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        Project 5.3 on Student Learning and Assessment

                Variables and Factors extracted from the Undergraduate Student Survey

 

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Learning Styles:

Category
Factor Scale – Variable
Survey Question – Variable Identification
Response Options
Behaviors
Cross-Concept
Learning
(alpha = .82)
For each item, indicate how well it describes you:
1.      Try to relate readings to what I already know
2.      Discuss theories & ideas with students outside of class
3.      Making connections b/w readings and lectures
4.      Relate ideas of one class to materials of elsewhere
5.      Go beyond required reading
6.      Share my ideas and materials with other students
7.      Try to determine which concepts I don’t understand well
8.      It is good for students to help each other learn
1=not at all like me
2=a little bit like me
3=like me
4=very much like me
 
 
 
 
Beliefs
Preference of Group Learning
(alpha = .68)
For each item, indicate how well it describes you:
1.      Learn more in group setting than on my own
2.      Think group project a waste of time
3.      Find lecture-only class boring
4.      Prefer lecture-based classes over students working on their own
5.      Can learn important things with other students
6.      It is good for students to help each other learn
1=not at all like me
2=a little bit like me
3=like me
4=very much like me
 
 
 
 
Satisfaction/ Expectation
Summarization
For each item, indicate how well it describes you:
1.      Satisfied when instructors give clear summary on an upcoming exam
2.      Expect instructors to provide a guide detailing how to succeed in their courses
1=not at all like me
2=a little bit like me
3=like me
4=very much like me
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