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Common Reading

Rethinking Assessment

• f Student Engagement

Kali Morgan

Ph.D. Candidate University of South Florida

Twister Marquiss, MFA

Common Reading Program Director Texas State University

Course Evals: Check Yes or No

Question Fall 2015 Fall 2016

Did you read the book?

84.97% 82.50%

Did you discuss themes with others?

73.63% 68.54%

Did you participate in an event/activity?

85.98% 81.98%

Narrative Engagement

Results

Portion of Text Read

Less than 1/4 More than 1/4
 but less than 1/2 More than 1/2
 but less than 3/4 More than 3/4 
 to all of book

33.6% 15.1% 16.1% 35.1%

Assessment Results

Community Behaviors and Experiences · Students' classmates and friends · Faculty, staff, and TAs Program Engagement

Narrative Engagement Results

Prior experiences with text's themes Story-Consistent Beliefs Narrative Engagement · Emotional Engagement

Emotional Engagement

"Interruptions" to narrative experience Amount of time between the reading experience & survey completion Other influences to survey completion for this study

Reading Matters!

Significant MANOVA and follow-up results for Portion of Text Read and: · Community with other students · Community with faculty & staff · Program Engagement · Emotional Engagement Non-significant: Story-Consistent Beliefs

Prior Experience Matters for Community

Significant MANOVA and follow-up results for Prior Experiences and: · Community with other students · Community with faculty & staff Non-significant: · Program Engagement · Emotional Engagement · Story-Consistent Beliefs

Discussion

Key Points

· Reading the book is critical! · In-class experiences are a major part of engagement · Prior experiences with the themes help start conversations · No evidence of story-consistent beliefs resulting directly from reading · Book can provoke emotional response

Implications for Practice

Find creative ways to encourage students to read Talk about students' past experiences to build community Involve your FYS faculty in reviewing survey questions for story-consistent beliefs

Implications for Research

Explore different timing and/or stages for survey completion in relation to reading experience Use framework with other common read books Conduct cognitive interviews with first-year students

Questions?

Kali Morgan Ph.D. Candidate University of South Florida

kali5@mail.usf.edu

Twister Marquiss, MFA Common Reading Program Director Texas State University

twister@txstate.edu

Common Reading Program Texas State University

txstate.edu/bobcatbook #bobcatbook

MANOVA Portion of Text Read

MANOVA Prior Experiences