I always seem to be in the middle of reading something when folks ask me
for a suggestion that the article in question MIGHT be relevant for!
I (provisionally) recommend your former student to take a look at the
recent article by Grigorenko & Sternberg in Psychological Bulletin,
entitled Dynamic Testing (1998), vol 124, 75-111.
It includes an interesting, brief critical review of the Vygotskian
operationalization of how to test learning potential, and sets it
alongside several other contemporary approaches. 'Quite thorough, and
rather hard-nosed', are my initial impressions.
Robert
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Eugene Matusov
wrote:c
> Dear colleagues--
>
> A former graduate student of mine is looking for alternative ways of
> learning assessment in a professional context that is compatible with a
> sociocultural approach (see below). Can you help her, please? I'd appreciate
> you help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eugene
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> University of Delaware
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>
>
>
> > I am writing to you to ask you to recommend some readings to me.
> > For my research article (semester project) in Applied Human
> > Development, I am looking at some alternative methods of
> > assessment in medical licensure, such as clinical simulations and
> > rating scales. I am wondering if these methods of assessment can
> > work within the socio-cultural perspective.
> >
> > In one of the readings from last Spring in EDST 820 "On Claims
> > that Answer the Wrong Questions" by James Greeno, I found some
> > information about assessment, and I have found a reference to an
> > article in Educational Assessment he wrote called "A Case study
> > of Systemic Aspects of Assessment Technologies" but I haven't got
> > a copy yet. He also refers to a 1996 NAEP report that addresses
> > assessment by him, Pearson, and Schoenfeld, but I haven't got to
> > look at that yet either. Can you recommend any other papers,
> > articles or books that describe assessments that would work
> > within the socio-cultural perspective? Thanks!
>
Robert Serpell tel: ( 410 ) 455 2417
Psychology Department 455 2567
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore MD 21250 fax: ( 410 ) 455 1055