Date of Award
4-27-2012
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Educational Leadership, Ed.D.
First Advisor
David Cox
Committee Members
Clint Relyea; George Foldesy; Loretta McGregor; Mitchell Holifield
Call Number
LD251 .A566d 2012 T32
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to discover any statistically significant differences between students who engage in leadership experiences, at various levels, during their first semester as a student at Arkansas State University-Beebe. The Student Leadership Practices Inventory - Self (SLPI-Self) was used in a pre-test/post-test design to discover any growth in leadership practices students gained during their first semester (Kouzes & Posner, 2009). Students completed the SLPI-Self pre-test and were then randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group. Three experimental groups were utilized, Experimental group B received an assignment to engage in leadership experiences, and Experimental group C received an assignment to engage in leadership experiences and attend leadership workshops. Students in Experimental group D were enrolled in a three hour academic introductory course with an emphasis on the Five Practices for Exemplary Leaders (Kouzes & Posner, 2008). At the completion of the first semester, students completed the SLPI-Self as post-test to discover any growth that occurred in leadership skills. The study found no differences among the groups for the pre-test on any of the Five Practices scales of the SLPI-Self. The study also found no differences in the groups on the post-test for any of the five scales. However, there was a statistically significant difference found in the growth from pre-test to post-test among the groups.
Rights Management
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Recommended Citation
Totty, Angela Dianne, "An Experimental Study of Student Leadership Development at Arkansas State University-Beebe" (2012). Student Theses and Dissertations. 861.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/861
