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StrengthsQuest Plus LASSI Equals Behavior Change: Student - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
StrengthsQuest Plus LASSI Equals Behavior Change: Student - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
StrengthsQuest Plus LASSI Equals Behavior Change: Student Self-Assessments Used in a Freshman Seminar to Promote Active Learning Dr . Dawn Remmers Director of University Advising, Student Success and T esting Services Gateway Advantage
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Cornerstone of Gateway: EDUC 1302 - College Learning Course
Three Major Modules of the Course:
Self-Exploration – StrengthsQuest and Learning and Study
Strategies Inventory (LASSI)
Self-Regulation and Behavior Management Cognitive Theory and Learning Strategies
Course Assignments
Midterm and Comprehensive Final Exams Completion of On-line LASSI Instructional Modules:
http://www.hhpublishing.com/_onlinecourses/study_strate gies/BSL/index.html
Miscellaneous exercises and writing assignments Self-directed Behavior Change Project
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Behavior Change Project: An Example
- f Active Learning
Self-Assessments: StrengthsQuest and LASSI Investigate their results: Refmection paper, class, LASSI
- n-line Modules
Identify an academic-based target behavior for
modifjcation
Conduct library research – 3-day module in the library Develop a self-change contract Collect self-observed data on their behavior Write an APA-style paper detailing their research,
methods, fjndings, and conclusions
Progressive assignments and fjnal paper ≈ 50% of grade
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Self-Assessment: StrengthsQuest (SQ)
www.strengthsquest.com Basic Premise of SQ:
Top achievers recognize their talents, build on them (creating strengths), and apply them in creative ways to help themselves achieve. (SQ, 2nd Ed., p. 8)
On-line StrengthsFinder Assessment T
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Signature Themes
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alents…Strengths…Genius = Positive self-esteem & sense of empowerment
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Self-Assessment: Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI)
http://www.hhpublishing.com/_assessments/LASSI/inde
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On-line assessment tool that measures students’
awareness and use of learning and study strategies
10 scales:
Anxiety
Self- Testing Attitude Selecting Main Ideas Concentration Study Aids Information Processing Time Management Motivation Testing Strategies
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Investigation Begins…
Use various exercises from the StrengthsQuest
Curriculum and Learning Activities to explore and apply our Strengths
Apply Strengths creatively in academics and manage
certain weakness LASSI On-Line Instructional Modules (as homework):
http://www.hhpublishing.com/_onlinecourses/study_str ategies/BSL/index.html
Everyone completes the Time Management Module Students select two additional modules that they
personally want to manage better
Reading and exercises that help a student refmect on their
behavior in the area and how they could improve
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T arget Behavior
Investigation of Strengths and Weaknesses Behavior Modification Theories Select a Target Behavior for Modification
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Contract: ABCs of Behavior Change
Identify a problem (target) behavior and the
antecedents and consequences
Identify if they want to decrease a problem behavior or
increase another behavior that will solve the problem.
Identify what they are going to observe or measure
during the week of Baseline and two weeks of “Treatment”
We encourage students to use “Treatments” at the
ABCs from their Strengths
Contract
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Overall Conclusions
The Behavior Change Project allows students to refmect
- n themselves and use the information actively.
StrengthsQuest and LASSI make for a more positive
combination of assessments with this at-risk population.
The Behavior Change Project allows for students to
actively use the behavior management skills learned in class.
The active learning is personalized and requires higher
- rder thinking such as application, analysis, synthesis
and evaluation (Bloom).
Overall, the project encourages students to use the basic
premise of SQ… use what you do well to succeed
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Student Reactions…
LASSI scores tend to be poor on the majority of the scales, so
students report in evaluations more positivity in knowing they have strengths that ofgset the focus on their weaknesses.
Average Fall to Fall Retention Rate:
60.4%
Versus 30% or less retention without GW
Average Fall to Fall Retention Rate all FR:
66.5%
GPA
Fall 2005 Overall Met Condition s Not Met Condition s Not GW 2.37 3.08 1.10 2.21
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Student Reactions cont…
Student-Reported Survey Results I will use what I have learned from the behavior
change project to improve my behavior in the future.
On a 5 pt. scale: 3.32 3.48 3.60 Increasing efgectiveness as refjne the project The StrengthsQuest book and assessment tool have
been useful for my academic life.
On a 5 pt. scale: mean rating over several years = 3.10 The LASSI has been useful for my academic life. On a 5 pt. scale: mean rating over several years = 3.04 I feel better prepared to meet my academic goals. On a 5 pt scale: 3.37 3.42 3.90
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Student Reactions cont…
GW students reported the cumulative GPA they
expected to achieve… 2.5 – 3.0 GPA expected
On the average, GW students received:
2.0 – 2.3 GPA received
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Contact Information
- Dr. Dawn Remmers