1. Assessment of Deep Learning in the Methods of Psychological Science Patricia Marten DiBartolo, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Smith College Teaching Arts Luncheon November 2011

2. Outline Caveats Our timeline and process The measure itself Lessons learned Discusssion

3. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats Nobel Laureate in Literature, 1923

4. A Timeline June2011 Spring2011 Fall2010 PSY 192 Curriculum Committee Sherrerd T & L Seminar PSY Five-Year Review Sherrerd- Sponsored Summer Workshop Fall2011 Spring2011 Sherrerd-Sponsored Teaching Circle Department Department et al. + Sherrerd Sherrerd

5. Our Measure Open-ended assessment demanding engagement with a messy, real world problem—high school start time Their task Your job is to write an essay in which you state and explain your conclusions about the evidence, articulating its strengths and limitations. Be sure to include your best recommendation to Dr. Post about keeping versus delaying the school start time. Recall that Dr. Post is a trained psychologist who is familiar with scientific vocabulary within the discipline of psychology. Materials included (including multiple choice questions for this round)

6. Lessons Learned Iterative and thorny task requiring long- term investment, made possible by faculty goodwill and the college’s structural support Importance of faculty ownership Need for meaningful connections to work

7. My Co-Conspirators PSY 192 Curriculum Committee Annaliese Beery, Fletcher Blanchard, Jill de Villiers, Patty DiBartolo, Lauren Duncan (Chair), Benita Jackson, Mary Harrington, Bill Peterson, Beth Powell Sherrerd-Center Workshop Participants Annaliese Beery, Patty DiBartolo (Organizer), Lauren Duncan, Phil Peake, Bill Peterson, Beth Powell, and Al Rudnitsky, with visits from Minh Ly and Cate Rowan Sherrerd-Sponsored Teaching Circle Members Patty DiBartolo (Organizer), Lauren Duncan, Minh Ly, Bill Peterson, Beth Powell, Cate Rowan, and Al Rudnitsky Special thanks to Emily Pagano, Institutional Research’s student intern, and the Sherrerd Center, especially Kevin Shea and Christine Pelletier