NSSE 2003 Annual Report
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First-Year Student Responses to the Benchmarks
 
Level of Academic Challenge
 
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Top 5% National
Preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, rehearsing, and other activities related to your academic program) 0 hours/week 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1-5 hours/week 17 20 22 10 18 5 18
6-10 hours/week 24 26 27 20 25 14 24
11-15 hours/week 21 20 19 21 19 19 20
16-20 hours/week 16 15 15 19 16 19 16
21-25 hours/week 10 9 9 14 11 17 10
26-30 hours/week 6 5 5 9 6 13 6
>30 hours/week 5 4 4 7 5 13 5
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Worked harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor's standards or expectations Never 11 9 8 8 7 6 8
Sometimes 41 41 40 37 38 31 39
Often 34 35 38 37 39 38 37
Very Often 14 14 15 18 16 24 15
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of assigned textbooks, books, or book-length packs of course readings None 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
Between 1 and 4 15 18 18 7 16 4 15
Between 5 and 10 36 37 36 26 35 18 34
Between 11 and 20 33 30 29 40 33 39 32
More than 20 15 14 15 27 15 37 17
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports of 20 pages or more None 87 83 83 84 82 77 84
Between 1 and 4 11 14 13 13 13 20 13
Between 5 and 10 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Between 11 and 20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
More than 20 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports between 15 and 19 pages None 13 12 12 5 10 2 11
Between 1 and 4 50 49 50 43 49 35 48
Between 5 and 10 27 27 36 35 28 40 28
Between 11 and 20 9 10 9 14 10 19 10
More than 20 2 2 2 3 3 4 2
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports fewer than 5 pages None 3 3 3 2 2 2 3
Between 1 and 4 28 25 23 17 20 17 23
Between 5 and 10 33 33 32 33 31 33 33
Between 11 and 20 24 24 26 29 28 28 26
More than 20 12 15 16 20 19 20 16
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework Emphasized: Analyzing the basic elements of an idea, experience, or theory Very little 2 2 2 1 2 0 2
Some 18 18 20 12 19 8 18
Quite a bit 46 43 45 42 46 36 44
Very much 35 36 33 46 33 56 36
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework Emphasized: Synthesizing and organizing ideas, information, or experiences Very little 5 5 5 3 5 1 5
Some 30 30 31 23 30 17 29
Quite a bit 40 40 41 41 42 38 41
Very much 24 26 23 33 23 43 25
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework Emphasized: Making judgements about the value of information, arguments, or methods Very little 8 7 6 4 6 3 6
Some 33 30 30 26 30 22 30
Quite a bit 38 39 41 41 41 40 40
Very much 21 24 23 28 23 35 24
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework Emphasized: Applying theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations Very little 4 4 5 3 4 3 4
Some 24 24 25 22 25 18 24
Quite a bit 37 38 40 38 40 34 39
Very much 34 34 30 37 32 45 33
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework Emphasized: Spending significant amounts of time studying and memorizing facts Very little 2 2 2 1 2 0 2
Some 18 17 18 12 14 6 16
Quite a bit 45 44 47 42 46 30 45
Very much 34 36 33 45 38 64 37
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100