[lit-ideas] Re: How Clearly Can A Student Demonstrate Their Thinking?

Le 30 ao=FBt 04, =E0 11:32, David Ritchie a =E9crit :

> <snip>
>
> No longer.  I quote the document that I'm sure all of you who are on
> faculties have seen, or will see shortly:
>
> Writing learning outcomes for course syllabi:
>
> It's usually best to avoid outcomes written as: "to know how to paint"=20=

> or
> "to think about contemporary concepts" because it is difficult to=20
> measure
> knowing and thinking--and outcomes need to be linked to measuring=20
> devices.
> Likewise outcomes with verbs "to know" or "to think" are less =
desirable
> because they are not specific, and it is difficult to form measurement
> devices around them.  For example, how clearly can a student=20
> demonstrate
> their thinking?

M.C. Clearly the administrator responsible for the redaction of this=20
gem has been teleported to your institution directly from Vienna in the=20=

early 1930's, and is still in bondage to the verificationist criterion=20=

of meaningfulness. Pity.
>
Michael Chase
(goya@xxxxxxxxxxx)
CNRS UPR 76
7, rue Guy Moquet
Villejuif 94801
France

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