1. Student voices: a model for student success
Qualitative research project

2. TRPP framework

3. Facilitated by Martha E. Casazza, Ed.D. sharon l. silverman, ed.d.
For nclca 2015

4. Listen and learn from student voices. Identify common themes.
Today’s objectives
Listen and learn from student voices.
Identify common themes.
Prepare for qualitative research.
Examine a theoretical framework.
Reflect on principles for practice.

5. To personalize common challenges To understand successful strategies
Why listen to students?
To personalize common challenges
To understand successful strategies
To identify patterns
To inform practice

6. Melvin…from NMMU
We are from very disadvantaged background of families…they are now dependent on social bonds. We were forced to go to the very lowest high schools…we couldn’t have a math teacher, so we had to study math and science on our own. A library is like something we had never dreamt of. We never knew the first thing about a library.

7. Lack of financial support Limited emotional support network
His challenges?
Lack of financial support
Limited emotional support network
Inadequate secondary preparation
Lack of effective study strategies

8. Joshua…from tennessee
I just got fed up with the life I was leading. “…the best way to make it through these ten years on probation was college. I took something negative and turned it into a positive. This is my fuel. No matter how hard life may seem, do not give up. You can always change. You can change your whole mindset because I know; I have done it.

9. Lost athletic scholarship Poor writing skills
His challenges?
Spent time in prison
Lost athletic scholarship
Poor writing skills
Early community environment

10. Most effective methodology?
Positivist?
Interpretive?
Critical?

11. The research process –design and data collection
Grounded theory
No hypothesis
Purpose Statement
Structured interview format

12. Purpose statement
To identify the factors that contribute to college success for students who have overcome identifiable barriers as they strive to complete their education.

13. Participant selection
Purposive Sampling
Consent
Scheduling

14. Interview process Utilized SKYPE. Structured interview format.
Recorded interviews.
Conducted member check.
Edited interviews.

15. Data analysis Transcribed interviews. Used multiple readers.
Read content for codes.
Ensured constant comparative.
Created categories.

16. Building an integrated model
Believe in You
Self-Efficacy
Persistence
Emotional Awareness

17. Theoretical framework
Persistence
Grit
Mindset
Resilience

18. Theoretical framework
Self-Efficacy
Personal Experiences
Vicarious Experiences
Verbal Messages/Social Persuasion
Physiological States

19. Theoretical framework
Emotional Awareness
Emotional Intelligence
Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social Awareness
Social Skills

20. principles for practice
Facilitate a growth mindset for each student.
Create an emotionally-supportive environment.
Promote realistic self-efficacy beliefs in each student.
Develop student grit through alignment of short and long term goals.
Strengthen protective factors to increase student resiliency.

21. TRPP framework

22. For further information
TRPP Associates
605 N. Michigan Ave. 4th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Martha E. Casazza, Ed.D.
Sharon L. Silverman, Ed.D.