Cognitive skill development in adult student advising

Abstract

Student advising in the University Without Walls (UWW) program at the University of Minnesota centers on helping students develop the cognitive skills described in Bloom's taxonomy as knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Program advisors assist students in designing their degree programs and oversee students' progress through the graduation process. Each phase of student advising incorporates one or more of the cognitive skills. Advisors assess students' skill development in the early stages of their programs and then help students further develop the skills throughout the UWW program.