Dear Shu-Ren,

You raise a seemingly intelligent but extremely uninformed question. An examination of the posts and the archives will convince anyone engaged in a careful examination of the data that this is, indeed, the current manifestation of the "Educational Research and Methodology Listserv."

It will also convince you that most of the traffic over the last few years has originated with Prof Hake, someone who has had a methodological issue with the mainstream of educational psychology that traces back to a disciplinary disposition to avoid 'test-retest' data. At least 50 years ago most in ed psych were taught to avoid 'change scores' because they have two sources of error and are thus less reliable than single assessment data. The list now is primarily Prof. Hake advocating for his methods, both his methods of teaching principally a physics curriculum and his methods of assessment.

Do yourself a favor. Engage in a careful review of the archive. Check out his personal pages also.

Ian

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Shu-Ren Chang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi, everyone and listserv administrator,

Am I still on the list of "Educational Research and Methodology Listserv" or in a some kinds of "earth science" listserv?

If I am in a wrong listserv, please let me know.
Thanks.

Shu-Ren Chang, Ph.D.

Psychometrician (Principal Consultant)

Student Assessment

Illinois State Board of Education

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On Jan 18, 2014, at 12:45 PM, "Richard Hake" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Some subscribers to EdResMeth might be interested in a discussion list post "Do 'Alien Species' Exist in the Universe?" [Hake (2014)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Paul Handover in his "Learning from Dog's" <http://learningfromdogs.com/> blog entry "One couldn't make it up: Stop the world, I want to get off" at <http://bit.ly/1dtBJJ9>, introduced George Monbiot's <http://bit.ly/1hyrg0O> (2014) brilliant investigative Guardian piece "Drowning in Money: the untold story of the crazy public spending that makes flooding inevitable: Every year billions are spent in Britain and Europe on policies that wreck homes and lives through flooding" <http://bit.ly/1i6eglA>, with the following:

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I am feeling somewhat forlorn about the way that we humans work things out! As the old saying goes:

Q1. Why has Planet Earth never been visited by an alien species?

A1. Because they have seen no signs of intelligent life!"

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BUT:

Q2. Do "alien species" exist in the Universe?

A2. Probably Not! – see " 'Where is Everybody?' Failure to Detect Intelligence in the Universe is Due to Failure of Universities Throughout the Universe" [Hake (2013)] at <http://bit.ly/H3roIC> (6.8 MB).

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To access the complete 49 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/1kHEm0i>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University; Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands; President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII); LINKS TO: Academia <http://bit.ly/a8ixxm>; Articles <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0>; Blog <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh>; Facebook <http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm>; GooglePlus <http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE>; Google Scholar <http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3>; Linked In <http://linkd.in/14uycpW>; Research Gate <http://bit.ly/1fJiSwB>; Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs <http://bit.ly/9nGd3M>; Twitter <http://bit.ly/juvd52>.

REFERENCES [URL shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 17 Jan 2014.]

Hake, R.R. "Do 'Alien Species' Exist in the Universe?" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/1kHEm0i>. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists and are also on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/1dCUNHr>.

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