Term
Fall 2017
Capstone
Thesis
Degree Name
MAEd
Primary Advisor/Dissertation Chair
Jennifer Ouellette-Schramm
Secondary Advisor/Reader One
Michal Moskow
Peer-Reviewer/Reader Two
Tiffanie Loeb Schneider
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand Saudi students’ level of epistemological development and the extent to which intellectual development was connected with factors of academic success. The Measure of Epistemological Reflection was used to allow seven students to expound on their view of the roles instructors, peers and others play in the pursuit of knowledge and the truth. Using William Perry’s intellectual and ethical development theoretical framework, students were assigned to domains of development and their written answers were used to create holistic narrative pictures representative of how they individually view truth and knowledge. The researcher finds connections between factors of academic success – GPA and Rate of Completion – as well as a connection between the lowest levels of epistemological development and the highest GPA.
Research Methodology
Survey (attitude scale, opinion, questionnaire)
Keywords
ESL/ ELLs, International Students, Intellectual Development, Student Development
Recommended Citation
Boatman, Drew, "Levels Of Development Among Saudi Arabian Students Studying At An American University" (2017). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations. 4398.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_all/4398