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Richard R. Sudweeks at July 15 devotional

July 07, 2003

Richard R. Sudweeks, a professor with the Instructional Psychology and Testing Department, will speak at a BYU devotional Tuesday, July 15, at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

The devotional will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV (Channel 11), KBYU-FM (89.1), the BYU-Television and BYU-Radio satellite networks and at www.byubroadcasting.org. It will be rebroadcast Sunday, July 20, at 6 and 11 a.m. on KBYU-TV, and on BYU-Television at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and at 8 p.m. on KBYU-FM.

Sudweeks received his bachelor's degree from BYU in geography, his master's from BYU in secondary curriculum and instruction and his doctorate from the University of Illinois in educational measurement and evaluation.

His professional research interests include the use of measurement and evaluation to improve instruction; item response and generalizability theory; measuring affective characteristics; and human cognition as well as ethical, legal and social issues associated with quantitative testing methods.

Writer: Elizabeth B. Jensen

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