Question

Describe the impact of the college experience on cognitive development. Discuss ways in which college has improved in recent years and ways in which it has become less effective.

Answer 1

Now a days the expectations of college students from the universitires or colleges is tremendously increasing. Universities and colleges also acknowledge the importance of providing the necessary college experience to meet the academic expectations. apart from social, emotional and physical skills, cognitive skills development is very important which refers to the acquisition of general intellectual or cognetive competencies and skiils, if they are not added in the curriculam, neverthless the outcome can be brought.

There are many ways to develop cognitive skills, firstlythe college attendance generally facilitate students cognitive skill development, including better critical thinking, more skillful pursuit of answers to difficult questions and greater flexibility in understanding opinions other than their own. The family environment also have effect on the cognitive development of college students. The students feel isolated from family and friends in their home countryand their loneliness adversely affects their cognitive skills developmentduring college years. they heavily focus on their academics efforts to compensate for other aspects of the college experience with which they feel dissatisfied.