Monday, March 14, 2011

Culture of Science Education - Response to Woods

Some blog followers to might be interested in a recent post “Culture of Science Education - Response to Woods” [Hake (2011b)]. ["Woods" is Don Woods http://bit.ly/etekAw, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University and problem-based-learning pioneer.]

The abstract reads:


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ABSTRACT: In response to “Changing the Culture of Science Education at Research Universities #3” [Hake (2011a] STLHE-L's Don Woods wrote (paraphrasing):


" . . . . . by my latest count there are at least 20 valid forms of evidence that can be used for measuring teaching 'productivity.' These include Concept Inventories . . . . . as well as a well-designed course evaluations, . . . . exams and assignments,. . . . . . More details are given in my forthcoming book Motivating and Rewarding University Teachers to Improve Student Learning: A Guide for Faculty and Administrators.


I comment with regard to (1) neglect of Campbell’s and Dunkenfield’s Laws, (2) “well-designed course evaluation,” (3) Concept Inventories, and (4) yet more ways to gauge “teaching productivity” or “student learning.”

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To access the complete 19 kB post please click on http://bit.ly/fetCy6.


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)


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http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake

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http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake


“What we assess is what we value. We get what we assess, and if we don't assess it, we won't get it.”

-Lauren Resnick [quoted by Grant Wiggins (1990)]


REFERENCES [URL’s shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 14 March 2011.]


Hake, R.R. 2011a. “Changing the Culture of Science Education at Research Universities #3,” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/gSNTGi. Post of 12 Mar 2011 16:53:33-0800 to AERA-L & Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post were transmitted to various discussion lists and are also online on my blog “Hake'sEdStuff” at http://bit.ly/hmX5GL with a provision for comments.


Hake, R.R. 2011b. “Culture of Science Education - Response to Woods” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/fetCy6. Post of 14 Mar 2011 15:30:33-0700 to AERA-L & Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post were transmitted to various discussion lists.


Wiggins, G. 1990. “The Truth May Make You Free, But the Test May Keep You Imprisoned: Toward Assessment Worthy of the Liberal Arts,” AAHE Assessment Forum: 17-31; online at http://bit.ly/a7g09T.


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