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Knapp, Kyler; Camarena, Phame; Moore, Holly – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2017
The primary purpose of the current study was to explore the nature and process of transformation as described by students in their stories of first-semester experiences and to compare these processes to those outlined in transformative learning models in order to examine the degree to which they correlate. The secondary goal was to investigate how…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, College Freshmen, Honors Curriculum, Personal Narratives
Jankowski, Natasha A.; Giffin, Laura – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2016
Following the release of the Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) in 2011, many institutions of various types tried out different ways to use the DQP. Although over 680 institutions have used the DQP to date, until now the impact of the DQP on institutions and students has not been documented in a systematic manner. To determine the effects of DQP…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Educational Improvement, Institutional Cooperation, Departments
Flowers, Lamont A.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
This book presents the results and implications of a major new national study exploring the effects of institutional racial composition on African American students' development and their educational outcomes, taking into account individuals' background characteristics, their perceptions of the institutional environment, and their experiences in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Institutional Research, Black Colleges, Educational Objectives
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Meszaros, Peggy S. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2007
This chapter reiterates the need for attention to the journey of self-authorship and suggests next steps for institutions and educators.
Descriptors: Scholarship, Writing (Composition), College Students, Educational Objectives
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Baskin, Elaine J.; Hess, Robert D. – Journal of School Psychology, 1980
Summarizes affective education programs and evaluations of effectiveness of these programs. Specific objectives of curricula cluster into three areas--internal-emotional, cognitive, and overt-behavioral. Results indicate that programs produce measurable outcomes in all areas, although evidence of effects is less impressive in the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Children, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives
Kruckeberg, Dean – 1995
It is unlikely that Harvard University (Massachusetts) considered "outcomes assessment" for its first class of nine students in 1640, and most certainly the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States did not offer a public relations curriculum. A short history of education in the United States shows increasing numbers of…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
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Nicol, David – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
Concerns about noncompletion and the quality of the 1st-year student experience have been linked to recent changes in higher education such as modularisation, increased class sizes, greater diversity in the student intake and reduced resources. Improving formative assessment and feedback processes is seen as one way of addressing academic failure,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Experience, Learning Experience, Academic Failure
Kean, Michael H. – 1982
Effective schools are typically defined as those schools which improve or maintain already-established high levels of student achievement. A number of issues and research needs are raised which relate to the identification of effective schools. Unless the nature of "effectiveness" can be described and agreed upon, researchers face the possibility…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Eagles, Paul; And Others – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1997
In a survey of 517 8th- and 12th-grade students in Waterloo County (Ontario) schools, the majority of students who had attended outdoor and environmental education programs reported high levels of learning in key areas of ecology and environmental studies. In addition, most respondents reported feeling positive about the program and their…
Descriptors: Ecology, Educational Objectives, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
San Antonio Coll., TX. – 2000
San Antonio College (SAC), Texas, identifies its strategic goals and objectives in this comprehensive plan for 2001-2002. Strategic goal 1.1.97 states that the college will modify existing strategies and initiate new strategies that will support students in achieving their educational goals. In support of this goal, SAC identifies a number of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives
Tripp, Laurie – 1993
Drawing from both state and institutional data sources, this report provides personnel at Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) with an in-depth analysis of assessment issues, offering both quantitative and qualitative information on assessment and student outcomes. Section 1 provides data on student transfer goal achievement, indicating that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Educational Attainment
Kuh, George D. – 1982
In an examination of the meaning and measurement of quality in the undergraduate experience, quality is compared with the conceptually similar but distinct concepts of adequacy and excellence. Most of the conceptual frameworks available for assessing quality are essentially unidimensional assessment strategies that rely almost exclusively on…
Descriptors: College Role, Educational Assessment, Educational Benefits, Educational Objectives
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Mitchell, Steve – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2006
The recently mandated, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) electronic submission format poses a significant challenge to teacher educators charged with compiling a program report for the purpose of securing national recognition from NCATE. The program report guidelines stipulate that compilers may use a maximum of only…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Educators, Educational Objectives, National Standards
Owens, Thomas R.; Haenn, Joseph F. – 1976
Evaluation conducted during the 1975-76 school year of the Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is reported, focusing on the evaluation findings of the EBCE demonstration project in Tigard, Oregon called Community Experiences for Career Education, (CE)2, and the five NWREL EBCE pilot…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Educational Objectives
Owens, Thomas; And Others – 1975
Evaluation conducted during the 1974-75 school year of the Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is reported, focusing on the evaluation findings of the EBCE demonstration project in Tigard, Oregon called Community Experiences for Career Education (CE)2, and various EBCE…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Case Studies, Daily Living Skills