Moving Beyond Student Participation: A New Model for Examining High-Impact Practices

• In Event: Moving Beyond Student Participation: A New Model for Examining High-Impact Practices

Abstract

Using student participation in high-impact practices as a measure to predict collegiate outcomes appears simplistic and likely does not capture the variation within the experience. This conceptual paper proposes a new model for examining elements of high-impact practices and their relationship to student gains. I outline key student characteristics frequently overlooked by researchers in having access to high-impact practices, six elements that should be components of the experiences, and deep approaches to learning that may mediate the achievement of student outcomes. Extant literature grounds the proposed model and paves the way for scholars and practitioners to test constructs that may improve high-impact practices for a variety of students.

Author

• Kyle T. Fassett, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill