Active and Collaborative Learning 2009
The following responses were provided by 669 randomly selected Santa Clara University first-year (FY) and senior students on the 2009 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 |
37% |
26% |
45% |
41% |
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 |
39% |
34% |
54% |
49% |
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 |
43% |
31% |
38% |
34% |
| Very Often |
23% |
14% |
48% |
25% |
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 |
21% |
15% |
30% |
28% |
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 |
24% |
23% |
33% |
27% |
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 |
27% |
19% |
36% |
20% |
