The Evaluation of Learning in Post-Secondary Education [microform] / Janet G. Donald
- Bib ID:
- 5470507
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Donald, Janet G
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED273211
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 28 p.
- Summary:
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Methods that have been employed in McGill University's (Montreal, Quebec) program of research into the nature of learning are described. The methods illustrate four phases of inquiry: conceptualization or model-building; data gathering techniques; data representation; and data analysis. For the university's learning task project, the development of a conceptual framework moved from a focus on one kind of knowledge structure to two kinds, from a set of study knowledge structures to a set of study intellectual skills, and from questions about the relationship of knowledge structures and intellectual skills to the question of what constitutes a discipline. The university has been investigating the use of semi-structured interviews with review by a third party and confirmation by the interviewed of the report based on the interview. One type of graphic representation that has been useful includes a tree structure of the most closely related concepts in a course in rank order. Data analysis involved testing the construct validity of Perry's scheme of intellectual development in the college years. Four developmental stages were postulated. A questionnaire was administered to first- and second-year students to determine convergence of measures within a stage and divergence between stages. Two pages of references conclude the document. (SW)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (67th, San Francisco, CA, April 16-20, 1986). This paper is based on research funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide a la Recherche du Quebec.
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
- Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education.
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- 1986
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