Study Abroad as a Passport to Student Learning: Does the Duration of the Study Abroad Program Matter?

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dc.contributor.advisorKurotsuchi Inkelas, Karenen_US
dc.contributor.authorNeppel, Jill Marieen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-03T15:24:37Z
dc.date.available2005-08-03T15:24:37Z
dc.date.issued2005-05-27en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the effect of the length of a study abroad program on the achievement of four learning outcomes: cognitive complexity, liberal learning, personal philosophy, and interpersonal self-confidence. Data was collected through a web-based survey instrument that was administered to a sample population of University of Maryland study abroad participants. The following study abroad programs were represented: Fall 2003, Winter 2004, Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Academic Year 2003-2004, Fall 2004, and Winter 2005. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was employed in the research design with gender and academic class standing as covariates. The results found each of the research hypotheses to be statistically significant. The amount of growth in cognitive complexity, liberal learning, personal philosophy and interpersonal self-confidence was found to be significantly higher in the self-reported scores of those respondents who studied abroad on long-term programs in comparison to those individuals who studied abroad on short-term programs.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/2652
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation, Administrationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledstudy abroaden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinternationalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcognitive complexityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledliberal learningen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpersonal philosophyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinterpersonal self-confidenceen_US
dc.titleStudy Abroad as a Passport to Student Learning: Does the Duration of the Study Abroad Program Matter?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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