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Assessing Growth in Thinking in College Courses: A Caveat. Accent on Improving College Teaching and Learning, 4.

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Hart, Kathleen A.; Joscelyn, Mary K., Ed. – 1989

Standardized college-level tests of thinking have serious drawbacks, but they can be used effectively to compare results with other teachers or researchers and to suggest possible ways of measuring aspects of thinking in faculty-constructed tests. Faculty-designed tests should provide opportunities for students to use the important knowledge and…

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests

Improving Test Scores--Teaching Test-Wiseness. A Review of the Literature. Research Bulletin.

Prell, JoAnn M.; Prell, Paul A. – 1986

The role of testing in American education is becoming increasingly important in grouping students for educational purposes. This article reviews practices adopted by educators or administrators to improve student test scores. Stopgap measures for improving standardized test scores include (1) switching to easier tests; (2) eliminating certain…

Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient, Literature Reviews