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September 21, 2019
Dr. Melody
Moore
Testing Parameters
In
academics periodically there is a need to have the students provide an assessment
of the learning they have done. In most online schools specifically in the field
of Psychology, tests can measure some aspects of learning, but not others. Personal
preferences are essays, daily questions, papers, and continuing to fill out a persona
scholarly dictionary/encyclopedia of academic ideas will happen. However, periodically
tests are needed to assess skills. The questions will in part come from my own textbook
(which is about 95% already written, well it is about 10 drafts, the smallest draft
is 20k words, the largest is just under 80), some of the questions will be directly
from my textbook which based on the scientific method itself will be entirely based
on facts and evidence. The test will be a combination of 5 multiple choice
questions, three fill in the blank questions, a fill
in the blanks, and 1 500-word essay. Longer is fine. Periodic tests are needed
and necessary to achieve larger goals. The benefits of multiple choice, the
benefits of fill in the blank, and the benefits of essay, and negatives of all.
The test itself and of course how to grade the test.
Essay
test benefits
The
benefits of an essay is to have the students explore
the ideas presented in the class in their own ideas, words, and general
academic concepts. The negatives, not all students have a coherent ability to
write.
Multiple-choice
test benefits
A
recitation of facts, question answer, have the students memorized the key
points the class is presenting.
Compare essay
versus multiple choice
The comparrision of exactly how to balance
between a solid resuscitation of facts versus the concepts of how each student
processes the information they are presented. Can they memorize well, or do
they actually understand the information they are
presented.
Griggs Psychology
Offers
an array of ways to introduce the field of psychology and of course to determine
how well each student and each class is absorbing the information presented (Griggs,
2017). This is an excellent starting point regarding well known and accepted aspects
of the field of Psychology. However, this book does rely heavily on time
honored propaganda regarding where the field was founded, and where Wundt was when
he began his notes. He was not I location x he was in location y; based on
dozens of facts and assorted evidence covered in the textbook the author of the
book and teacher of the class present. The focus of the book is how to get tons
and tons of upper end mathematics, science, engineering, etc. textbooks from Tiffin
Ohio to Prussia without being attacked by virtually every army and navy capable
of attacking the Prussian Fleet on its way back to Prussia. This textbook
covers all those details, which are on the extreme side of similar
to the actions done during the Trojan War, which is where the books in
the Classics come from. Heidelberg Tiffin Ohio proves the existence of the
library from which is the 40 tons of books. The library/university of Heidelberg
was charted by the school board 1850, average time to obtain legal charter is
about 10 years, possibly 30. Half a century previous a century from library to
papal bull/charter. The only question is, where did the books come from, only
on provable location. Griggs does not cover a single word of said physical
evidence, nor does it cover the need to use the scientific method to look past
the propaganda. Covered in the book why the Prussians every single day from day
one to present have the same crimes against humanity behavior patterns. Wundt
was living in an extremely bad situation for 2 plus decades while writing his
book. To teach an introduction to Psychology class, the founding documents have to address the authors Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Griggs does not come close to addressing any of these subjects. It is not all
that different than the metaphorical Disney version of “Nightmare on Elm Street”.
However, add the PTSD to the base of the information from both the Classics and
Wundt’s work, then add the other details and you have a solid teaching and
testing parameters format. Which is interesting since this is not all that
different from asking someone who has not read the book “describe the plot of ‘lord
of the flys’ to me”. You cannot get much of anything from the title as to the
plot. Giving NAZI’s (will take that name in about 80 years) the Disney treatment,
alters almost every fact we know about psychology. Obviously
the textbook will go into far better and solid scientific method formatting regarding
the above extremely brief and abridged essay on the foundation of Psychology
and the genocidal actions which led directly to its creation, through what
Griggs did not cover.
Test Chosen
The
methods chosen were multiple choice, fill in the blank, and a 500-word essay.
Each
question will be worth 10 points. Making a total of 100, if need be 1 point
making a total of 10 points. Depending on the rest of the administration’s
parameters for grading and points, per the school boards parameters regarding
credit hours.
Question 1: Who
wrote the first modern psychology textbook?
a William James
b Sigmund Freud
c Wilhelm Wundt
Question 2: Where
were the Notes created used to create the first modern psychology textbook?
a Tiffin, Ohio
b Boston, Mass
c Leipzig, Germany
Question 3: Who
founded the American Psychological Association?
a William James
b Mary Calkins
c James Lightener
Question 4: Was
Sigmund Freud
a. A Psychologist
b A physician
c a Philosopher
Question 5: Define
Psychology
a
the study of the body
b the study of the
mind
c the study of
movement.
One essay question
5 points; minimum 500 words
Points to Cover
In
the fields of science and psychology. most of the field operates based on the
ideas and hypothesis of about 30 main ideas. From Jung, Carl, Lightner, Skinner,
the major thinkers and ideas.
This
class “intro into psychology” test, is a class designed to push the boundaries
of what the field is and what the field can become. Providing the standard
answers will receive normal points, which will total about 91-94% grade. for
the “extra” effort to solidify a grade from a high B to a high A. What the
student needs to show to the teacher is “the extra” which is built into the
scientific method.
Wundt 0.5, Tiffin,
Ohio 0.5, military strategies why not Prussia but Tiffin Heidelberg 0.5, Oliver
Cowdery 0.5, connections with Joseph Smith 0.5, the classics 0.5, the Trojan War
0.5, the foundation of the city of Rome 0.5.
Extra
points for covering the hypothesis regarding the Classics, the British, the
Ogle family, that the applications of psychology could be considered the Book
of Mormon part ii, or at least an addendum. Which has less than nothing to do
with the theology of the LDS, and all to do with the Ogle family library from Heidelberg
U. Will make up the last 1. of the test (Ambrose,
Bridges, DiPietro, Lovett, & Norman, 2010).
Fill in the Blank
1 In the [The
Classics] is where Wilhelm Wundt found the tools
he used to create the notes for his future textbook.
2 At the [10]
years old Wundt began those notes.
3 At [Harvard]
William James began to teach Psychology from Wundt’s book.
{sneaky hint, if
you know it, you know it, you know the answer. Also fill in the blanks,
Lightner and Penn State, Pavlov St Petersburg, Pavlov and CR, etc. There are
about a dozen of these simple questions to create a test from}
Upon completion of
the test
An
assessment of the function and structures of how much the students have understood
the materials can be at least guessed at. Of course, there is the other problem
of short term memorization versus actually
understanding the materials. Actual absorption of the materials comes over the
course of time.
Conclusion
The aspects of academics and scholastics means that periodically
it is the responsibility of the teachers and administration to administer tests
to find out where each of the students involved is in their learning curve. By using
the a multi-phase testing parameter of multiple
choice, an essay, and fill in the blank questions. The student, the teacher,
and the administration can obtain a solid benchmark regarding how the student is
progressing with the class itself. Where are each individual and each class
regarding progress in being able to input the data
they are being taught and how close are they to the goals set forth by the
teacher and the class itself.
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