ASSESSMENT PLAN
Discontinued 1998-99Revised
1997-98
The Comprehensive Examination (CE-R) was revised in 1998 to assess the effectiveness of
selected key courses in building the relevant knowledge base computer literacy in our
students. The major results from administering this exam will be the statistical
correlation between student scores in each content area and whether or not they took the
related course. Each correlation will be an indicator of the effectiveness of a given
course in developing the relevant content-based knowledge and skills.
All graduating psychology majors take a
comprehensive exam representing content of each psychology course and a number of
overarching, contentious issues that are covered in the contexts of several courses. (The
department hopes to implement the comprehensive exam during the 1993-4 academic year.) |
1998-99 ASSESSMENT
We no longer administer the "Comprehensive Exam" because the ACAT provides us
with the same information: how well our students do in a given area contingent upon
whether or not they had the relevant coursework. Further, the is a standardized national
exam, which is more representative (than the Comprehensive Exam) of the knowledge-base
expectations of American psychologists in general. |
