Active and Collaborative Learning
The following responses were provided by 787 randomly selected Santa Clara University first-year (FY) and senior students on the 2008 NSSE Survey
How often do students ask questions in class or contribute to class discussions?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Often |
35% |
24% |
48% |
38% |
How often do students work on a paper or of project that required integrating ideas or information from other sources?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Often |
37% |
32% |
58% |
46% |
How often do students work with classmates outside of class to prepare class assignments?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Often |
46% |
30% |
38% |
34% |
| Very Often |
19% |
12% |
43% |
24% |
How often do students say you put together ideas or concepts from different courses when completing assignments or during class discussion?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Often |
22% |
15% |
31% |
27% |
How much solving of complex real-world problems did student report experiencing?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Much |
26% |
22% |
36% |
26% |
How much did students feel they contributed to the welfare of their community?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Much |
28% |
18% |
34% |
20% |
How much did students feel they worked effectively with others?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Much |
43% |
33% |
58% |
42% |
