Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Then there are the psychometricians—the math savants who design tests and create complex algorithms that attempt to make them fair to all students. Mark Moulton : Here that whole question is, what does fair mean? It makes the test more fair because it guarantees that everyone is being measured with the same degree of precision.

Testing 167

Testing Fairness Multiple Choice Questions Exams 167

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2023

Although I will focus on the same course (one about how to write multiple-choice questions), this time I want to find out whether ChatGPT can function as my teaching aid. For example, can it come up with examples and questions that I can use in learning materials and activities? It’s similar to a very fast brainstorm.

Multiple Choice Questions 119

Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Participation Writing 119

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2023

Although I will focus on the same course (one about how to write multiple-choice questions), this time I want to find out whether ChatGPT can function as my teaching aid. For example, can it come up with examples and questions that I can use in learning materials and activities? It’s similar to a very fast brainstorm.

Multiple Choice Questions 98

Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Participation Writing 98

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

One example in particular is getting students that are taking, say, an online chemistry course to create a multiple choice question for us. And so if you have a course with 5,000 students in it, and everyone elects to create a multiple-choice question, you now have 5,000 new multiple-choice questions for that chemistry course.

Testing 120

Testing Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Education 120

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Yet preparing students to take them may dis-incentivize teachers from helping students acquire a wider range of skills and knowledge, says Sturgis. “Is Is it fair to only cover the standards that are going to be on the test?” How one demonstrates “mastery” may vary according to the subject or skill in question.

Education 133

Education Multiple Choice Questions Fairness Questions 133

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

Yet questions remain about whether any individual test (especially one that has long relied on multiple choice) can truly measure collaboration and problem solving—skills that typically involve heavy doses of human interaction and teamwork. Their goal? Darling-Hammond says the format is rarely used outside the U.S,

Testing 105

Testing Exams Multiple Choice Questions STEM 105

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

We recognize that there’s something fundamentally different about large-scale, externally mandated standardized tests that rely on multiple-choice questions. First, the mandated ELA tests are content-free; students do not need particular content knowledge to demonstrate mastery of the standards.

Testing 106

Testing Multiple Choice Questions Languages Language 106