Some subscribers to TIPS and TeachEdPsych might be interested in a recent post "How Much Value is Added at Elite Institutions - Response to Haim #2" [Hake (2011d)].
******************************************** ABSTRACT: In my post "How Much Value is Added at Elite Institutions?" [Hake (2011c)], I wrote: ". . . . demonstrations that the less-than-stellar value-added assessments of Korsunsky's high school and Stuyvesant High School are inequitable would require meaningful value-added measures such as normalized average pre-to-posttest gains on valid and consistently reliable tests of higher-order learning. . ." Math-Teach's "Haim" responded: "The problem is that you are not sure what you are measuring." NONSENSE! In the case of Harvard, the higher-order learning consisted of conceptual understanding of Newtonian mechanics. Haim continued "First, parents and students seem to know something about Stuyvesant that educator assessments clearly fail to discern. . . . . Second . . . very many of Stuyvesant's students graduate at a very high level (certainly by comparison to most other high school graduates) of academic achievement. . . . the real problem is transparent. It is the ceiling effect. . . .City-wide and state-wide assessments are simply not designed for academic institutions." The above has nothing whatsoever to do with the theme of my post: "It is conceivable that if there were 'Eric Mazurs' or 'John Belchers' at Korsunsky's high-school and the Stuyvesant High School, scenarios similar to that at Harvard and MIT might occur. . . . . [[i.e., realization that students were not learning much from traditional passive-student lecture methods followed by a switch to interactive-engagement pedagogy.]]. . . . , even though all those institutions are regarded as 'elite.' " ******************************************** To access the complete 18 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/gxUOAb>. Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII) <[email protected]> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi> <http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com> <http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake> "Above all things we must be aware of what I will call 'inert ideas' - that is to say, ideas that are merely received into the mind without being utilized, or tested, or thrown into fresh combinations." Alfred North Whitehead (1929, 1965) in "The Aims of Education" REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 26 Jan 2011.] Hake, R.R. 2011a. "The Ceiling Effect #2" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/hUnHZe>. Post of 12 Jan 2011 16:19:49-0800 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists are also online on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/gLWr7W> with a provision for comments. Hake, R.R. 2011b. "Value-Added Inequities: Should Value-Added Measures Be Used to Evaluate Teachers?" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/fN1HmD>. Post of 18 Jan 2011 15:34:47-0800to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists are also online on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/h23shQ> with a provision for comments. See also Hake, R.R. 2011b. Hake, R.R. 2011c. "How Much Value is Added at Elite Institutions? " online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/g25OHd>. Post of 22 Jan 2011 14:50:14-0800 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists are also online on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/gnLPjH> with a provision for comments. Hake, R.R. 2011d. "How Much Value is Added at Elite Institutions - Response to Haim #2 " online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/gxUOAb>. Post of 26 Jan 2011 16:14:36-0800 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists are also online on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/eyTZAj> with a provision for comments. See also the relevant previous posts Hake (2011a,b,c)]. Whitehead, A. N. 1967. "Aims of Education and other essays. " Free Press. Amazon.com information at <http://amzn.to/fIUbXB>. First published in 1929. Note the "Look Inside" feature. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8184 or send a blank email to leave-8184-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
