Higher Education Administration In the dissertation stage of PhD Earned my MBA in 1988 Teaching at Mount Mercy since 1990 Appointed Dean in 2005 and returned for a PhD in 2007 2 statistics courses between 19851988 ID: 1014822
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "Tom Castle Doctoral Candidate:" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
1. Tom CastleDoctoral Candidate: Higher Education Administration
2. In the dissertation stage of Ph.D.Earned my MBA in 1988Teaching at Mount Mercy since 1990.Appointed Dean in 2005, and returned for a Ph.D. in 2007.2 statistics courses between 1985-1988.A refresher stats course two years ago.Last year: Quantitative Methods using STATA My Situation
3. Longitudinal, multi-institutional study of factors that affect liberal arts education. Dr. Ernie Pascarella, principal investigatorhttp://www.liberalarts.wabash.edu/study-overview/Wabash National Study
4. What is the net effect of Cooperative Learning on the development of Need for Cognition among 1st year college students?Are the effects of Cooperative Learning on Need for Cognition mitigated by pre-college characteristics?Research Question:
5. Cooperative Learning:ScaleStudents help each other: AcadStuTeachFaculty encourage study groups: FacEncourStudyGrpParticipated in study groups: AcadStudyGroup Work on projects out of class: NSSE occgrp Independent Variable:
6. Need For Cognition, Cacioppo, Petty & Kao, 1982The degree to which an individual enjoys engaging in effortful cognitive activities19 item scale: http://www.liberalarts.wabash.edu/study-instruments/#ncsDependent Variable:
7. Background characteristics: ACT scoreSexRaceParental educationCollege experience variables:MajorInstitutional typeVolunteer activitiesLiving Learning CommunityStudent OrganizationsExtra-curricular activitiesNeed For Cognition Score (T1)Control Variables
8. 2006 Cohort: First-year college students4,501 respondents in the fall, 20063,081 completed follow-up in spring, 2007My project data: Wabash