Ha. This made me laugh, because we require our students to take this as they prepare to graduate; several years ago two of my colleagues took it to see how well they'd do.
They did fine, but we've had several students out-score them since. Just sayin'. m ------- Marc L Carter Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology Baker University College of Arts & Sciences ------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Donnelly, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 2:11 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] Requirements for Intro Psych instructors > > Hey there TIPsters: > > I have a question for you all that occurred to me today. > First, a bit of context. > > In our program we will be requiring exiting seniors to take > the Major Field Test in psychology (put out by ETS). This is > the first time for us, so we're not sure what to expect. But, > let's assume that (when we examine the scores of our > students) our faculty wonder why the students don't score higher. > > I have to think that one of the best predictors for how well > they do on an exam like this (or perhaps the GRE Psych > subject test) would be how well *we* instructors do on the > same test. Having thunk that thought, it dawned on me that > perhaps some programs out there have, in fact, at some point, > tried requiring (say) all the people who want to teach Intro > Psych to take the GRE subject test and score at or above some > threshold. > > So, these are my questions to you: > > 1. Have you or anyone you know ever used the GRE subject test (or > similar) as a basic competency screen for your instructors? > > 2. Have any of you ever considered but then rejected it? Why? > > 3. If the answer to both 1 and 2 are NO, why not? > > DISCLAIMER: My posing this question should not be taken as an > indication that I or anyone I know is about to propose such a > thing in our program. > In fact, I have to say that such a proposal would probably be > rightly regarded as Kryptonite by most faculty. Really, > though, once the thought occurred to me as I was musing about > the exit exam, I just had to ask some group of people who > might be able to give me an answer. > Hence, this email. > > Thanks in advance, > > Mike Donnelly, PhD > UW-Stout > Menomonie, WI > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
