NSSE 2003 Annual Report
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Senior 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 19 22 22 12 21 8 20
6-10 hours/week 25 25 26 21 25 17 25
11-15 hours/week 18 17 18 19 18 19 18
16-20 hours/week 15 14 14 18 15 19 15
21-25 hours/week 9 8 9 12 9 15 9
26-30 hours/week 6 6 5 8 6 10 6
>30 hours/week 7 7 6 9 6 12 7
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Worked harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor's standards or expectations Never 9 7 6 7 5 6 7
Sometimes 41 38 36 35 36 29 37
Often 35 38 40 39 40 40 38
Very Often 15 17 19 20 19 25 18
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of assigned textbooks, books, or book-length packs of course readings None 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
Between 1 and 4 22 26 25 13 23 9 23
Between 5 and 10 36 36 35 27 34 24 34
Between 11 and 20 25 22 24 33 26 33 26
More than 20 15 13 15 26 15 34 16
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports of 20 pages or more None 52 49 49 37 46 28 48
Between 1 and 4 40 42 41 55 45 61 44
Between 5 and 10 6 7 6 6 6 8 6
Between 11 and 20 1 2 2 1 2 1 2
More than 20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports between 5 and 19 pages None 9 10 9 3 7 2 8
Between 1 and 4 43 44 42 32 41 25 41
Between 5 and 10 31 30 31 39 34 42 32
Between 11 and 20 12 12 13 20 14 25 14
More than 20 4 4 5 6 5 7 5
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Number of written papers or reports fewer than 5 pages None 6 8 7 5 6 5 6
Between 1 and 4 31 32 30 25 27 23 29
Between 5 and 10 28 27 26 29 26 29 27
Between 11 and 20 20 19 20 23 22 25 21
More than 20 14 18 17 18 20 19 16
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework Emphasized: Analyzing the basic elements of an idea, experience, or theory Very little 1 2 2 1 2 1 1
Some 14 14 14 10 14 6 13
Quite a bit 42 42 42 38 43 32 42
Very much 42 43 42 51 41 61 44
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework Emphasized: Synthesizing and organizing ideas, information, or experiences Very little 4 4 4 2 4 1 4
Some 24 23 23 16 23 11 22
Quite a bit 40 42 40 38 41 32 40
Very much 32 32 33 44 32 56 34
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Coursework Emphasized: Making judgements about the value of information, arguments, or methods Very little 7 7 6 4 5 3 6
Some 28 26 25 22 24 16 25
Quite a bit 37 38 39 38 39 36 38
Very much 28 29 30 35 31 45 31
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 3 2 3 2 3
Some 19 18 18 17 17 12 18
Quite a bit 36 37 37 36 37 31 36
Very much 41 42 42 45 43 55 43
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Emphasize: Spending significant amounts of time studying Very little 3 3 2 1 2 1 2
Some 20 19 18 12 16 6 17
Quite a bit 46 45 47 41 47 30 46
Very much 31 33 32 45 35 64 35
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100