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Multiple Perspectives Community Engagement Assessment Model, Sally Blomstrom, Barbara Hayford, Lori A. Mumpower, Andrelle Bobinsky Jan 2016

Multiple Perspectives Community Engagement Assessment Model, Sally Blomstrom, Barbara Hayford, Lori A. Mumpower, Andrelle Bobinsky

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We propose a multiple perspectives assessment model for community engagement. The assessment model was developed for a service-learning project. The multiple perspectives included in the model were those from the community partner, the faculty member, students, and the associate director from the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE). The model assessed the effectiveness of the service-learning project using qualitative reflections and quantitative data. Assessment from each perspective produced positive results in the improvement areas of assignment instructions, pedagogy, process, and deliverables. Generalizability may be limited because this project is ongoing with the same representatives from the community partner, CTLE, …


Making The Case For Lending Assessment: Or, Why Do They Keep Putting My Symbol In Their Lending String?, Elizabeth Sterthaus Sep 2015

Making The Case For Lending Assessment: Or, Why Do They Keep Putting My Symbol In Their Lending String?, Elizabeth Sterthaus

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Why do libraries choose one library over another to send interlibrary loan requests to? The answer to one survey is freely available here.


Psychological Assessment: What Will The Future Bring?, Ibpp Editor Jun 2011

Psychological Assessment: What Will The Future Bring?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the (de)valuation of psychological assessment from various perspectives.


Research Readiness Self-Assessment: Assessing Students' Research Skills And Attitudes, Lana Ivanitskaya, Ryan Laus, Anne Marie Casey Jan 2004

Research Readiness Self-Assessment: Assessing Students' Research Skills And Attitudes, Lana Ivanitskaya, Ryan Laus, Anne Marie Casey

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Librarians and learning researchers at Central Michigan University collaboratively developed an online tool that assesses how student research attitudes and perceptions correlate to their actual research skills in order to educate them about state-of-the-art library resources and prepare them to write high-quality research papers. This article describes the reasons for developing the assessment as well as the design process and technical characteristics.


A Profile Of National Leader Profiles And The Social Construction Of The Self: An Example Of Information Warfare, Ibpp Editor Mar 2003

A Profile Of National Leader Profiles And The Social Construction Of The Self: An Example Of Information Warfare, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article hypothesizes some implications of the social construction of the self for the construction of personality profiles of national leaders and their employment in information warfare.


The Psychological Assessment Of Deception: Obvious And Subtle Items, Obvious And Subtle Subjects, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

The Psychological Assessment Of Deception: Obvious And Subtle Items, Obvious And Subtle Subjects, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides an analysis of approaches to detecting deception in subjects administered psychological assessment instruments for nondeceptive and/or deceptive purposes.


Politics And Psychology: Assessment And The Law, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Politics And Psychology: Assessment And The Law, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights one significant impediment to valid psychological assessment in support of the criminal justice system.


The Construct Of Personality: Implications For Psychological Profiles, Background Investigations, And Intelligence Agent Preassessment And Evaluation, Ibpp Editor Jul 1998

The Construct Of Personality: Implications For Psychological Profiles, Background Investigations, And Intelligence Agent Preassessment And Evaluation, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes complexities of the construct of personality and their implications for psychological profiles, background investigations, and intelligence agent preassessment and evaluation.


A Bias Of Intelligence Testing, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

A Bias Of Intelligence Testing, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a bias of intelligence testing that is explicated less often, yet is more profound than the biases commonly presented in psychology textbooks.