Craig, I think it is much less common than it should be. I agree that they are a good indicators of higher retention levels. I am planning on implementing cumulative finals in my courses next semester, after having recently evaluated our senior's performance on some practice GRE subject tests in Psychology!
Unfortunately, due to the infrequent use of cumulative finals I anticipate that my course evaluations will take a hit next semester! Cheers, Rob ------------------------------------------------------------- Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D. The College of Saint Rose Department of Psychology 432 Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203-1490 Office: 518-458-5379 Lab: 518-454-2102 Fax: 518-458-5446 Behavioral Neuroscience Homepage: http://academic.strose.edu/academic/flintr/ Department of Psychology Homepage: http://academic.strose.edu/academic/psychology/index.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: Cowden, Craig R. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 7:05 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: cumulative finals > > > Dear TIPsters: > > since I began teaching 10 years ago I have always done cumulative finals. > Some other instructors seem to think this is cruel of me, but I > have always > figured if students couldn't remember the basics for a couple of months > they'd never remember if in the long term. I don't ask terribly detailed > questions about older material, but figure they should know Erikson's > stages, what OCD is, etc. How common is it to use cumulative finals? > > Craig Cowden, Ph.D. > Northern Virginia Community College > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
