[Phys-l] Assessment Question (ahhhhhhhhhhhh :-)! !)

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a post titled 
"Assessment Question (ahhhhhhhhhhhh :-) ! !)  [Hake (2010)]. The 
abstract reads:


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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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<http://tinyurl.com/y9se44y>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/>
<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/>
<http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake>

REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy <http://tinyurl.com/create.php>.]

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.