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Direct linkScrutton, Roger; Beames, Simon – Journal of Experiential Education, 2015
Outdoor adventure education (OAE) has a long history of being credited with the personal and social development (PSD) of its participants. PSD is notoriously difficult to measure quantitatively, yet stakeholders demand statistical evidence that given approaches to eliciting PSD are effective in their methods. Rightly or wrongly, many stakeholders…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Educational Research, Statistical Analysis, Individual Development
Volkwein, J. Fredericks – 1991
This study examined 10 educational outcomes reported by a representative group of 1990 seniors (N=536) who entered a public research university in fall 1986. The project tested an improved set of items reflecting scales of academic and social integration and of intellectual and personal growth developed earlier by Pascarella and Terenzini. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Departments, Educational Environment
Benjamin, Michael – 1990
A study was done at the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) examining the experiences, concerns and interests of college freshmen. Of 65 entering students who agreed to participate, 37 signed up for the study in September, 1988, with 24 women and 4 men completing all study requirements: completion of a daily diary; bimonthly unstructured…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
