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 * [[file:Affective instruments.docx]]

Duties: Lauro: buy candy Rachel: make copies Lora: e-mail Dr. Houston, markers Yen: advantages and disadvantages Jessica: editor in chief/ slide designer.

Slide 0: pics**

They are instruments that measure characteristics of individuals along a number of dimensions and to assess feelings, values, and attitudes toward self, others, and a variety of other activities, institutions, and situations. (http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/education/faculty.htm?mail=richard.jacobs@villanova.edu)
 * Slide 1: What are Affective Instruments?**


 * Slide 2:** (paste some examples of common affective instruments that people might have seen before)

· Attitude scales o …self-reports of an individual’s beliefs, perceptions, or feelings about self, others, and a variety of activities, institutions, and situations o frequently use Likert, semantic differential, Thurstone, or Guttman scales · Values Test o Measure’s the relative strength of an individual’s valuing of theoretical, economic, aesthetic, social, political, and religious values. · Personality Inventories o …an individual’s self-report measuring how behaviors characteristic of defined personality traits describe that individual
 * Slide 3: Types of affective instruments**

- Determine current performance - Progress towards goals (behavioral and attitudinal) - Parents / teachers/ learners will know current performance - Assess children with disabilities better
 * Slide 4: Why use these instruments to assess affective processes?**


 * Advantages**


 * Disadvantages

Final PowerPoint Version**

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