Professor Don A. Klinger
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Division of Education
Keywords
Assessment and Evaluation in Education; Education Research; Teaching and Learning
Measurement and Psychometrics; Assessment Policy; Formative Assessment; Evaluation Theory and Practice
Qualifications: Ph.D. Educational Psychology
Contact Details
Email: [email protected]Room: A2.32
Phone: 78384281
Research Interests
My research focuses heavily on the formative and summative methods used to measure student outcomes, and the resulting decisions and actions made. This work primarily resides within public education and professional learning contexts (teacher and medical education), and classroom and large-scale assessment from both practical and policy perspectives. My contributions are highly valued due to both my psychometric skills (item response theory, generalizability theory, and hierarchical linear models) and my understanding of policy and the integration of assessment within varied contexts.
Recently, my research has focused on equity and access to learning, and the role of formative assessment to increase learner outcomes in challenging learning contexts (medical residents; rural Tanzania; non-academic programs). Throughout, I build connections across academic and professional communities to promote research dissemination, understanding, and use to improve educational systems.
Recent Publications
Volante, L., Lara, C., Klinger, D., & Siegel, M. (2020). The use of a multidimensional support model to examine policies and practices for immigrant students across Canada.. Canadian Journal of Education/Revue Canadienne De l’éducation, 43(1), 121-169. Retrieved from https://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/3999
Rich, J. V., Fostaty Young, S., Donnelly, C., Hall, A. K., Dagnone, J. D., Weersink, K., . . . Klinger, D. A. (2020). Competency‐based education calls for programmatic assessment: But what does this look like in practice?. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 26(4), 1087-1095. doi:10.1111/jep.13328
Rich, J., Klinger, D., Fostaty Young, S., & Donnelly, C. (2020). How are professional programs from diverse disciplines approaching the development and assessment of competence at a mid-sized Canadian university?. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 11(2). doi:10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2020.2.8597
Merchant, S. D., Rich, J., Klinger, D., & Luce-Kapler, R. (2020). The enactment of applied English: Does caring lead to teaching to the test?. Canadian Journal of Education/Review Canadienne De l’éducation, 43(3), 803-828. Retrieved from https://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/4201/2891
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