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National Survey of Student Engagement 2002
NSSE Item Numbers and Names, by Scale
| Scale | Label | Item number | Item name | Recoded |
| Cognitive skills | U. contrib to critcl thinking | 8e | GNANALY | |
| Courses emphasized analysis | 2b | ANALYZE | ||
| Courses emph applying theories | 2e | APPLYING | ||
| Courses emphasized synthesis | 2c | SYNTHESZ | ||
| U. contrib to quant skills | 8f | GNQUANT | ||
| Crses emph memrize facts/ideas | 2a | MEMORIZE | ||
| Courses emph making judgments | 2d | EVALUATE | ||
| Computing/IT | U. contrib to computing skills | 8g | GNCMPTS | |
| Used internet in cls assgn | 1l | ITACADEM | ||
| General education | Aquiring a broad gen education | 8a | GNGENLED | |
| Writing clearly & effectively | 8c | GNWRITE | ||
| Speaking clearly & effectively | 8d | GNSPEAK | ||
| Academic emphasis | Challenged to do my best | aau19 | AAU19 | |
| U. emphasizes studying | 9a | ENVSCHOL | ||
| Number of assigned books | 3a | READASGN | ||
| Worked harder than imagined | 1r | WORKHARD | ||
| General satisfaction | Qual of relatnship w/ studnts | 10a | ENVSTU | |
| Academic quality of major | aau08 | AAU08 | ||
| Quality instruct upper div | aau04 | AAU04 | ||
| Academic qual of this univ | aau07 | AAU07 | ||
| Qual of relatnship w/ faculty | 10b | ENVFAC | ||
| Quality instruct lower div | aau03 | AAU03 | ||
| Attend same institution again? | 12 | SAMECOLL | ||
| Qual of relatnship w/ admin | 10c | ENVADM | ||
| U. emph support-acad success | 9b | ENVSUPRT | ||
| Students not run around here | aau14 | AAU14R | Yes | |
| U. emph providing social spprt | 9e | ENVSOCAL | ||
| U. emph help cope non-academic | 9d | ENVNACAD | ||
| Academic advising | Info from advisor is accurate | aau13 | AAU13 | |
| Advisor is available | aau12 | AAU12 | ||
| Overall quality | aau09 | AAU09 | ||
| U. rspnsvness to acad problems | aau10 | AAU10 | ||
| Personal development | Learning on your own | 8j | GNINQ | |
| Understanding yourself | 8k | GNSELF | ||
| Voting in elections | 8i | GNCITIZN | ||
| Community engagement | Did/plan prctcum/intrnshp/etc | 6a | INTERNR | Yes |
| Discus'd clssrm ideas w/ othrs | 1t | OOCIDEAS | ||
| Did/plan commun srvce/volnteer | 6b | VOLUNTRR | Yes | |
| U. contrib to commun involvmnt | 8o | GNCOMMUN | ||
| Tutored/taught others | 1j | TUTOR | ||
| Practical academics | U. contrib to wrking w/ others | 8h | GNOTHERS | |
| Worked w/othrs outside class | 1h | OCCGRP | ||
| U. contrib to job skills | 8b | GNWORK | ||
| Did/plan to do sr experience | 6h | SENIORXR | Yes | |
| Made a class presentation | 1b | CLPRESEN | ||
| In-class group projects | 1g | CLASSGRP | ||
| Partic community project | 1k | COMMPROJ | ||
| Diversity | Cnvrs w othrs w diff beliefs | 1v | DIFFSTU2 | |
| Converse w diff race/ethn | 1u | DIVRSTUD | ||
| U. contrib undrstnd dvrs othrs | 8l | GNDIVERS | ||
| U. emph contact w/ diff othrs | 9c | ENVDIVRS | ||
| Satisfaction w/ class size | Upper division class size | aau02 | AAU02 | |
| Lower division class size | aau01 | AAU01 | ||
| Faculty engagement | Profs make expectations clear | aau20 | AAU20 | |
| Asked questions in class | 1a | CLQUEST | ||
| Rec'd prompt faculty feedback | 1q | FACFEED | ||
| Discussed career plans w/ fac | 1o | FACPLANS | ||
| Discussed ideas w/ faculty | 1p | FACIDEAS | ||
| Did/plan indpndnt stdy/own mjr | 6g | INDSTUDYR | Yes | |
| Worked w/faculty outside class | 1s | FACOTHER | ||
| Study abroad | Did/plan to do study abroad | 6f | STUDYABRR | Yes |
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