1. EXAMINING THE CLASS OF 2020: FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR ASSESSMENTS
Improving the academic performance of undergraduate students to ensure academic and career success.

2. ASSESSMENT TOOLS
College Student Inventory – Completed Fall 2016 ~ August 29 – September 2
Learning and Study Strategies Inventory – Completed Fall 2016 ~ September 6 – 12
Inventory of Learning Styles – Completed Fall 2016 ~ September
StrengthsFinder 2.0 (Spring 2017)
Student Survey of Scholarly Endeavors (Spring 2017)

3. COLLEGE STUDENT INVENTORY (CSI)
Designed for incoming first-year students with scales organized under three main categories:
Academic Motivation
General Coping Skills
Receptivity to Support Services

4. COLLEGE STUDENT INVENTORY (CSI)
Four Summary Observation based on student responses in each of the three areas:
Dropout Proneness
Predicted Academic Difficulty
Educational Stress
Receptivity to Institutional Help
High scores on the scales imply the advisability of intervention.

5. FALL 2016 CSI SUMMARY ANALYSIS

6. LEARNING AND STUDY STRATEGIES INVENTORY
The LASSI tool is designed to:
Help students learn more about their study attitudes and see how well they use study and learning strategies.
Assesses strengths and weaknesses in 10 different learning/study areas related to being a strategic and successful learner in college.
Help students identify areas of knowledge, skills, motivation, and attitude they may need to improve upon.
Based on the results the focus is on helping students develop successful study skills; including time management, note-taking skills, organizing textbook readings, memory techniques, test-taking strategies and developing a positive attitude toward learning.

7. FALL 2016 LASSI SUMMARY ANALYSIS
Percentage of CAU Students in Each Scoring Percentile:
Learning/Study Area
At or Above 75th Percentile
Between 50th and 75th Percentile
At or Below 50th Percentile 1
Attitude (ATT)
21.3%
17.1%
61.6% 2
Motivation (MOT)
46.0%
20.2%
33.9% 3
Time Management (TMT)
28.6%
24.7%
46.6% 4
Anxiety (ANX)
28.5%
19.9%
51.6% 5
Concentration (CON)
18.5%
53.0% 6
Information Processing (INP)
43.7%
20.9%
35.4% 7
Selecting Main Ideas (SMI)
27.1%
39.0% 8
Study Aids (STA)
38.1%
21.5%
40.5% 9
Self-Testing (SFT)
37.7%
16.6%
45.7% 10
Test Strategies (TST)
32.5%
26.5%
41.1%
Sores at or above the 75 Percentile: Student may not have to give high priority to improving in these area
Scores between the 50th and 75th Percentile: Students may benefit from improving strategies in these areas
Scores at or below the 50th Percentile: Student must improve in these areas to avoid serious problems succeeding in college
*N = 896

8. FALL 2016 LASSI SUMMARY ANALYSIS

9. INTERVENTIONS Programmatic Individual
Look at aggregate scales in the survey reports to review strengths and needs unique to the Class of
Offer workshops and small group discussions to address the strengths and needs.
Individual
One on one conferences to discuss student’s strengths, challenges and goals.
Referrals to campus resources (Financial Literacy, Career Services, Academic Support Services, etc.)

10. interventions Met with the FYS faculty to discuss data (November 9)
Conducted a workshop in FYS classes (November 14 – 18) to address Stress and Time Management.

11. Spring 2017 and Beyond
Introduce the data and findings in the Spring Institute, January 9, 2017
Specific workshops for FYS faculty, AES advisors and staff and CAU faculty (CSI, LASSI and Learning Styles)
Programmatic and Individual Interventions in First-Year Seminar
Assign a reflection paper and action planning exercise for students to complete
3-5 In-course modules based on data collected at the beginning of the term from CSI and LASSI
Support services through CASS
Re-administer the tools/instruments each Spring

12. Redesigning first-year seminar
First-Year Seminar Focus
Discovery (Undergraduate Research and Creativity, QEP - MUSE)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Service and Leadership (through co-curricular activities)
Critical Thinking
University History/Traditions and Policies