Assessment Question (ahhhhhhhhhhhh :-)!
!)
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ABSTRACT: In a recent popular TIPS thread "assessment question
(AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHH)" psychologists commendably focus on testing so as
to assess the effectiveness of their department's program for their
*majors*.
But how about the effectiveness of the GENERAL INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
COURSE given to tens of thousands of *both majors and nonmajors*
nationwide every year ?
Most psychologists appear to be either dismissive or oblivious of the
fact that "Conceptual Inventories"
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_inventory>, developed
through arduous quantitative and qualitative research by disciplinary
experts, are currently being used to improve undergraduate - and some
high-school - courses in science, technology, engineering, and math
(STEM) disciplines (BUT NOT PSYCHOLOGY!)
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Richard Hake, Emeritus
Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon
Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
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REFERENCES [Tiny URL's
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Hake, R.R. 2010. "Assessment Question (ahhhhhhhhhhhh :-)! !)",
online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at
<http://tinyurl.com/y9se44y>. Post of 3 Mar 2010 09:30:08
-0800 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract is being sent to various
discussion lists and appears at
<http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2010/03/assessment-question-ahhhhhhhhhhhh.html> with a provision for
comments.