University of Michigan
National Center for Postsecondary Improvement
Project
5.3 on Student Learning and Assessment
The
Undergraduate
Student Survey:
- link
to: Survey
Checklist
- link to: Variables and
Factors extracted from the survey data
- back
to Survey Intro Page
- Back
to Project 5.3 Toolkit Homepage
Variables and Factors
extracted from the Undergraduate Student Survey
Innovative Approaches:
- Category
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- Factor Scale – Variable
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- Survey Question – Variable Identification
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- Response Options
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- Behaviors
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- Cross-Concept Learning
- (alpha = .82)
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- 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
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- 1=not at all like me
- 2=a little bit like me
- 3=like me
- 4=very much like me
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- Beliefs
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- Preferences for Group Learning
- (alpha = .68)
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- 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
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- 1=not at all like me
- 2=a little bit like me
- 3=like me
- 4=very much like me
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link
to: Survey
Checklist
link to: Variables and
Factors extracted from the survey data
back
to Survey Intro Page
Back
to Project 5.3 Toolkit Homepage