IUPUI Student Survey
Frequency of Instructional/Pedagogical Strategies
A Likert-scale from 1 (never) to 5 (every class) represents the frequency of instructional strategies observed in a spring 2018 course. The results of the student survey aligned with faculty perceptions, as interactive lectures (M=3.87) and discussions (M=4.01) were the most frequently used instructional strategies. Reconfiguration of classroom furniture was the least frequently employed instructional approach that students cited, with more than 60% of student respondents stating that the technique was either rarely or never used by their instructor (see Table 1).
| Question | Never | Rarely | Occasionally/ Sometimes | Almost every class | Every class |
| Discussions – The instructor engaged us in discussions about the course content | 2.3% | 7.8% | 17.7% | 30.7% | 41.6% |
| Interactive lectures – The instructor presented course content with periodic opportunities for us to interact with the content | 0.8% | 5.8% | 27.6% | 37.5% | 28.4% |
| Demonstrations and simulations of course content – The instructor showed us how a process works within a particular discipline | 3.5% | 12.6% | 31.1% | 32.6% | 20.2% |
| Collaborative learning and group activities – As students, we worked in pairs or small groups to discuss course concepts, develop and integrate concepts, and/or complete assignments | 8.9% | 11.6% | 26.6% | 30.3% | 22.7% |
| Case-study, project, and problem-based learning – As students, we worked on assignments that involved analysis of and reflection on complex problems or cases | 7.8% | 11.3% | 33.6% | 25.8% | 21.4% |
| Lectures – The instructor presented course content with limited student participation | 9.9% | 23.9% | 24.7% | 20.4% | 21.2% |
| Sharing of student work using technology in the room – As students, we had the opportunity to share our work electronically in class with our peers (e.g., Solstice software, group presentations) | 22.9% | 21.1% | 26.7% | 17.6% | 11.8% |
| Whiteboards use – The instructor directed us to use wall mounted whiteboards or portable whiteboards for small group work | 22.5% | 22.9% | 26.2% | 15.9% | 12.4% |
| Reconfigure classroom furniture – The instructor directed us to rearrange tables/chairs for purposes of discussion or collaboration | 39.5% | 21.7% | 18.6% | 11.2% | 9.1% |
Table 1: Frequency of instructional/pedagogical strategies the participants’ instructors used