Re: [Phys-L] Evaluation tests

[rjensen@ualberta.ca]

I can't assist you with physics. I know that students transitioning
from high school find the expectation for independent learning to be a
substantial barrier to success. I don't know if there are assessment
test to quantify this.

Contrary to what is happening at your institution, the students
association here has successfully pushed the drop date to almost the
end of term. The drop date use to be about 2/3 of the way through the
course (early November). Now it is in the last week of November. With
it so late, students cannot drop a course and spend the extra time
improving on their other courses.

 Dr. Roy Jensen
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 Lecturer, Chemistry
 E5-33F, University of Alberta
 780.248.1808




On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 12:26:49 -0500, you wrote:

> Hello, all,
>
> Our University will change its policy regarding drops, withdrawals, and
> academic penalties beginning next Fall. With this new policy, it would
> really help students if the could make an informed decision in the first
> one or two weeks of a course whether they would do well in it. So, I was
> wondering if there exists a test that we can administer in the first week
> of the first course of the algebra-based physics sequence that would
> predict student success in the course. If there is such a test, we'd like
> to try it out in the Spring and summer. Any help would be most appreciated.
>
> If you can send this information to me at the email address below, I can
> gather and post a summary in early next semester.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Promod Pratap
> Prpratap@uncg.edu