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application of thinking skills, cooperative teamwork and conflict resolution. Essential thinking
skills are also taught to assist students in the development of a project. Using project work as a
form of authentic assessment is not a very new initiative but using project work as an approach to
learning is not well explored in the Asian region. Project work aims to promote application of
critical and creative thinking skills, improve communication skills (oral and written), foster
collaborative team work and develop self-directed inquiry and life-long learning skills.
3048.4 Thinking teacher and lesson plan, W.Y. Wu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
SAR, China
To promote the idea and practice of Thinking teacher requires the acquisition of skills and
knowledge above and beyond the training offered by the current teacher education programs in
Hong Kong. Specifically, the development of thinking lesson plan involving both direct teaching
and infusion of thinking skills will help to enhance learning motivation, improve teaching
effectiveness, and upgrade in-class and out-of-class assessment practices. Most important of all,
the thinking lesson plan contributes to a better understanding of the teaching and learning process
on the one hand and effective communication among teachers, principals, students, parents, and
researchers on the other.
3048.5 Infusing higher-order thinking skills in the teacher education program: The case of
University Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Rajendran Nagappan, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris,
Tanjong Malim, Malaysia
Attempts to teach thinking skills, obviously, brings implications on educational planning and
implementation at all levels to accommodate this change. Data available suggest that teachers,
even those who have been trained, in general, find it problematic to effectively infuse thinking
skills into content instruction. This research focused on evaluating the teacher education program
at University Pendidikan Sultan Idris in relation to preparing prospective teachers to infuse
thinking skills through school subjects. Data for this research were obtained from selected
prospective teachers through survey questionnaire, observations of teaching at the university,
interviews with prospective teachers and lecturers, and through document analysis.
3049 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Standards of psychological testing
Convener and Chair: F.M. Cheung, China
Co-convener: D. Bartram, UK
3049.1 Issues in cross-cultural psychological assessment, F.M. Cheung, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Psychologists in Asia have generally adopted translated versions of Western measures. I will
address the issues in psychological assessment that Asian psychologists face as a scientist and a
practitioner. These include cross-cultural equivalence and validity of the translated measures, lack
of valid indigenous measures, copyright compliance, qualification of test users, and ethical
standards in test use. Examples of good practices in the adaptation of Western measures and the
development of indigenous measures will be cited.
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