Hi Marc: There is an article on assessment by Diane Halpern and Milton Hakel--I have it at work and can look it up tomorrow--in which they discuss some of the lessons learned from psychology and applying them to education. Among their many suggestions, they suggest there is good evidence that testing can lead to better learning. You might be able to google or psychinfo it before I have a chance to look it up.
Annette Quoting Marc Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, All -- > > So, at MPA this week I heard a talk by Roddy Roediger about the effects > of testing on learning. In a number of memory experiments he showed > data indicating that repeated testing improved recall more than repeated > study. The details, of course, are important, but in general it seemed > (based on the data he showed us) to be true. There are also issues > about students getting things wrong on the first testing and then that > information being somewhat more likely to persist in the students' > memories as accurate. > > But it seems something that would be worthwhile to incorporate into an > intro class. The biggest effect comes at delayed testing, and that's > what I'm after in that class: to get something of what they learn to > last a little longer than the day after the final. (Call me cynical.) > > I'm wondering if any of you out there have read this literature and/or > employed frequent and repeated testing in a class, and if so, how. He > spoke of someone (I've forgotten his name) at UNM who required a class > to take three on-line practice exams before the real one and compared > the results of that class to one for whom the three practice exams were > offered rather than required. (And we can be pretty sure they didn't > take too much advantage of that. Call my cynical again.) The upshot of > that informal (quasi) experiment was that the class for whom the > practice was required scored about a letter grade higher than the other. > > So, anyone have any thoughts about this? I'm really interested in > trying to incorporate some of this into my own classes, but would be > really grateful if anyone has any experiences that would either help me > do it and or suggest that I shouldn't. > > Thanks! > > m > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
