Item Comparisons

Seniors

By examining individual NSSE questions, you can better understand what contributes to your institution's performance on Engagement Indicators and High-Impact Practices. This section displays the five questions on which your first-year and senior students scored the highest and the five questions on which they scored the lowest, relative to students in your Snapshot comparison group. Parenthetical notes indicate whether an item belongs to a specific Engagement Indicator or is a High-Impact Practice. While these questions represent the largest differences (in percentage points), they may not be the most important to your institutional mission or current program or policy goals. For additional results, see your Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons report.


Highest Performing Relative to UMD Competitors
Created with Highcharts 4.2.5+9+8+7+4+4Worked with other students on course projects orassignments¹ (CL)Asked another student to help you understand coursematerial¹ (CL)Explained course material to one or more students¹ (CL)Instructors: Provided feedback on a draft or work inprogress² (ET)Assigned more than 50 pages of writing-30-20-100102030

Lowest Performing Relative to UMD Competitors
Created with Highcharts 4.2.5-7-9-9-11-13Inst. emphasizes: Helping you manage your non-academicresponsibilities² (SE)Inst. emphasizes: Helping you manage your non-academic responsibilities² (SE) Inst. emphasizes: Using learning support services (...)²(SE)Discussions with: People from a country other than yourown¹(DD)Discussions with: People from a country other than your own¹ (DD) Inst. emphasizes: Events that address importantsocial/econ./polit. issues² (SE)Completed a culminating senior experience (...) (HIP)-30-20-100102030
Percentage Point Difference with UMD Competitors

Notes:
1. Combination of students responding "Very often" or "Often."
2. Combination of students responding "Very much" or "Quite a bit."
3. Rated at least 6 on a 7-point scale.
4. Combination of students responding “Strongly agree” or “Agree.”

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