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The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) identified eleven practices as high-impact practices. High-impact practices are effective because they require students to “devote considerable time and effort to purposeful tasks,” (Kuh, 2008) and they help students see that what they learn in the classroom works in different settings. Many of these practices have been around for a long time and have been proven to significantly benefit student engagement and academic success; we see many examples at Boise State, particularly in activities that are experiential and address career education. Of the 11 high-impact practices identified by AAC&U, some are directly represented in the examples identified above such as Internships, Service Learning & Community-Based Learning, Undergraduate Research, Writing-Intensive Courses, and others. In their research, Kuh and O’Donnell (2013) have identified 8 conditions that help to determine whether an experience might be “high impact.” Those conditions are:
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Experiential Learning from Boston University Center for Teaching & Learning
Eight Principles of Good Practice for All Experiential Learning Activities from the National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE)
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