RE: assessment

[John Kulig]

Rory: We’ve had the same problem. We also had a lot of “no shows.” I talked with one of our VPs who encouraged us to make it a _graded_ part of a senior class. The business dept here makes their score contribute something like 5 or 10% toward their course grade.  I am uncomfortable with this option, but at our last faculty meeting everyone agreed to something along those lines. My job is to work out the details, so I, too, want to hear what others have done.   ============================================ John W. Kulig Professor of Psychology Plymouth State College Plymouth NH 03264 ============================================ -----Original Message----- From: Rory McElwee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:24 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: assessment   Hi, TIPSters, Our administration wants us to use a nationally-normed test of psychology to assess our graduating seniors. Apparently, in the past, not much rhyme, reason, or motivation was given to students to take the test, so they didn't prepare for it and thus tended to do quite poorly.  Have any of your institutions had this problem? Suggestions for ways to encourage the students to take it more seriously?  THANKS for your help. Rory O'Brien McElwee, Ph.D. Philadelphia University     Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. --- 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]