"Annette Taylor, Ph. D." wrote:
> I don't know of any studies; we may be reduced to anecdotal evidence: which
> might be better than no evidence. I'd love to see some outcome work.
I would like to see more of this available in all of our courses. I am
especially interested in seeing outcome measures that test for higher level
understanding (e.g., application of concepts) rather than just for recall.
I think it would be useful to build on the work of the Psychologists who
developed and grade the AP exams as well as the ETS Major Field Test in
Psychology. It might be especially useful to have the textbook companies pool
their resources to develop a unified, good set of test bank questions. Our
students are paying serious fees for the texts and it would seem only fair that
some of those funds be spent on developing sophisticated assessment tools.
As we develop such instruments we could then make even better attempts to
test out various teaching techniques to improve the quality of education
throughout the discipline. Work along these lines in other disciplines have
indicated that some instructional methods have led to higher rates of deep
conceptual learning. It would be interesting to see if we founds similar
results.
In this age, where educational outcomes are becoming more and more a
political issue, it is also important to get ahead of the curve so politicians
can't legislate for standards that require only superficial levels of learning
(as they have done in some K-12 areas).
Bob Grossman
Kalamazoo College
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