Citation
Berger, C. (2011, February 4). The Problem Solving Profile Evaluation/Assessment Tool. Retrieved from Open.Michigan - Educational Resources Web site: http://open.umich.edu/education/soe/resources/psp/winter2008. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87981>
Subjects
Assessment, Evaluation, Instructional Technology, Learning Processes, Problem Solving Profiles
Description
The Problem Solving Profile (PSP) is a tool to help evaluate and/or assess instructional projects or courses that may have technology components or are technology enabled.
The PSP contains questionnaires of one page length, or a short web survey, that measures proclivities of problem solving styles that learners exhibit.
This site contains PowerPoint presentations on the use of the PSP, sample PSP's, research papers on the use of the PSP and a Frequently Asked Question page (FAQ).
The PSP has been used at the University of Michigan since the early 1990s and has been used for determining groups of learners problem solving profiles and then using the information to help modify and improve learning processes. It has been used in evaluating:
Distance learning in business administration
Teacher education computer competencies
Distance learning in nursing and midwifery and
Advanced research methods courses in designing evaluation for new technology in instruction