Video Series: Assessment
In this video collection viewers are introduced to the fundamental logic of all assessment: goals, facts, criteria, standards, reasoning, and application. An assessment checklist is developed. The advantages and disadvantages of available critical thinking tests are presented and discussed. A case is made for the use of the International Critical Thinking Essay Test. Richard Paul demonstrates how a testing program can be coordinated with faculty development and programmatic assessment. Dr. Paul and other scholars explain and illustrate how to teach students to assess each other’s work. Questions are addressed and in addition ample theory and application are provided throughout.