Student Self-Evaluation of Learning with Other Assessment Tools, Part II

• Activity Number: 193
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2012 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
• Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
• Author(s): Julia Norton*+ and Zach Espe Dietz and John D Lovell and John Alva Norton
• Companies: California State University East Bay and Consultant and California State University East Bay and California State University East Bay
• Keywords: Assessment ; Teaching ; Learning ; Introductory Statistics ; Introductory Psychology

Abstract

We undertake assessing introductory courses over quarters, grades, and the second introduction of a "how sure are you of this answer" question. Since Fall Quarter 1999, the authors have collected data from introductory Statistics and Psychology classes. After twelve years we wonder whether there is some relationship between correct response and an individual student assessment of their ability to answer a particular question correctly. Last year our study considered the usefulness of asking students to assess their own problem solving ability in statistics courses. This year we follow up on the past study and include a Psychology course. For each of twenty questions, students are asked to rate their personal ability to answer that particular question correctly. Responses are studied on a number of scales. One set of scales is designed to study particular topics in introductory classes.