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Measurements Matter: Taking the DIT-2 Multiple Times and College Students' Moral Reasoning Development
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Trolian, Teniell; Selznick, Benjamin – Research in Higher Education, 2015
The purpose of this paper was to examine differences between undergraduate students who had multiple exposures to an assessment of moral reasoning development (DIT-2) and students of the same cohort who had fewer exposures to the same assessment. Controlling for a host of individual covariates, the analysis determined that students who took the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Moral Values, Moral Development, Scores
The Impact of Diversity Courses on College Students' Moral Development
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Parker, Eugene T., III; Barnhardt, Cassie L.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; McCowin, Jarvis A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
We utilized data from a multi-institutional longitudinal study to investigate the association between diversity-related coursework and moral development among students over 4 years of college. Our findings parallel the prior research, which support the positive effects of diversity on college students, by offering new evidence that diversity…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Multicultural Education, Longitudinal Studies, Learning Experience
Going Deep into Mechanisms for Moral Reasoning Growth: How Deep Learning Approaches Affect Moral Reasoning Development for First-Year Students
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Seifert, Tricia A.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Nelson Laird, Thomas F.; Blaich, Charles F. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
The purpose of this paper was to determine the effects of deep approaches to learning on the moral reasoning development of 1,457 first-year students across 19 institutions. Results showed a modest positive relationship between our measures of deep approaches to learning and moral reasoning at the end of the first year of college even after…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Moral Development, College Freshmen, Student Participation
A Multi-Institutional Assessment of Moral Reasoning Development among First-Year Students
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Seifert, Tricia A.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Review of Higher Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the co-curricular experiences, course-taking behaviors, and educational practices that influence the moral reasoning development of 1,469 first-year students at 19 American colleges and universities. Results showed that contexts and practices that encourage students to engage divergent perspectives when…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, College Freshmen, Skill Development, Thinking Skills
College's Influence on Principled Moral Reasoning.
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Pascarella, Ernest T. – Educational Record, 1997
Reviews research on the influence of the college experience in students' moral development, particularly within the framework of Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development. Issues discussed include the amount of principled moral growth occurring during college, how much can be attributed to college attendance, institutional characteristics…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Role, College Students, Critical Thinking
How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research.
Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – 1991
The 14 chapters of this book review and synthesize research on the influence of college on students. Chapter 1 provides a detailed discussion of the evolution of research on college outcomes as an area of study, outlines the conceptual framework that guided the review, and provides a general overview of the study. Chapter 2 summarizes the major…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Change, Cognitive Ability