Measuring School Spirit: A National Teaching Exercise

Titel	Measuring School Spirit: A National Teaching Exercise
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 31 (2004) 1, S.18-21 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
Schlagwörter	School Culture; Student Attitudes; Higher Education; College Students; Student Research; Data Collection; Data Analysis; Student Projects; National Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulkultur; Schulleben; Schülerverhalten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Studentenforschung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Auswertung; Schulprojekt
Abstract	We developed a novel variation on classroom data collection by having students conduct a national research project. Students at 20 different colleges and universities measured "school spirit" at their institutions according to several operational criteria (school apparel wearing, car stickers, alumni donation rate, ratings by a major sports publication, and questionnaire measures). Instructors then combined this information into one large dataset, allowing students to analyze and compare trends measured at their school with those measured at other schools. We discuss the process of organizing a national study (recruitment of faculty participants, dissemination of instruments, compilation of data), aspects of the project that instructors thought were most educationally valuable, and substantive results of the study (how well the different measures of school spirit correlated). (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10