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MAP-Works: What is it? What does it tell us? How is it being used in the colleges? What do we know by week three?. *Adapted from Sherry Woosley , Ph.D. Director of Analytics and Research, EBI MAP-Works. MAP-Works: What Is It?.
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MAP-Works:What is it?What does it tell us?How is it being used in the colleges?What do we know by week three? *Adapted from Sherry Woosley, Ph.D. Director of Analytics and Research, EBI MAP-Works.
MAP-Works: What Is It? • Tool for early identification of undergraduates at potential risk for poor academic performance or departure. • Utilized by more than 1,500 institutions. • Links to ISU data on individual students as well as that entered by staff, faculty, and the students themselves. • Freshmen module to this point; sophomore, junior, and senior modules added this year.
What Does It Tell Us?A Sample of Descriptive Findings Fall 2011 MAP-Works Freshmen Cohort • Nationally • Students • More than 172,000 first-year students • More than 119,000 respondents (69%) • 102 institutions • 4-year and 2-year • Public and private • Religiously-affiliated and not religiously affiliated • All sizes • From 36 states
Fall 2011 Cohort continued • ISU • Students • 2,521 first-time freshmen (official) • Survey Return Rate: 2,080 (82.5% of FTF) • Approximately 1,821 residential respondents (92.7%) • 88% of respondents lived on-campus
How committed are students to completing a degree? ISU Nationally Anywhere Current Institution Anywhere ISU
How involved were studentsplanning to get? Participate in a student organization Participate in a student organization National ISU
How many hours per week were students planning to study or work on homework? National ISU Hours per week
What grades did students think they would make their first semester? 85% predict A’s or B’s. Was that overly optimistic? National ISU
How many students were experiencing separation homesickness? National ISU
How many students were experiencing distressed homesickness? National ISU
How many students were making a strong academic transition? National ISU
Lofty Goals or Unrealistic Expectations? ISU Expectations and Outcomes Expectations Outcomes
How Is MAP-Works Being Used in the Colleges? • The Individual Faculty Model (Ann Rider, CAS) • The Central Coordination Model (Melissa Froderman, COT)
What Do We Know by Week Three?A More Focused Look at ISU Freshmen MAP Works Freshmen Survey 2011: 20 Factors Measured 66 Questions; 7-point rating scale (1=very poor/not at all/not at all certain to 7=excellent/extremely/always)
Top 5 descriptive findings:Points of possible concern at 3 weeks • Homesickness-Separation (Mean=3.53; S.D.=1.56) • Test Anxiety (Mean=3.99; S.D.=1.68) • Financial Means Confidence (Mean=4.69; S.D.=1.67) • Analytical Skills (Mean=4.81; S.D.=1.25) • Communication Skills (Mean=4.87; S.D.=1.13)
Inferential Findings: Where We Differ from Other Institutions
Inferential Findings: What was Associated with Institutional Satisfaction • Commitment to the Institution (contributed 22% of the model explanation) • Peer Connections (contributed 12% of the model explanation) • Advanced Academic Behaviors (contributed 3.7% of the model explanation) • Time Management1(contributed 2.4% of the model explanation) Regression Model R2=.40 1This was the one factor with a negative relationship, inferring that the stronger the time management skills of a student, the less satisfied they were with ISU.