Supporting students' college success : the role of assessment of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal competencies / Joan Herman and Margaret Hilton, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Assessing Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies, author.

Contributor:

Herman, Joan, editor.

Hilton, Margaret, editor.

Committee on Assessing Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies.

Board on Testing and Assessment.

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Prediction of scholastic success--United States.

Prediction of scholastic success.

College students--United States.

College students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2017.

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

"The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainment--the number of years a person spends in school--strongly predicts adult earnings, as well as health and civic engagement. Yet relative to other developed nations, educational attainment in the United States is lagging, with young Americans who heretofore led the world in completing postsecondary degrees now falling behind their global peers. As part of a broader national college completion agenda aimed at increasing college graduation rates, higher education researchers and policy makers are exploring the role of intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies in supporting student success. Supporting Students' College Success: The Role of Assessment of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies identifies 8 intrapersonal competencies (competencies involving self-management and positive self-evaluation) that can be developed through interventions and appear to be related to persistence and success in undergraduate education. The report calls for further research on the importance of these competencies for college success, reviews current assessments of them and establishes priorities for the use of current assessments, and outlines promising new approaches for improved assessments"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction

Competencies for college success

Assessment methods for college competencies

Assessment uses and stakeholders within higher education

Intra- and interpersonal competencies as college outcomes

Next steps

References

Appendix A: Literature searches commissioned by the Committee

Appendix B: Assessments used in the intervention literature

Appendix C: Biographical sketches of Committee members

Appendix D: Workshop agenda.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309456081

0309456088

9780309456067

0309456061