Assessing Learning in News, Public Relations Curricula.

Caudill, Edward; And Others

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Publication Date: 1990

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Assessing Learning in News, Public Relations Curricula.

Caudill, Edward; And Others

Journalism Educator, v45 n2 p13-19 Sum 1990

Discusses the University of Tennessee's externally mandated undergraduate exams in public relations and news-editorial skills. Analyzes (1) whether the exams are valid measures of qualities in students that faculty believe are important; (2) what factors are related to scores; and (3) whether these factors are related to specific courses in the curriculum or are extrinsic to the curriculum. (SR)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Editing, Educational Research, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Journalism Education, News Writing, Program Evaluation, Public Relations, Student Evaluation, Test Construction, Test Interpretation, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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