Journal Article

The link between high-impact practices and student learning

Kilgo, Cindy A, Pascarella, Ernest T, Sheets, Jessica K. Ezell

2015

Overview

The current paper used data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education-a longitudinal, pretest/posttest design-to estimate the effects of participation in the ten \"high-impact\" educational practices put forth and endorsed by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) on a variety of liberal arts educational outcomes. The high-impact practices included in the study were: first-year seminars, academic learning communities, writing-intensive courses, active and collaborative learning, undergraduate research, study abroad, service learning, internships, and capstone courses/experiences. Findings from ordinary least squares regression analyses suggested that active and collaborative learning as well as undergraduate research had broad-reaching positive effects across multiple liberal arts learning outcomes, such as critical thinking, need for cognition, and intercultural effectiveness. Several other high-impact practices-including study abroad, internship, service learning, and capstone course/experience-had more narrowly focused positive effects on student learning. Overall, this study's findings support AAC&U's advocacy of high-impact practices as pathways to student success.(HRK / Abstract übernommen).

• Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media B. V,Springer Netherlands,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Academic writing / Active Learning / Advocacy / Arts / Augmentative and alternative communication / Ausland / Capstone courses / Capstone Experiences / Capstone projects / Cognition / Cognition & reasoning / Collaboration / Collaborative learning / College Curriculum / College students / College teaching / Colleges & universities / Cooperative Learning / Critical thinking / Deep learning / Education / Educational objectives / Educational Practices / First Year Seminars / Foreign students / Higher Education / Hochschule / Humanities / Impact analysis / Internship Programs / Internships / Learning / Learning outcomes / Learning strategies / Least Squares Statistics / Lehre / Liberal Arts / Longitudinal Studies / Methods / Outcomes of Education / Participation / Personal development / Regression (Statistics) / Regression analysis / Scholarship / Seminars / Service Learning / Skills / Social responsibility / Student / Student Research / Students / Studium / Study Abroad / Study and teaching / Teaching Methods / Thinking Skills / U.S.A / Undergraduate Students / Undergraduate Study / Universities / University research / USA / Writing Across the Curriculum