BIO/EXPERTISE
Alexander McCormick is the director of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) which obtains, on an annual basis, information from hundreds of four-year colleges and universities nationwide about student participation in programs and activities that institutions provide for their learning and personal development. The results provide an estimate of how undergraduates spend their time and what they gain from attending college. Survey items on The National Survey of Student Engagement represent empirically confirmed “good practices” in undergraduate education. That is, they reflect behaviors by students and institutions that are associated with desired outcomes of college.
General Session III
Thursday 2:00 – 3:30
Amphitheater
Alexander C. McCormick
Director
National Survey of Student Engagement
RESOURCES
Powerpoint Presentation
Video of this Session (Requires iTunes or Quicktime Player)
ABSTRACT
The speaker will introduce the concept of student engagement and describe its importance to the quality assessment and improvement agenda in U.S. higher education. The presentation will include examples from the 2009 administration of the National Survey of Student Engagement, with special attention to an analysis of the use of technology in instruction and its relationship to student engagement and students’ self-reported gains in learning and personal development.