Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

For example, I want to make sure my quizzes and/or exams consistently measure deep content understanding and analytical skills as opposed to my students’ competency in reading, writing, or the English language. For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2024

The pressure to solve problems, answer multiple-choice question, and write essays on an exam scares them. What’s causing the anxiety can be named, students can be encouraged, features of the course that create lots of anxiety can be identified and possibly modified, such as providing some choice as to the value of quizzes and exams.

Teaching 103

Teaching Multidisciplinary Multiple Choice Questions Exams 103

Faculty Focus

MARCH 27, 2025

They have after all been in school for the last 13 years and they have become really good at taking quizzes and exams and writing essays with thesis statements. The questions are a sampling of the final exam. Lets view the situation from the perspective of a student. My pre- and post-quiz data for the course reveals this.

Assignments 96

Assignments Exams Learning Quizzes 96

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Do exams still serve a purpose? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like. But why, then, do so many courses still rely on exams? Yes exactly.

Assignments 96

Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 96

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Examples of Formative Assessments Examples of Summative Assessments Weekly quizzes Multiple-choice/short-answer exams In-class discussion Oral presentations Discussion board (Blackboard or Canvas) Essays One-minute papers Research paper Kahoot Team projects Poll Everywhere Portfolios Quizlet Lab report Muddiest point Group exams One-sentence summary (..)

Fairness 122

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Examples of Formative Assessments Examples of Summative Assessments Weekly quizzes Multiple-choice/short-answer exams In-class discussion Oral presentations Discussion board (Blackboard or Canvas) Essays One-minute papers Research paper Kahoot Team projects Poll Everywhere Portfolios Quizlet Lab report Muddiest point Group exams One-sentence summary (..)

Fairness 111

Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Conducting regular assessments using real-time polls and quizzes allow students to understand how well they’re doing and where they may need to place additional effort. High-stakes exams may in fact do a better job of measuring how well students cope with test taking, rather than assessing actual learning. Dillinger, K (2023).

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

For example, I want to make sure my quizzes and/or exams consistently measure deep content understanding and analytical skills as opposed to my students’ competency in reading, writing, or the English language. For example, before an exam, I discuss how and why I would prepare differently for a multiple-choice versus an essay exam.

Syllabus 103

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 103

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. Once they finish, teachers can assess learning either formatively or summatively using quizzes, games, and more. How many answers students got right told the teacher how much they knew.

Learning 104

Learning Essay Students Testing 104

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Conducting regular assessments using real-time polls and quizzes allow students to understand how well they’re doing and where they may need to place additional effort. High-stakes exams may in fact do a better job of measuring how well students cope with test taking, rather than assessing actual learning. Dillinger, K (2023).

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

I’ve automated the grading for my essay test, which I was finally able to do with the help of a friend who programmed me a special little system this past year that I call Alucarda. I can do 30 exams in 15 minutes, which used to take me three days. How do you leverage technology in your course? Resources to Inspire Your Course Design.

Education 126

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 126