The Changing Student Body
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How and Why Does it Matter?The Changing Student Body
Victor M. H. Borden, Ph.D.Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Sr. Advisor to Exec VP for Regional Affairs, Planning, and Policy
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Overview Two tracks
Addressing the question askedWarm-up for “pop quiz”
• Handout for keeping score How and why does understanding the
changing student body matter? Fundamental paradigm shift
From teaching students to learning students
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At what average annual percentage rate has the size of the undergraduate student body at IUPUI changed over the last 20 years (since 1991)
a) -2%b) 0%c) +2%d) +4%
Total Undergraduates
+0.2% to be exact
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Undergraduate Enrollment at IUPUI
21,157 19,950 20,695 21,193 22,236
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1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
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What Really Works for Student Learning? Research findings converge Seven Principles of Good Practice in
Undergraduate Education Chickering & Gamson, 1991, New Directions for
Teaching and Learning, No. 47. Insights from Neuroscience and Anthropology,
Cognitive Science and Work-place Studies Ted Marchese,http://home.avvanta.com/~building/lifelong/higher_ed/marchese.htm
National Research Council Research Synthesis How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11102
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Seven Principles Encourages Contact Between Students and
Faculty Develops Reciprocity and Cooperation Among
Students Encourages Active Learning Gives Prompt Feedback Emphasizes Time on Task Communicates High Expectations Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning
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Marchese’s Insights Good teachers, like "reflective practitioners" in
other professions, constantly test, adjust, and reframe their models of practice on the basis of experience and reflection
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Marchese’s Insights The more a teacher can emphasize . . .
learner independence and choice intrinsic motivators and natural curiosity rich, timely, usable feedback coupled with occasions for
reflection active involvement in real-world tasks emphasizing
higher-order abilities done with other people in high-challenge, low-threat
environments that provide for practice and reinforcement
. . . the greater the chances he or she will realize the deep learning that makes a difference in student lives.
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Conditions for Learning
Research Synthesis from National Research Council Engage preconceptions Develop a foundation of “factual” knowledge Develop strong conceptual frameworks Develop competency in monitoring our own
understanding (metacognition) Regulate our behaviors to optimize our capacity
to learn and unlearn where necessary
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Herbert Simon’s Observation Learning takes place in the minds of students
and nowhere else, and the effectiveness of teachers lies in what they can induce students to do. The beginning of the design of any educational procedure is dreaming up experiences for students: things that we want students to do because these are the activities that will help them to learn this kind of information and skill. And then we can back off and ask what we have to do to get students to carry out these activities.
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What Doesn’t Work Passive listening Obsession with coverage and lower-order thinking skills
(i.e., memorization) Little student choice about what is studied and how it is
studied Fear/anxiety riddled instruction and evaluation Limited interaction with instructor and other students High-stakes evaluation But good students will learn even under poor learning
conditions Can you imagine what they can do under the best
conditions?
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Student Learning and Learning Students How and why does understanding the
changing student body matter? How do macro-level statistical trends relate in
any way to student learning?
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What percentage of undergraduates at IUPUI are male?
a) 43%b) 47%c) 51%d) 55%
Gender
A vanishing breed?
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Percent Male
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The College Gender GapACE 2006 Report (http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pdf/Gender_Equity_6_23.pdf)
Economic Incentives Degree makes bigger difference for females Male occupations w/H.S. diploma offer better
benefits School Effects
School/classroom environment biased against boys Reading and writing emphasis early on favors girls
Social/Psychological Factors Male role models less academically oriented Boys don’t follow norms or manage emotions well
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What percentage of annual new students at IUPUI are fall, full-time beginners?
a) 34%b) 44%c) 54%d) 64%
Mode of Admissions
Not even one-half
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IUPUI New Degree-Seeking Undergraduates 2010-11
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Swirling and Learning Majority of IUPUI graduates started elsewhere
Many more transferred in credits since starting at IUPUI
Accommodating Student Swirl (Borden, 2004)
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What percentage of undergraduates at IUPUI are members of a racial/ethnic minority?
a) 26%b) 21%c) 16%d) 11%
Still the Midwest, but…
Race/Ethnicity
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Percent Minority
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By what percentage has white student enrollment changed over the past 20 years?
a) -10%b) -5%c) +5%d) +10%
But still the large majority
Non-Minority
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Percent White Students
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Cultural Bias in Teaching and Testing The SAT “Regata” question
Runner:Marathon A) envoy:embassy B) martyr:massacre C) oarsman:regatta D) referee:tournament E) horse:stable
Subtle/nuanced bias is much prevalent than flagrant bias
Disciplinary bias as a form of cultural biasTeaching statistics in psychology
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Getting a Grip on the Changing Student Body Keeping students in mind when designing
courses, program, curricula Engaging students in learning
Being different from them is greatBeing indifferent to them, not so good
WARNING: Statistics are not relevant to individualsThe average Floridian is born Hispanic and
dies Jewish