Karen Kate Kellum

Examining the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure: Four Preliminary Studies

The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) is a relatively new measure of implicit cognition that tests cognition as relational behavior instead of an associative activity and thus may provide a more specific measure of cognitive repertoires, including those for social biases, than better known implicit measures such as the Implicit Association Test (IAT). A small body of IRAP research provides tentative evidence for this measure’s potential. The current study adds to this research by using the IRAP to assess for social biases for race, religion, gender, and obesity. Overall results show medium to large effect sizes for all conditions except obesity, as well as interesting trends at the trial-type level. These outcomes and possible future directions of IRAP research are discussed.

Development, assessment and use of an on‐line plagiarism tutorial

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to share with the wider academic community an example of one tool developed locally that can be a successful part of any institutions arsenal on the war against plagiarism.Design/methodology/approach – Over the course of a year, the committee scripted, filmed, and edited the video portion of the tutorial. The assessment portion of the tutorial (an eight‐question quiz drawn from a pool of 40 questions) was developed and refined in a series of pilot tests.Findings – More than 80 percent of the 2,097 students who have completed the tutorial have correctly answered the question presented for seven of the eight outcomes.Practical implications – This paper presents a method for integrating information literacy into the wider university community. The paper discusses a practical, effective method for teaching students about the ethical use of information.Originality/value – The value of this paper is the demonstration of one method of educating students on the issue of pla...