PSYCH212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Content Validity, Preference Test, Humanistic Psychology

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH212
• Professor: Maureen Drysdale

Document Summary

Testing: why, assessment, evaluation, measurement, summative assessment, formative assessment. Types of tests: formal vs teacher-made, objective, subjective, norm-referenced, criterion referenced, reliability, test-retest, parallel, split-half, validity, face, content, criterion predictive, criterion - concurrent. Helps establish the content validity of an exam: addressing issues of representativeness of the items, establishing the appropriate weighting of the content, selecting the appropriate cognitive complexity of the item. Strategies for taking multiple-choice exams: eliminate options, picking c" when in doubt, choosing the longest option. Looking for matches: read the stem and cover the options. Negative item: correct option, correct option, correct option, incorrect option = keyed response. Positive item: incorrect option, incorrect option, incorrect option, correct option = keyed response. Item analysis: item difficulty, item discrimination (point biserial, distractor effectiveness. In answering your question, complete the following: briefly describe roger"s conditions of significant learning, illustrate the use of the conditions of significant learning in maintaining discipline in the classroom.