At 4:10 PM -0500 10/4/00, jim clark wrote:
>Hi
>
>On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Paul Brandon wrote:
>> Empirically, how much evidence do you see of transfer from earlier related
>> courses?
>> Particularly, do you see much transfer from Intro to more advanced courses?
>> The question is testable!
>
>The problem would be the lack of a comparison group, unless we
>start admitting students into upper level courses without
>Introductory Psych. It is difficult to draw comparisons from
>what might seem like minimal learning/retention/generalization in
>enrolled students.
One possibility would be comparing two (or more) different Introductory
course organizations, such as a unit mastery course which broke the
material into small units with grades based on unit tests (no final exam)
and a conventional midterm/final class.
Of course, students would have to be randomly assigned, controls done (or
at least data collected) for time spent studying, etc.
Not easy, but I think that it is doable.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
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