Supporting Students' College Success: The Role of Assessment of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies (Consensus Study Report) - Softcover

National Academies Of Sciences, Engineering, And Medicine; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Board On Testing And Assessment; Committee On Assessing Intrapersonal And Interpersonal Competencies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309456053 ISBN 13: 9780309456050

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2017

Synopsis

The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainmentâ€"the number of years a person spends in schoolâ€"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.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Competencies for College Success
• 3 Assessment Methods for College Competencies
• 4 Assessment Uses and Stakeholders within Higher Education
• 5 Intra- and Interpersonal Competencies as College Outcomes
• 6 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

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0309456053
• ISBN 13: 9780309456050
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 262
• Editor: Hilton Margaret, Herman Joan