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Examining the Psychometric Properties of a New Integrative Learning Scale
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Youngerman, Ethan; Dahl, Laura S.; Mayhew, Matthew J. – Research in Higher Education, 2021
Integrative learning is the ability to connect, apply, and/or synthesize. A highly valued skill for the knowledge economy and combating false narratives, integrative learning represents the cognitive heart of the liberal arts, demonstrating students' ability to make interdisciplinary connections and apply their learning to their lives and the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Interdisciplinary Approach, Knowledge Economy, Liberal Arts
College Students' Appreciative Attitudes toward Atheists
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Bowman, Nicholas A.; Rockenbach, Alyssa N.; Mayhew, Matthew J.; Riggers-Piehl, Tiffani A.; Hudson, Tara D. – Research in Higher Education, 2017
Atheists are often marginalized in discussions of religious and spiritual pluralism on college campuses and beyond. As with other minority worldview groups, atheists face challenges with hostile campus climates and misunderstanding of their views. The present study used a large, multi-institutional sample to explore predictors of non-atheist…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Minority Groups, Religion
Effect Coding as a Mechanism for Improving the Accuracy of Measuring Students Who Self-Identify with More than One Race
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Simonoff, Jeffrey S. – Research in Higher Education, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to describe effect coding as an alternative quantitative practice for analyzing and interpreting categorical, multi-raced independent variables in higher education research. Not only may effect coding enable researchers to get closer to respondents' original intentions, it allows for more accurate analyses of all race…
Descriptors: Multiracial Persons, College Students, Accuracy, Coding
Achievement or Arrest? The Influence of the Collegiate Religious and Spiritual Climate on Students' Worldview Commitment
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Bryant, Alyssa N. – Research in Higher Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between the collegiate religious, spiritual, and ideological climate and worldview commitment. As part of this process, 1,071 students responded to the Collegiate Religious and Spiritual Climate Survey, an empirically validated and reliable measure designed to assess dimensions of a…
Descriptors: College Environment, Religion, Ideology, Religious Factors
A Multi-Level Examination of College and Its Influence on Ecumenical Worldview Development
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Mayhew, Matthew J. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
This multi-level, longitudinal study investigated the ecumenical worldview development of 13,932 students enrolled in one of 126 institutions. Results indicated that the final hierarchical linear model, consisting of institution-and-student-level predictors as well as slopes explaining the relationships among some of these predictors, explained…
Descriptors: College Students, World Views, Student Development, Longitudinal Studies
Factors Influencing Engineering Students' Decisions to Cheat by Type of Assessment
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Passow, Honor J.; Mayhew, Matthew J.; Finelli, Cynthia J.; Harding, Trevor S.; Carpenter, Donald D. – Research in Higher Education, 2006
Academic dishonesty (cheating) has been prevalent on college campuses for decades, and the percentage of students reporting cheating varies by college major. This study, based on a survey of 643 undergraduate engineering majors at 11 institutions, used two parallel hierarchical multiple regression analyses to predict the frequency of cheating on…
Descriptors: Cheating, Engineering Education, Majors (Students), Decision Making
Curriculum Matters: Creating a Positive Climate for Diversity from the Student Perspective
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Grunwald, Heidi E.; Dey, Eric L. – Research in Higher Education, 2005
The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that predict students' perceptions of their institution's success in achieving a positive climate for diversity. This study examines a sample of 544 students at a large, public, predominantly White Mid-Western institution. Results show that students' perceptions of the institution's ability to…
Descriptors: Whites, Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Cultural Pluralism