Redesign of a Life Span Development Course Using Fink's Taxonomy
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- 1 July 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Teaching of Psychology
- Vol. 35 (3) , 169-175
Abstract
This study compared a traditional lecture-based life span development course to the same course redesigned using Fink's (2003) Fink, L. D. 2003. Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. [Google Scholar] taxonomy of significant learning. The goals, activities, and feedback within the course corresponded to Fink's 6 taxa (knowledge, application, integration, human dimension, caring, learning how to learn). Undergraduates in both courses completed identical pretests and posttests that measured Fink's 6 taxa. Students in the redesigned course (N = 28) improved significantly in comparison with the traditional course (N = 54) in the domains of knowledge, application, integration, and human dimension. The findings demonstrate that Fink's taxonomy enables the design of a course based on goals as well as measurement of changes in domains of advanced learning.Keywords
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