Theory to Practice: Creating a Student Development Curriculum Using the Developmental Advising Inventory

Abstract

The authors discuss the use of the Developmental Advising Inventory (DAI) as a tool not only in academic advising but also in developing meaningful programs in a number of other student service areas. They describe the development of a Student Development Curriculum Model, constructed with national data using the DAI, a co-curricular program linking student development curriculum with academic curriculum that demands a systems approach in which developmental theory, assessment, and programming are fully integrated.

A Study of Academic Advising Satisfaction and its Relationship to Student Worldviews

“…SC has a possible score range of 2-16, with high scores (9-16) representing developmental advising and low scores (2-8) indicative of prescriptive advising. The AAI is reported by Dickson, Sorochty, and Thayer (1998) to have high construct related validity and test/retest reliability of .78.…”