Do High-Impact Practices Actually Have High Impact on Learning for All Students?

• In Event: The Role of High-Impact Practices in Student Learning Outcomes

Abstract

This study sought to determine the ways in which high-impact educational practices affect varying subpopulations of undergraduate students. Data was drawn from the Wabash National Study for Liberal Arts Education – a longitudinal, pretest/posttest design – to examine the interaction/conditional effects of participation in high-impact practices on liberal arts learning outcomes by gender, race, and outcome pretest score. Findings suggested that high-impact practices do have varying effects for different subpopulations of students.

Authors

• Cindy Ann Kilgo, Indiana University - Bloomington

• Jessica Kathryn Ezell Sheets, University of Iowa

• Ernest T. Pascarella, University of Iowa