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Zeiser, Kristina; Scholz, Carrie; Cirks, Victoria – American Institutes for Research, 2018
Student agency, or the ability to manage one's learning, can have significant effects on academic achievement as students take an active role in seeking and internalizing new knowledge. Students who believe that knowledge can grow over time perform better on IQ tests than students who believe intelligence is invariable (Cury, Elliot, Da Fonseca,…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Individual Power, Educational Strategies, High School Students
Kerrigan, Monica Reid; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2013
Achieving the Dream (ATD) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving outcomes among community college students, especially low-income students and students of color. A central ATD strategy is to promote a "culture of evidence," in which colleges collect, analyze, and make decisions based on information about students in…
Descriptors: Data, Information Utilization, Evidence, Outcomes of Education
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2008
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students