Measuring Up: Education Assessment Challenges and Practices for Psychology [Hardcover]

Dana S. Dunn (Editor), Chandra M. Mehrotra (Editor), Jane S. Halonen (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2004 | ISBN-10: 1591471087 | ISBN-13: 978-1591471080 | Edition: 1

Psychology teachers and administrators in high school through graduate programs are repeatedly challenged by parents, politicians, and school reformers to provide solid evidence that their instruction is both effective and demonstrative. Likewise administrators and teachers want to look honestly and critically at their courses and programs and measure of the learning in educational settings consistently and accurately. Ultimately, it comes to this: Are we doing a good job of educating our students? Measuring Up: Educational Assessment Challenges and Practices for Psychology tackles this issue head-on. This practical volume digs deep and provides the most up-to-date thinking and concrete practices of experienced scientist-educators. Using the information provided in this volume, educators will be able to demonstrate learning, track and measure student achievement, and gauge quality of instruction. Additionally Measuring Up: Educational Assessment Challenges and Practices for Psychology will provoke awareness and make psychological outcome measurement more common, thereby promoting quality at all levels of education in psychology.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 292 pages
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1 edition (January 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591471087
• ISBN-13: 978-1591471080
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,145,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great place to start, September 25, 2005

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This review is from: Measuring Up: Education Assessment Challenges and Practices for Psychology (Hardcover)

If you need to learn the basics of assessment and get some ideas for your undergraduate program in psychology, this is the place to start. I found this book (especially the chapter entitled "Assessment 101" by Halpern) extremely helpful.