Confidential
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Figure3:
Experiential educationpedagogies employedby Facultyat theUniversity, basedby Faculty.
National SurveyonStudent Engagement
As indicatedpreviously, theNSSEasks students about their participation invarious EL types,
including service learning, researchwith faculty, internshipor fieldexperience, studyabroad,
andculminating senior experiences.
High-level findings
:
•
First-year studentswhohadparticipated inaneducational experience (i.e., internship,
co-op, fieldexperience) gave significantlyhigher ratings than thosewhohadnot;
•
Both first-year and final-year studentswhohadparticipated ina learning community
gave significantlyhigher ratings for educational experience than thosewhohadnot;
•
First-year studentswhohaddone researchwith facultygave significantlyhigher ratings
for educational experience than thosewhohadnot;
•
Both first-year and final-year studentswhohad takenat least somecourseswithservice
learning component gave significantlyhigher ratings for educational experience than
thosewhohadnot.
Table1:
Participation inHigh-Impact Practices as reported in the2014NSSE
First Year
Final Year
UWindsor
OntarioUnis.
UWindsor
OntarioUnis
Learning community
10%
10%
17%
18%
Service learning
39%
43%
52%
45%
Researchwith faculty
5%
3%
22%
23%
Internshipor fieldexperience
43%
46%
Study abroad
6%
10%
Culminating senior experience
30%
33%
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Service-learning
Practicums
Internships
Global service learning
Fieldplacements
Community-basedlearning
Appliedresearchprojects
Science Odette Engineering Education HumanKinetics FAHSS Law Nursing
