TY - JOUR
T1 - Learning in clusters
T2 - 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, ASEE 2020
AU - Chen, John
AU - Landy, Jenna Michelle
AU - Scheidt, Matthew
AU - Major, Justin Charles
AU - Ge, Julianna
AU - Chambers, Camaryn Elizabeth
AU - Grigorian, Christina
AU - Kerfs, Michelle
AU - Berger, Edward J.
AU - Godwin, Allison
AU - Self, Brian P.
AU - Widmann, James M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© American Society for Engineering Education 2020.
PY - 2020/6/22
Y1 - 2020/6/22
N2 - This research paper explores the role of non-cognitive and affective (NCA) factors in influencing student achievement and thriving. We have developed and deployed a survey with evidence of validity and reliability to measure 28 NCA factors from n=2339 undergraduates at 17 U.S. institutions. The factors examined include personality, grit, meaning and purpose, engineering identity, mindset, motivation, test anxiety, test and study environment, perceptions of faculty caring, self-control, stress, gratitude, mindfulness, and sense of belonging. The results from a previous cluster analysis identified four distinct clusters of students' NCA profiles, accounting for 69.0% of the sample. A second analysis indicated that membership within any of the four clusters was only weakly, if at all, associated with academic performance, as measured by self-reported, overall grade-point-average. In this study we explore this association in more detailed and nuanced ways to assess whether cluster membership is truly unassociated with academic performance.
AB - This research paper explores the role of non-cognitive and affective (NCA) factors in influencing student achievement and thriving. We have developed and deployed a survey with evidence of validity and reliability to measure 28 NCA factors from n=2339 undergraduates at 17 U.S. institutions. The factors examined include personality, grit, meaning and purpose, engineering identity, mindset, motivation, test anxiety, test and study environment, perceptions of faculty caring, self-control, stress, gratitude, mindfulness, and sense of belonging. The results from a previous cluster analysis identified four distinct clusters of students' NCA profiles, accounting for 69.0% of the sample. A second analysis indicated that membership within any of the four clusters was only weakly, if at all, associated with academic performance, as measured by self-reported, overall grade-point-average. In this study we explore this association in more detailed and nuanced ways to assess whether cluster membership is truly unassociated with academic performance.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85095748166
SN - 2153-5965
VL - 2020-June
JO - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
JF - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
M1 - 945
Y2 - 22 June 2020 through 26 June 2020
ER -