NSSE Experimental Questions on Writing: Selected Results

1. NSSE Experimental Questions on Writing: Selected Results Chuck PaineUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque Paul AndersonMiami University, Ohio Bob GonyeaIndiana University Bloomington WPA Denver July 2008

2. Outline Results by Class Results by Major Scale Scores by Major Preliminary Conclusions Questions and Discussion

3. Response Set • No assignments • Few assignments • Some assignments • Most assignments • All assignments “None” “Few or some” “Most or all”

4. Results by class

10. Results by Major

14. SCALE SCORES BY MAJOR

19. CONCLUSIONS

20. Preliminary Conclusions • There is considerable variation in the amount that students and instructors participate in good writing practices, and various genres • Major field explains some, but not all, of the variation in predictable ways

21. Questions & Discussion