What Might Psychologists Learn from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Physics?

Some blog followers might be interested in the following two articles on the possibility of psychology education researchers learning from physics education researchers [If clicking on any of the URLs below results in code the click on "View"/"Reload Page"]:

Hake, R.R. 2015a. “What Might Psychologists Learn from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Physics?” online as a 246 KB pdf at http://bit.ly/19MnIta ; accepted for publication in the March 2015 issue of the Journal of Teaching and Learning in Psychology http://bit.ly/18RMcA7 . This is a weak version of my article that's been eviscerated by being forced into conformity with the overly prescriptive APA style.

Hake, R.R. 2015b. “What Might Psychologists Learn from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Physics?” online as a 393 KB pdf at http://tinyurl.com/pa2yltu; submitted on 18 Feb 2015 to the Journal of Teaching and Learning in Psychology http://bit.ly/18RMcA7. This is a strong version of my article that was rejected because (a) the editors thought that it was too long, and (b) it failed to adhere to the overly prescriptive dictates of APA Style.


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Assessment Question (ahhhhhhhhhhhh :-) ! !)

Some blog followers might be interested in a post of the above title [Hake (2010)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: In a recent popular TIPS thread “assessment question (AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHH)” psychologists commendably focus on testing so as to assess the effectiveness of their department's program for their *majors*.

But how about the effectiveness of the GENERAL INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY COURSE given to tens of thousands of *both majors and nonmajors* nationwide every year ?

Most psychologists appear to be either dismissive or oblivious of the fact that “Conceptual Inventories” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_inventory , developed through arduous quantitative and qualitative research by disciplinary experts, are currently being used to improve undergraduate - and some high-school - courses in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines (BUT NOT PSYCHOLOGY!)

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Hake, R.R. 2010. “Assessment Question (ahhhhhhhhhhhh :-) ! !)”, online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://tinyurl.com/y9se44y . Post of 3 Mar 2010 09:30:08 -0800 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract is being sent to various discussion lists.