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ERIC Number: EJ952134
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0094-1956
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Did the Assignment Do What You Wanted? Examining the Correlations between Learning Processes and Class Assessments
Clump, Michael A.; Sandoval, Melanie
Journal of Instructional Psychology, v37 n4 p295-300 2010
We examined the correlations between students' scores on the "Inventory of Learning Processes" (Schmeck, Ribich, & Ramanaiah, 1977) and on the different assessments in a cognitive psychology course (and the total points). We determined that many of the assessments evaluated the type of learning the instructor wanted the students to engage in during the course (i.e., deep and elaborative processing of the material). Knowing the extent to which instructors thoughtfully develop assignments, we suggest that following this model (i.e., correlating student learning processes with course assignments to evaluate these assessments' effectiveness in measuring the types of pre-determined learning) provides instructors with important objective data on what occurs in their classes. (Contains 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Inventory of Learning Processes
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