In Their Own Words: Collaborative Assessment of Undergraduate Intellectual Curiosity
Abstract
For the last decade, college enrollment across the U.S. has trended downward, which has been attributed to factors including increased college tuition and impacts of the pandemic (Welding, 2022). Others predict that digital technologies like AI will end academia as younger generations lean less into their intellectual curiosity (Marche, 2022). Yet, some universities like Nova Southeastern University have seen an increase in enrollment even while college enrollment generally declined by 7% between 2019 and 2022 (Welding, 2022). Much of these educational forecasts do not come from students but from older generations who sense a shift in how students learn. By partnering with graduate and undergraduate professors in research, this study seeks to address how undergraduates, particularly those at NSU, develop and sustain their curiosity and learning in their classrooms, within their family structures and communities, and across digital technologies. The feature of collaborative assessment of both faculty and students in research on university student curiosity and learning is fairly recent. Therefore, this project seeks to fill gaps in collaborative assessments and contribute to the fields of educational psychology, as well as composition and rhetoric. In keeping with NSU’s student-centered values, the researchers hope to inform pedagogical approaches based on how students integrate family, school, and technology in their learning processes, as well as how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted their learning and curiosity.
Faculty Sponsors
Dr. Charlene Desir, Dr. Rachel Panton, Dr. Georgina Arguello
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Sherman Library
Start Date
4-3-2024 12:30 PM
End Date
4-4-2024 1:30 PM
In Their Own Words: Collaborative Assessment of Undergraduate Intellectual Curiosity
Alvin Sherman Library
For the last decade, college enrollment across the U.S. has trended downward, which has been attributed to factors including increased college tuition and impacts of the pandemic (Welding, 2022). Others predict that digital technologies like AI will end academia as younger generations lean less into their intellectual curiosity (Marche, 2022). Yet, some universities like Nova Southeastern University have seen an increase in enrollment even while college enrollment generally declined by 7% between 2019 and 2022 (Welding, 2022). Much of these educational forecasts do not come from students but from older generations who sense a shift in how students learn. By partnering with graduate and undergraduate professors in research, this study seeks to address how undergraduates, particularly those at NSU, develop and sustain their curiosity and learning in their classrooms, within their family structures and communities, and across digital technologies. The feature of collaborative assessment of both faculty and students in research on university student curiosity and learning is fairly recent. Therefore, this project seeks to fill gaps in collaborative assessments and contribute to the fields of educational psychology, as well as composition and rhetoric. In keeping with NSU’s student-centered values, the researchers hope to inform pedagogical approaches based on how students integrate family, school, and technology in their learning processes, as well as how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted their learning and curiosity.
