Last day of class!

Plan for the day

  • Talking about remaining assignments
    • Last "reading quiz"
      • Yes, it's in quotes for a reason
    • Final assignment
  • Course wrap-up activity
  • Course evaluations

"Reading quiz"

  • Please read this article and answer the questions on Canvas as best you can.
    • Estimated time commitment: ~1 hour
    • Deadline: May 7, 11:59 p.m.
    • Why are we doing this: One of the goals of First-Year Seminars is to read and assess increasingly sophisticated texts critically. This is the College's way of assessing how well this course meets that goal.
    • Any good-faith effort will count as full credit for your reading quiz score. You will not be graded for the purposes of our class, but please do your best.

Final assessment

  • Remember that your final assessment is due on May 1, 2025.
  • If you want to hand it in later than that, that is fine! Please email me no later than this Friday, April 25, at 11:59 p.m.
  • Remember: no feedback after May 1!

In-class activity

  • Question: how was your first year of college?
  • You will work with your group to develop a self-report assessment of how well someone's first year of college at Wake Forest went.
  • In order to determine this, you will...
    • Decide what dimensions you want to measure
    • Come up with least 3-4 questions you will ask to measure each dimensions
    • Articulate how you will assess the reliability and validity of this assessment. In particular, we need:
      • Test-retest reliability
      • Inter-item reliability
      • Concurrent and discriminant validity
      • Predictive validity

Course evaluations

  • Wake Forest University and the Department of Psychology are committed to effective teaching.
  • Students assist in maintaining and enhancing this effectiveness by completing Student Evaluations of Teaching Forms in a thoughtful and honest manner.
  • Students are asked to take time to respond to all questions and make suggestions for course improvement.
  • Student evaluations can help improve instruction and are used in the annual faculty evaluation, reappointment, and promotion and tenure processes.
  • If you do not wish to participate in the process, write “no comment” on the form and turn it in.
  • Instructors are not present during the completion of evaluations.
  • Instructors are not given student comments, nor informed of the results of the evaluation, until after final grades have been submitted.