Baccalaureate Attainment of College Students at 4-Year Institutions as a Function of Student Engagement Behaviors: Social and Academic Student Engagement Behaviors Matter

Vincent Tinto originally asserted, “… it is the individual’s integration into the academic and social systems of the college that most directly related to his continuance in that college” (Tinto, Review of Educational Research 45(10): 89–125, 1975), yet the rates of college degree attainment are still stagnant. Institution-level research on student engagement indicates that both types of engagement contribute to increased student persistence and degree attainment. Research has prompted going beyond institutional-level data and calls for using of nationally representative, longitudinal data to addressing engagement. Using the 2004/09 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:04/09) and logistic regression, this study finds that both academic and social student engagement behaviors significantly impact degree attainment in postsecondary education net of individual and institutional factors. Interaction analysis of the two different types of engagement finds that the impact is not additive but instead is differential and dependent upon the student’s engagement typology as proposed by Coates (Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 32(2): 121–141, 2007).     

The Impact of On-campus Student Growth on First-year Student Engagement and Success

During the past two decades institutions of all types have sought to expand and enhance residential facilities. Institutional focus on scale, configuration, amenities, and academic integration has sought to leverage prior research documenting the multiple and often positive impacts of on-campus residence. Although institutional size has been documented to differentially impact student engagement [Kezar, A. J. (2006). NASPA Journal 43(1): 87–114], few studies, however, have directly explored the effect of residential expansion on student engagement. This study, based on a sample of 731 first-time freshmen explores NSSE results before and after the opening of a residential facility that doubled on-campus living at a single, metropolitan institution. Results indicate limited positive differences after opening, and suggest that structure, in the form of size, does not, in and of itself, contribute significantly to shifting engagement. Additionally, these results suggest an alternative method for using NSSE data in institutional analyses.     

网络课程学习的参与度研究

专业课程的全英文授课常因阅读量较大、专业词汇难记而使得学生对课程学习的参与度低,学习效果不佳。本研究探索了利用互联网讨论组功能以及英文专业网站论坛来提高学生学习参与度的方法,同时利用Archer提出的反思性模型来研究学生参与教学活动的一系列反思模式。通过讨论内容的统计分析和与参与者面谈的方式,我们考察并提高了网络辅助学习环境中学生对全英文专业课程学习的参与效果。     

学生课程参与的内涵、结构与类型

学生课程参与在深层次上体现了人与世界、人与知识以及人与社会关系的转变。学生课程参与的结构不仅限于认知维度,还包含社会维度和自我维度。但在三个维度上,学生常常处于"公共知识"、"教师权威"和"学生本份"的宰治下,不能真正有效地参与课程。突破三重宰治,需要展开知识建构式参与、文化批判式参与和存在体验式参与。     

大学生学习性投入调查研究

本研究以NSSE-China为调查工具,以福州大学为案例,通过福州大学与985、211院校常模在五大可比指标、主要教育环节上的比较研究,发现福州大学在本科教育方面存在的问题,并就问题进行分析,提出了改进建议。     

澳大利亚高校学习投入调查实施与启示

作为评价澳大利亚高校教育教学的新方法,高校学习投入调查(AUSSE)从学术挑战、主动学习、师生互动、丰富教育经历、学习环境的支持性以及学习与就业的融合等六个方面揭示了学习投入与成果之间的联系。AUSSE突出了学生在学习过程中的主体地位,打破了传统的教育教学观念,有助于高校真正地了解学生学习情况,为高校教育教学改革提供参考。     

A Typology of Student Engagement for American Colleges and Universities

The Carnegie classification system has served as a framework for research on colleges and universities for more than 30 years. Today, the systems developers are exploring criteria that more effectively differentiate among institutions. One approach being considered is classifying institutions based on students educational experiences. This study explored whether it is possible to create a typology of institutions based on students experiences. Results indicated that such a typology could be created, and the types were somewhat independent of institutional mission (i.e., Carnegie classification)Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Institutional Research, Boston, MA (May 2004)     

论中美大学学生学习性投入的差异

大学生学习研究成为当前高等教育研究领域的热点。清华大学、南京大学等引进美国大学生学习调查问卷,开展了一系列中美大学生学习比较研究。本文对"中国大学生学习与发展追踪研究"的中美大学生学习性投入比较研究文献进行梳理,分析中美大学生学习性投入具体指标的差异,指出应从中美高等教育课程来理解中美大学生学习性投入的差异;比较中美高等教育课程的差异,发现中美教育课程的差异是中美大学生学习性投入差异深层次原因。中国高等教育课程需要整体的、系统的改革,中国大学生学习研究测量工具需要不断改进。     

Assessment of Student Engagement: An analysis of trends

Quality is a multi-dimensional concept and embraces all functions and activities of higher education (academic programs, research, and community services) in all their features and components. Traditionally quality was a measure of resources and reputation. In recent years there has been a shift in emphasis to institutional best practices such as setting high expectations, providing involving settings, inclusive learning environments and forms of pedagogy that enhance student learning and development. The concept of student engagement is thus receiving increased attention globally as it is viewed as an important element in assessing and improving institutional effectiveness. Trend and longitudinal analyses, as employed in this study, allow an institution to monitor change or stability in performance over time. They assist in determining whether a certain policy or initiative prompted desirable change and in assessing the impact of improvement initiatives such as accreditation.

     

学习支持服务与学生参与度关系的调查研究——以浙江奥鹏远程教育为例

远程教育的质量和效益竞争离不开良好的学习支持服务,因此,关注远程教育的学习支持服务问题,提高学习支持服务的力度,是解决远程教育质量问题和持续发展问题的重要途径,其中学生学习参与度又是考量学习支持服务是否具有力度的重要方法。基于这样的认识,本研究在访谈和文献分析基础上设计了“学习支持服务问卷”和“学生学习参与度问卷”,就两者互相影响的问题专门展开了调查,调查数据显示学习支持服务和学习参与度之间存在显著正相关。希望本研究能对学习支持服务方面的决策提供支撑。     

大学生学习投入的影响因素及其作用机制

采用追踪研究设计,对南京邮电大学2008级学生进行了四次追踪调查。根据相关理论并结合问卷已有的变量,提出影响学习投入的因素(预测变量)主要是:学生人口学变量(性别、来源城乡、社会经济地位、来源高中、学科),学生的认知变量(向学/厌学),学生的感知变量(归宿感、满意度)。利用多层线性模型分析技术构建了学习投入的非线性发展模型进行追踪数据分析。依次构建了无条件非线性发展模型、仅含有人口学预测变量的非线性发展模型和含有全部预测变量的非线性发展全模型,进行预测变量效应的模型检验。结果表明:第一,人口学变量中,性别、学科、城乡、高中类型以及社会经济地位五个预测变量对学习投入的影响各不相同。性别和城乡因素较学科、高中类型和社会经济地位对学习投入的影响大,只有性别、城乡和学科分别对教育经验丰富度、学业挑战度和主动合作学习的变化有影响。第二,学生认知变量(向学/厌学)和学生感知变量(归属感和满意度)对学习投入的水平和大学期间的变化均有正向促进作用。向学/厌学对学习投入的影响最大,归属感影响次之,满意度影响最小;满意度对学习投入的一次增长具有正向促进作用,归属感对学习投入的一次增长具有负向反作用,向学/厌学对学习投入不同维度的一次增长作用不同。第三,模型检验结果提示,还存在影响学习投入水平及变化的其他因素。第四,针对三类变量对学习投入水平及变化的影响机制,提出:人口学特征是认识学生学习投入的基础;学生的认知是学生学习投入的关键;学生的感知是学生学习投入的催化剂;充分利用学习投入作用机制的特点,是学校认识学习投入背后的原因,促进学生学习投入的教育策略与需要把握的原则。     

教育怎能学生说了算--从学生评教看师生关系的合理定位

学生评教的滥用,致使“学生说了算”竟成为时髦,师生关系遂变得复杂、畸形。可是教育的本质决定了师生关系的最基本方面只能是教师教,学生学。说学生是主体,那是说学生是学的主体,是自我教育、自我体验、自我管理、自我约束的主体,而不是说学生是教的主体。教学须调动学生的能动性,考虑学生的兴趣,都不意味着学生是教学过程的主体。学生的意见具有一定的参考价值,但是,教育不能由学生说了算。     

An Investigation of the Contingent Relationships Between Learning Community Participation and Student Engagement

This study examined the contingent relationships between learning community participation and student engagement in educational activities inside and outside the classroom using data from the 2004 administration of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Results indicated that learning community participation was positively and significantly related to student engagement, both for first-year students and seniors. For some types of engagement, relationships were significantly stronger for seniors than for first-year students. Analyses also revealed there was substantial variability across institutions in the magnitude of the relationships between learning community participation and first-year students’ levels of engagement. Although institutional characteristics accounted for some of the variability across institutions, a substantial amount of the variability in engagement–learning community relationships remained unexplained.     

试论学生工作与素质教育的关系

全面提高大学生的整体素质是当今学生工作的核心和必然要求。要正确认识学生工作与素质教育的关系，明确学生工作在素质教育中的特殊地位。更好地解决大学生思想上存在的种种疑惑，从而努力实现学生工作从单纯的思想教育管理为主向以提高整体素质为中心的转变。     

浅谈高校与大学生法律关系之性质

随着我国高等教育制度的改革,高校与大学生之间的法律关系也发生了深刻的变化,其性质如何界定,成为我国亟待解决的问题.世界各国基于不同的事实状况和价值取向,对于高校与大学生的关系问题形成了不同的观点,值得分析借鉴.本文在此加以考察的基础之上,结合对我国高校与大学生之间的后勤关系、教学关系、管理关系、学位授予行为等的法律关系的详细分析,证成了高校与大学生的民事法律关系的性质.