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Common Reading Rethinking Assessment of Student Engagement Kali Morgan Twister Marquiss, MFA Ph.D. Candidate Common Reading Program Director University of South Florida Texas State University

Course Evals: Check Yes or No Question Fall 2015 Fall 2016 84.97% 82.50% Did you read the book? 73.63% 68.54% Did you discuss themes with others? Did you participate in an event/activity? 85.98% 81.98%

Narrative Engagement

Results

Portion of Text Read More than 1/4 
 More than 1/2 
 More than 3/4 
 Less than 1/4 but less than 1/2 but less than 3/4 to all of book 33.6% 15.1% 16.1% 35.1%

Assessment Results Community Behaviors and Experiences · Students' classmates and friends · Faculty, staff, and TAs Program Engagement

Narrative Engagement Results Prior experiences with text's themes Story-Consistent Beliefs Narrative Engagement · Emotional Engagement

Emotional Engagement "Interruptions" to narrative experience Amount of time between the reading experience & survey completion Other influences to survey completion for this study

Reading Matters! Significant MANOVA and follow-up results for Portion of Text Read and: · Community with other students · Community with faculty & staff · Program Engagement · Emotional Engagement Non-significant: Story-Consistent Beliefs

Prior Experience Matters for Community Significant MANOVA and follow-up results for Prior Experiences and: · Community with other students · Community with faculty & staff Non-significant: · Program Engagement · Emotional Engagement · Story-Consistent Beliefs

Discussion

Key Points · Reading the book is critical! · In-class experiences are a major part of engagement · Prior experiences with the themes help start conversations · No evidence of story-consistent beliefs resulting directly from reading · Book can provoke emotional response

Implications for Practice Find creative ways to encourage students to read Talk about students' past experiences to build community Involve your FYS faculty in reviewing survey questions for story-consistent beliefs

Implications for Research Explore different timing and/or stages for survey completion in relation to reading experience Use framework with other common read books Conduct cognitive interviews with first-year students

Questions? Twister Marquiss, MFA Kali Morgan Common Reading Program Director Ph.D. Candidate Texas State University University of South Florida twister@txstate.edu kali5@mail.usf.edu Common Reading Program Texas State University txstate.edu/bobcatbook #bobcatbook

MANOVA Portion of Text Read

MANOVA Prior Experiences