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Peer reviewedYang, June – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1985
A study of the reliability of oral tests in a medical school illustrates the use of a balanced incomplete block design, chosen when not all participating examiners can rate each examinee, for experimental research. (MSE)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Experiments, Higher Education, Medical Education
Peer reviewedRenner, Richard R.; Greenwood, Gordon E. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1985
Fictitious student evaluations of a faculty member's teaching performance are presented to the reader in an exercise in interpreting such information. Evaluator comments reveal a widespread divergence of views. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Peer reviewedJohnson, E. G. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1985
The 15 components used for assessment in an introductory psychology course were examined to determine their relative value as predictors of overall performance. Multiple-choice tests were consistently found to be more effective than essay examinations, but arguments are presented for the retention of essays, with suggestions for their improvement.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedJackson, Ian – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1985
The interrelationships of a variety of student aptitude and achievement measures are examined in a sample of 88 Australian undergraduate students, and the critial role of the data analyst in examining the relationships is discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSmith, David; Wilson, Hazel – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1992
A study investigated general and vocational skills of 32 British business undergraduates before and after their field experiences, as perceived by the students and their employers. Although the parties agree that some skill development occurred during field experience, substantial discrepancies between student and employer perceptions of actual…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Employer Attitudes
