Project Leaders

Colombia

Prof. Julian Mariño, Los Andes University, Bogotá

Natalia Ronderos, University of Zürich & the St. Gallen University of Teacher Education (PHSG)

Current Project: “Evaluación universitaria de Pensamiento Crítico” (University Assessment of Critical Thinking)

Participating Institutions: Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Universidad del Rosario, Universidad Minuto de Dios, Universidad de Cundinamarca, Universidad EAFIT, and Politécnico Grancolombiano

Finland

Dr. Heidi Hyytinen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Prof. Auli Toom, University of Helsinki, Finland

Current Project: Assessment of Undergraduate Students’ Learning Outcomes in Finland (Finnish acronym KAPPAS!)

The project is funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture and carried out by Jyväskylä University Institute for Educational Research (FIER), together with Helsinki University Centre for University Teaching and Learning (HYPE). The Council for Aid to Education (CAE) participates in the project as an international partner.

Germany

Prof. Klaus Beck, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Prof. Olga Troitschanskaia, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Current Project: BRIDGE, the German acronym for “Practical educational processes in law and teacher training and medicine using digital media”

BRIDGE is being funded as part of the new national program “Research on the Design of Educational Processes under the Conditions of Digital Change” by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Switzerland

Prof. Horst Biedermann, University of Teacher Education (PHSG), St. Gallen, Switzerland

Natalia Ronderos, University of Zürich & the St. Gallen University of Teacher Education (PHSG)

Current Project: International Performance Assessment of Critical Thinking: A Feasibility Study with Teachers-in-Training (IPACT-TT)

Participating Institutions: PHSG (Switzerland) and Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia).

United States

Prof. Henry Braun, Boston College, USA

Katrina Borowiec, Boston College, USA

Current Project: Legacy Admission Performance Tasks