institutions

37% for Web-only institutions

34% for Web+ institutions

Comparison Groups

Missouri Valley College results compared to three groups:

Selected peers(those with similar institutional characteristics)

Carnegie Classification(baccalaureate colleges—diverse fields)

NSSE 2009(all institutions participating in NSSE 2009)

NSSE Indicators ofEffective Educational

Practice

Level of Academic Challenge

Active & Collaborative

Learning

Enriching Educational Experiences

Student – Faculty

Interaction

Supportive Campus

Environment

NSSE 2009 & Selected Missouri Valley CollegeResults

NSSE 2009 Results Missouri Valley College

Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice:


Active and Collaborative Learning

Student-Faculty Interaction

Enriching Educational Experiences

Supportive Campus Environment

NSSE 2009Missouri Valley College

Results

Level of Academic Challenge How challenging is your institution’s

intellectual and creative work?

Class Valley Selected Peers Carnegie Class NSSE 2009

First-year 50 ! ! !

Senior 55 ! !

A ‘—’ symbol indicates a score significantly lower than the comparison group (p<.05). A ‘+’ symbol indicates a score significantly higher than the comparison group (p<.05).


Results

Active and Collaborative Learning Are your students actively involved in

their learning, individually and working with others?


First-year 45

Senior 54 +

A ‘—’ symbol indicates a score significantly lower than the comparison group (p<.05).

A ‘+’ symbol indicates a score significantly higher than the comparison group (p<.05).


Results

Student-Faculty Interaction Do your students work with faculty

members inside and outside the classroom?


First-year 41 + + +

Senior 50 + +



Results

Enriching Educational Experiences Do your students take advantage of

complementary learning opportunities?


First-year 27 !

Senior 43



Results

Supportive Campus Environment Do your students feel the institution is

committed to their success?


First-year 64

Senior 63 +


NSSE 2009 Valley Findings

Some Highest Performing Benchmark Items Relative to Selected Peers


What percentage of our students (in comparison to selected peers) wrote at least one paper or report of 20 pages or more? (Benchmark = LAC)

Class ValleySelected

Peers

First-Year 29% 19%

Seniors 47% 39%


What percentage of Valley students worked with other students on projects during class? (Benchmark = ACL)


Peers

First-Year 59% 43%

Seniors 61% 51%


What percentage of Valley students had serious conversations with students of another race or ethnicity? (Benchmark = EEE)


Peers

First-Year 66% 51%

Seniors 64% 50%


What percentage of Valley students spent more than 5 hours/week participating in co-curricular activities? (Benchmark = EEE)


Peers

First-Year 55% 44%

Seniors 51% 38%


Some Lowest Performing Benchmark Items Relative to Selected Peers


What percentage of Valley students wrote more than 4 papers or reports between 5 and 19 pages? (Benchmark = LAC)


Peers

First-Year 21% 38%

Seniors 40% 52%


What percentage of Valley students said courses emphasized synthesizing ideas into new complex relationships? (Benchmark = LAC)


Peers

Seniors 63% 77%


What percentage of Valley students spent more than 10 hours/week preparing for class (studying, etc.)? (Benchmark = LAC)


Peers

First-year 32% 60%


What percentage of Valley students completed foreign language coursework? (Benchmark = EEE)


Peers

First-Year 11% 27%

Seniors 20% 46%

NSSE Multi-Year Benchmark ReportMissouri Valley College ResultsFirst-Year Students 2005 2009

Level of Academic Challenge 46.0 49.9 +

Active and Collaborative Learning 37.8 45.3 +

Student-Faculty Interaction 34.1 41.5 +

Enriching Educational Experiences 24.0 26.9 +

Supportive Campus Environment 54.9 63.6 +

NSSE Multi-Year Benchmark ReportMissouri Valley College ResultsSenior Students 2005 2009

Level of Academic Challenge 52.2 54.6 +

Active and Collaborative Learning 48.7 54.4 +

Student-Faculty Interaction 50.6 50.4

Enriching Educational Experiences 40.1 42.8 +

Supportive Campus Environment 57.2 63.1 +


Results Thinking about your overall experience at this

institution, how would you rate the quality of relationships with faculty and administrative personnel and offices?

FSSE 2009 & Selected Missouri Valley College Results

Faculty Survey of Student Engagement(pronounced “fessie”)

College faculty survey that measures faculty members’ expectations of student engagement in educational practices that are empirically linked with high level of learning and development

FSSE Survey Content Faculty perceptions of how often their

students engage in different activities The importance faculty place on various

areas of learning and development The nature and frequency of interactions

faculty have with students How faculty members organize class time

FSSE 2009 Project Scope In 2009, more than 18,000

faculty members from 148 institutions responded to the survey.

66% of institutions used the course-based instrument; 34% used the typical student instrument.

The 2009 average institutional response rate was 50%.

FSSE 2009 Missouri Valley College Response Rates

Number of invited faculty = 96 Number of respondents = 70 Valley’s response rate = 73% Of respondents: 75% full-time

25% part-time

Average Institutional Response Rates: 50% for all NSSE 2009 institutions

Survey Option: Typical Student

Example Question & Items About how often has the typical [first-

year student, senior student] done each of the following? (Never, Sometimes, Often, Very often)

Asked questions in class or contributed to class discussions

Come to class without completing readings or assignments

Received prompt written or oral feedback from faculty on his or her academic performance

Had serious conversations with students of a different race or ethnicity than his or her own

FSSE 2009 Missouri Valley College Results

Time spent preparing for classes each week

Student report Faculty recommends

First-Year

Senior First-Year Senior

10 or less 68% 49% 26% 39%

Between 10 and

2024% 37% 58% 43%

20 or more

7% 15% 7% 17%


Come to class without completing readings/assignments

Student report Faculty perception

First-Year


Never 25% 22% 0% 4%

Sometimes

55% 55% 36% 65%

Often 16% 14% 38% 17%

Very often

4% 9% 27% 13%


Worked harder than thought they could to meet instructor’s expectations


First-Year


Never 5% 3% 9% 4%

Sometimes

37% 34% 55% 65%

Often 38% 39% 32% 22%

Very often

21% 24% 5% 9%


Learned something that changed the way they understood an issue or concept


First-Year


Never 3% 4% 5% 0%

Sometimes

33% 30% 36% 65%

Often 43% 34% 52% 30%

Very often

21% 32% 7% 4%


Percent who responded that coursework emphasized the following activities ‘quite a bit’ or ‘very much’.


First-Year Senior First-Year Senior

Memorizing 67% 71% 65% 35%

Analyzing 67% 79% 71% 78%

Synthesizing 63% 63% 64% 78%

Making judgments 70% 72% 54% 83%

Applying theories 70% 75% 55% 65%


Percent of faculty who responded that it was important or very important that undergraduates at Valley do:

Practicum or other practical experience: 94% Culminating senior experience: 93% Community service or volunteer work: 63% Participate in learning community: 58% Foreign language coursework: 55% Work on research project with faculty: 54% Study abroad: 37%

Questions & Discussion

Missouri Valley College Mission

guiding students to succeed through personal instruction

and intellectual inquiry

Missouri Valley College

Highest benchmark scores (relative to other institutions): Student-Faculty Interaction

Lowest benchmark scores(relative to other institutions):



1) What does “academic challenge” mean to you?

2) What things do you do now that you consider academically challenging?

3) What activities/approaches/policies can we use to increase the level of academic challenge?

Contact Information

NSSE Web site www.nsse.iub.edu

National Survey of Student EngagementCenter for Postsecondary Research

Indiana University BloomingtonPhone: 812.856.5824

E-mail: [email protected]

Valley contact with NSSE:

Dr. Marilyn Belwood

[email protected]

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