Intersecting Outcomes: Intercultural Effectiveness and Integration of Learning for College Students

• In Event: Academic Outcomes

Abstract

This analysis examines the relationship between two student learning outcomes in the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education: intercultural effectiveness and integration of learning. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between these two outcomes among undergraduates, and if so, to examine the characteristics of those experiences that represented both outcomes. Within an analytic sample of n=71 examples of interculturally effective experiences, integration of learning occurred in n=43 (61%) of the examples, indicating an overlap between these two concepts in students’ experiences. Implications for college educators are discussed, focusing on strategies to create learning experiences to promote achievement of both outcomes, advancing the overarching outcome of educating wise citizens.

Authors

• Rosemary J. Perez, Iowa State University

• James Patrick Barber, College of William and Mary